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Re: normalization of stats - your opinion

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"Neggers, S.F.W." <[log in to unmask]>

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Wed, 11 Mar 2009 14:51:16 +0100

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Dear all,

Interesting discussion, I actually do recall a discussion on the list
quite some time ago, but this issue might have come up during
continuation off list, I do not remember anymore. 
A reason for doing normalization > GLM 1st level > GLM 2nd level could
be that spatial interpolation errors at the reslicing level (eg after
normalization) have a very limited influence as they are probably
averaged out by the many time points that are estimated in a 1st level
GLM. When you do normalizing+reslicing after 1st level GLM on model
parameters, you have far less points at the 2nd level to fit your GLM
model on, and hence interpolation errors have a bigger influence or
might cause biases especially at high intensity contrasts in your image
(eg gray matter <> CSF boundaries).

This effect might be so small that it can be ignored, but it would
indeed be good to have an (empirical) grasp on it.

I do not see many other reasons for doing normalization before 1st level
GLM, which does not mean they do not exist, of course.

Cheers,

Bas

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Van: SPM (Statistical Parametric Mapping) [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Namens Mohamed Seghier
Verzonden: woensdag 11 maart 2009 13:41
Aan: [log in to unmask]
Onderwerp: Re: [SPM] normalization of stats - your opinion

Hi Michael and Torben,

In my opinion, this is a perfectly valid option and some studies have
used the first option (e.g. in patient studies or case reports). 
However, option 2 is more popular for some "practical" reasons; for
instance:
1- display purposes for single subjects: results/activations correctly
projected on the glass brain with meaningful coordinates;
2- timeseries extraction at particular foci of interest:  it is not
unusual to extract VOIs at specific coordinates based on previous
findings;
3- region-based analysis: where the regions of interest are defined from
functional maps of different sessions (e.g. longitudinal studies);

Best,

Mohamed
 


Torben Ellegaard Lund wrote:
> Dear Gazzaley
>
> This is a really good question, and I don't think it has been 
> discussed at the list. I think the FSL people usually does it the 
> other way around, but I hvae not seen any paper comparing the benefits

> of the two approaches. I guess the reason for the current procedure 
> could in part be historical, spatial normalisation of raw data was 
> needed for a fixed effect group analysis which was once very popular.
> But with the current summary statistics approach it is indeed possible

> to do the stats first and normalise the contrast images (the 
> normalisation parameters should of course not be estimated from the 
> maps of parameter estimates). From a computational point it would make

> sense to only normalise the maps of parameter estimates in stead off 
> all the raw images. The default template in SPM has a resolution of 
> 2x2x2mm but most people use at least 3x3x3mm voxels so the 
> normalisation involves a great deal of interpolation. For interleaved 
> sequences I think it makes just as much sense to interpolate the maps 
> of parameter estimates as the raw images. Similarly one could argue 
> for smoothing of beta or contrast images instead of the raw images, 
> but if AR(1) modelling is turned on the two do not commute. But which 
> is the more correct?
>
> I think there are goods reasons for normalising the maps of  parameter

> estimates but I also have the habit of running stats on normalised
data.
>
>
> Best
> Torben
>
>
> Torben Ellegaard Lund
> Assistant Professor, PhD
> The Danish National Research Foundation's Center of Functionally 
> Integrative Neuroscience (CFIN) Aarhus University Aarhus University 
> Hospital Building 30 Noerrebrogade 8000 Aarhus C Denmark
> Phone: +4589494380
> Fax: +4589494400
> http://www.cfin.au.dk
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> Den 07/03/2009 kl. 08.17 skrev Michael T Rubens:
>
>> Just out of curiosity, and to help guide my analysis, what makes more

>> sense?
>>
>> 1) Run stats (i.e., GLM) in native space, then normalizing the 
>> resulting statistical image or
>> 2) Running the statistics on normalized data?
>>
>> is the answer different for different analyses? what do you do? what 
>> is your justification?
>>
>> Thanks for any advice,
>> Michael
>>
>> p.s. I have been in the habit of typically running stats on 
>> normalized data
>>
>> --
>> Research Associate
>> Gazzaley Lab
>> Department of Neurology
>> University of California, San Francisco
>
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