DBA tutorial: Compute sources in deep cerebral structures

Authors: Jean-Eudes Le Douget, Francois Tadel, Denis Schwartz

This tutorial explains step-by-step how to use the DBA (Deep Brain Activity) functionality, useful to assess subcortical source localization.

Import database

This tutorial is based on resting-state recordings for 7 subjects with two conditions: eyes open (YO), eyes closed (YF). We have recorded 20 runs of 15 seconds for each subject and each condition, .

The goal is to compute the contrast between the two conditions in the alpha band. The data has already been filtered in the alpha frequency band (7-13Hz) and the default anatomy is used for all the subjects.

Select deep structures

The first step consists in creating the surface file that includes the cortex and the deep structures that we want to include in the model. Here, in the default anatomy:

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Compute source activity

Then, compute a headmodel for each subject as "Custom Source Model" ; it is advised to run it as batch from the pipeline editor.

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At this stage, it is now possible to compute sources.

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You can now visualize activity the same way as for usual headmodels.

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If the activity of the volume structures (thalamus and amygdala here) do not appear, try moving the Min size cursor to max and then back to 1.

Compute statistics

Now that the source calculations are done, we design a statistical analysis to assess the eyes-open and eyes-closed contrast.

Volume scouts

Some subcortical structures are modeled as volume source structures (for instance here, the thalamus and the amygdala). It is not possible to display scouts time series for these structures from the "Source model" or "Structures" atlases. It is necessary to create a new atlas, specific to volumic scouts. The steps are the following :

DBA constraints [TODO]

Describe the constraints applied to each region.

References

Attal Y, Bhattacharjee M, Yelnik J, Cottereau B, Lefèvre J, Okada Y, Bardinet E, Chupin M, Baillet S (2009)
Modelling and detecting deep brain activity with MEG and EEG

Attal Y, Schwartz D (2013)
Assessment of Subcortical Source Localization Using Deep Brain Activity Imaging Model with Minimum Norm Operators: A MEG Study
PLOS ONE, 8(3):e59856

Dumas T, Dubal S, Attal Y, Chupin M, Jouvent R (2013)
MEG Evidence for Dynamic Amygdala Modulations by Gaze and Facial Emotions
PLOS ONE, 8(9): e74145

Tutorials/DeepAtlas (last edited 2015-09-21 15:38:17 by ?JeaneudesLedouget)