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3 claims from 2 papers

1. Neuroscience › Functional Brain Connectivity Studies

   Automatic denoising of functional MRI data: Combining independent component analysis and hierarchical fusion of classifiers

   Salimi‐Khorshidi, Douaud, Beckmann, Glasser, Griffanti and Smith · NeuroImage · 2014

   The paper introduces FIX, an automatic method that classifies ICA components of fMRI data as signal or noise so the noise can be removed, and reports its accuracy on conventional and Human Connectome Project data.

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   1. Unchecked“On conventional resting-state fMRI (rfMRI) single-run datasets, FIX achieved about 95% overall accuracy.”
   2. UncheckedOn high-quality Human Connectome Project resting-state fMRI data, the FIX noise classifier reaches over 99% accuracy and is used in the default HCP pipeline.“On high-quality rfMRI data from the Human Connectome Project, FIX achieves over 99% classification accuracy, and as a result is being used in the default rfMRI processing pipeline for generating HCP connectomes.”

2. Neuroscience › Functional Brain Connectivity Studies

   Mitigating head motion artifact in functional connectivity MRI

   Ćirić, Rosen, Erus et al. · Nature Protocols · 2018

   This protocol describes how to apply and check a validated denoising strategy that reduces head-motion artefact in functional connectivity fMRI, with software that carries out all the steps.

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   1. UncheckedThe paper says its denoising protocol can cut motion-related variance in functional connectivity to near zero, up to 100-fold better than minimal processing.“This protocol can be used to reduce motion-related variance to near zero in studies of functional connectivity, providing up to a 100-fold improvement over minimal-processing approaches in large datasets.”