Abstract #5471

Using Hierarchical Clustering Method to Reveal the Formation of Sub-groups among Subjects at Frontal Cortex in fMRI study with Complex Natural Stimulus

Jacky, Tai-Yu Lu¹, Yi-Tien Li^2,3, Yi-Cheng Hsu², and Fa-Hsuan Lin^2,4

¹Graduate Institute of Biomedical Electronics and Bioinformatics, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, ²Institute of Biomedical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, ³Department of Medical Imaging, Taipei Medical University-Shuang Ho Hospital, New Taipei, Taiwan, ⁴Department of Neuroscience and Biomedical Engineering, Aalto University, Espoo, Finland

The inter-subject correlation (ISC) analysis which is widely used in functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) studies with complex natural stimulus design. It has been reported that relatively lower ISC value at higher cognitive brain areas could be inferred for individual variability. This study proposed the hierarchical clustering analysis method to discover the formation of sub-groups which showed positive correlation within the sub-group members but negative or non-correlation between the sub-groups among subjects. We found that the existence of sub-groups among whole subjects rather than non-correlation at frontal cortex. The synchronized brain activity could be found at frontal cortex within each sub-group.

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