Prediction of individual brain maturity using fMRI

NUF Dosenbach, B Nardos, AL Cohen, DA Fair… - Science, 2010 - science.org
Group functional connectivity magnetic resonance imaging (fcMRI) studies have
documented reliable changes in human functional brain maturity over development. Here
we show that support vector machine-based multivariate pattern analysis extracts sufficient
information from fcMRI data to make accurate predictions about individuals' brain maturity
across development. The use of only 5 minutes of resting-state fcMRI data from 238 scans of
typically developing volunteers (ages 7 to 30 years) allowed prediction of individual brain …
Group functional connectivity magnetic resonance imaging (fcMRI) studies have documented reliable changes in human functional brain maturity over development. Here we show that support vector machine-based multivariate pattern analysis extracts sufficient information from fcMRI data to make accurate predictions about individuals’ brain maturity across development. The use of only 5 minutes of resting-state fcMRI data from 238 scans of typically developing volunteers (ages 7 to 30 years) allowed prediction of individual brain maturity as a functional connectivity maturation index. The resultant functional maturation curve accounted for 55% of the sample variance and followed a nonlinear asymptotic growth curve shape. The greatest relative contribution to predicting individual brain maturity was made by the weakening of short-range functional connections between the adult brain’s major functional networks.
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