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Resting-state fMRI in the human connectome project

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Smith, Stephen M., Beckmann, Christian F., Andersson, Jesper, Auerbach, Edward J., Bijsterbosch, Janine, Douaud, Gwenaëlle, Duff, Eugene, Feinberg, David A. +17 more·2013·NeuroImage

Abstract

Resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rfMRI) allows one to study functional connectivity in the brain by acquiring fMRI data while subjects lie inactive in the MRI scanner, and taking advantage of the fact that functionally related brain regions spontaneously co-activate. rfMRI is one of the two primary data modalities being acquired for the Human Connectome Project (the other being diffusion MRI). A key objective is to generate a detailed in vivo mapping of functional connectivity in a large cohort of healthy adults (over 1000 subjects), and to make these datasets freely available for use by the neuroimaging community. In each subject we acquire a total of 1h of whole-brain rfMRI data at 3 T, with a spatial resolution of 2×2×2 mm and a temporal resolution of 0.7s, capitalizing on recent developments in slice-accelerated echo-planar imaging. We will also scan a subset of the cohort at higher field strength and resolution. In this paper we outline the work behind, and rationale for, decisions taken regarding the rfMRI data acquisition protocol and pre-processing pipelines, and present some initial results showing data quality and example functional connectivity analyses.

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Smith, S. M., Beckmann, C. F., Andersson, J., Auerbach, E. J., Bijsterbosch, J., Douaud, G., Duff, E., Feinberg, D. A., Griffanti, L., Harms, M. P., Kelly, M., Laumann, T., Miller, K. L., Moeller, S., Petersen, S., Power, J., Salimi-Khorshidi, G., Snyder, A. Z., Vu, A. T., Woolrich, M. W., Xu, J., Yacoub, E., Uğurbil, K., Van Essen, D. C., & Glasser, M. F.
Affiliations
  • University of Oxford (GB)
  • Radboud University Nijmegen (NL)
  • University of Minnesota (US)
  • University of California, Berkeley (US)
  • Washington University in St. Louis (US)
Corresponding author
Smith, Stephen M.
Venue
NeuroImage
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2013-10
Volume
80
Pages
144-168
ISSN
1053-8119 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2096672020
Cited by
1,502
References
65
Citations by year
2026: 74 · 2025: 147 · 2024: 139 · 2023: 138 · 2022: 149 · 2021: 166 · 2020: 143 · 2019: 130 · 2018: 117 · 2017: 114 · 2016: 85 · 2015: 54 · 2014: 32 · 2013: 14
FWCI
33.82
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • NeuroImage (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • University of Twente Research Information (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • Radboud Repository (Radboud University) (submittedVersion)
  • Virtual Community of Pathological Anatomy (University of Castilla La Mancha) (submittedVersion)
  • UniTERAMO Research Catalog (University of Teramo) (submittedVersion)
  • University of Twente Research Information (submittedVersion)
Funders
NIH (1U54MH091657-01, P30-NS057091, P41-RR08079/EB015894, F30-MH097312)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging › Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging › Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications
Keywords
resting-state fMRI, functional connectivity, Human Connectome Project, echo planar imaging, data quality, healthy adults, whole-brain mapping
MeSH terms
Brain, Humans, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Models, Anatomic, Models, Neurological, Nerve Net, Rest, Connectome

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