High dimensional exploration: A comparison of PCA, distance concentration, and classification performance in two fMRI datasets

Joset A. Etzel, Todd S. Braver

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Abstract

fMRI (functional magnetic resonance imaging) studies frequently create high dimensional datasets, with far more features (voxels) than examples. It is known that such datasets frequently have properties that make analysis challenging, such as concentration of distances. Here, we calculated the probability of distance concentration and proportion of variance explained by PCA in two fMRI datasets, comparing these measures with each other, as well as with the number of voxels and classification accuracy. There are clear differences between the datasets, with one showing levels of distance concentration comparable to those reported in microarray data [1, 2]. While it remains to be determined how typical these results are, they suggest that problematic levels of distance concentration in fMRI datasets may not be a rare occurrence.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationIEEE SSCI 2014 - 2014 IEEE Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence - CIDM 2014
Subtitle of host publication2014 IEEE Symposium on Computational Intelligence and Data Mining, Proceedings
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages157-162
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)9781479945191
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 13 2015
Event5th IEEE Symposium on Computational Intelligence and Data Mining, CIDM 2014 - Orlando, United States
Duration: Dec 9 2014Dec 12 2014

Publication series

NameIEEE SSCI 2014 - 2014 IEEE Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence - CIDM 2014: 2014 IEEE Symposium on Computational Intelligence and Data Mining, Proceedings

Conference

Conference5th IEEE Symposium on Computational Intelligence and Data Mining, CIDM 2014
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityOrlando
Period12/9/1412/12/14

Keywords

  • MVPA
  • PCA
  • distance concentration
  • fMRI
  • support vector machines

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