In several biomedical fields, researchers are faced with regression problems that can be stated as Statistical Learning problems. One example is given by decoding brain states from functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) data. Recently, it has been shown that the general Statistical Learning problem can be restated as a linear inverse problem. Hence, new algorithms were proposed to solve this inverse problem in the context of Reproducing Kernel Hilbert Spaces. In this paper, we detail one iterative learning algorithm belonging to this class, called ν-method, and test its effectiveness in a between-subjects regression framework. Specifically, our goal was to predict the perceived pain intensity based on fMRI signals, during an experimental model of acute prolonged noxious stimulation. We found that, using a linear kernel, the psychophysical time profile was well reconstructed, while pain intensity was in some cases significantly over/underestimated. No substantial differences in terms of accuracy were found between the proposed approach and one of the state-of-the-art learning methods, the Support Vector Machines. Nonetheless, adopting the ν-method yielded a significant reduction in computational time, an advantage that became more evident when a relevant feature selection procedure was implemented. The ν-method can be easily extended and included in typical approaches for binary or multiple classification problems, and therefore it seems well-suited to build effective brain activity estimators.

A regularization algorithm for decoding perceptual temporal profiles from fMRI data / Prato, Marco; Favilla, Stefania; Zanni, Luca; Porro, Carlo Adolfo; Baraldi, Patrizia. - In: NEUROIMAGE. - ISSN 1053-8119. - STAMPA. - 56:1(2011), pp. 258-267. [10.1016/j.neuroimage.2011.01.074]

A regularization algorithm for decoding perceptual temporal profiles from fMRI data

PRATO, Marco;FAVILLA, Stefania;ZANNI, Luca;PORRO, Carlo Adolfo;BARALDI, Patrizia
2011

Abstract

In several biomedical fields, researchers are faced with regression problems that can be stated as Statistical Learning problems. One example is given by decoding brain states from functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) data. Recently, it has been shown that the general Statistical Learning problem can be restated as a linear inverse problem. Hence, new algorithms were proposed to solve this inverse problem in the context of Reproducing Kernel Hilbert Spaces. In this paper, we detail one iterative learning algorithm belonging to this class, called ν-method, and test its effectiveness in a between-subjects regression framework. Specifically, our goal was to predict the perceived pain intensity based on fMRI signals, during an experimental model of acute prolonged noxious stimulation. We found that, using a linear kernel, the psychophysical time profile was well reconstructed, while pain intensity was in some cases significantly over/underestimated. No substantial differences in terms of accuracy were found between the proposed approach and one of the state-of-the-art learning methods, the Support Vector Machines. Nonetheless, adopting the ν-method yielded a significant reduction in computational time, an advantage that became more evident when a relevant feature selection procedure was implemented. The ν-method can be easily extended and included in typical approaches for binary or multiple classification problems, and therefore it seems well-suited to build effective brain activity estimators.
2011
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A regularization algorithm for decoding perceptual temporal profiles from fMRI data / Prato, Marco; Favilla, Stefania; Zanni, Luca; Porro, Carlo Adolfo; Baraldi, Patrizia. - In: NEUROIMAGE. - ISSN 1053-8119. - STAMPA. - 56:1(2011), pp. 258-267. [10.1016/j.neuroimage.2011.01.074]
Prato, Marco; Favilla, Stefania; Zanni, Luca; Porro, Carlo Adolfo; Baraldi, Patrizia
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