Practical Intensity-BasedMeta-Analysis
Camille MaumetOHBM Neuroimaging Meta-Analysis Educational course
26 June 2016
Coordinate- or Image-Based?
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Acquisition Analysis
Experiment Raw data Results
Acquisition Analysis
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Publication
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Coordinate- or Image-Based?
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Experiment Raw data Results
Acquisition Analysis
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Coordinate-based meta-analysis
Coordinate-based meta-analysis
Image-based meta-analysis
Shared resultsData sharing
Coordinate- or Image-Based?
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Coordinate-based meta-analysis
Coordinate-based meta-analysis Image-based meta-analysis
Image-based meta-analysishow to?
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InferenceDetections
(subject-level)
Image-based meta-analysis
Pre-processed dataS
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Model fitting and estimation Contrast and
std. err. maps
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InferenceDetections
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InferenceDetections
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Image-based meta-analysis
Pre-processed dataS
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Model fitting and estimation Contrast and
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InferenceDetections
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Image-based meta-analysis
Pre-processed dataS
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InferenceDetections
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InferenceDetections
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Image-based meta-analysis
Pre-processed dataS
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Image-based meta-analysis
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Inference
Detections (meta-analysis)
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InferenceDetections
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InferenceDetections
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InferenceDetections
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InferenceDetections
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Meta-analysis levelStudy levelSubject level
Image-based meta-analysis
Pre-processed dataS
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Detections (meta-analysis)
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Image-based meta-analysis• Gold standard: Third-level Mixed-Effects GLM• Requirements
– study-level Contrast estimates and Standard error maps.
– Same units
Contrast and std. err. maps
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Units of contrast estimatesPre-processed
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Model fitting and estimation Contrast and
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Units of contrast estimatesPre-processed
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Model fitting and estimation Contrast and
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Pre-processed data
Data scalingScaled pre-proc. data
Model parameter estimation Parameter
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Contrast estimation Contrast and
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Units depend on mean estimation and scaling target.
Units of contrast estimatesPre-processed
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Data scalingScaled pre-proc. data
Model parameter estimation Parameter
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Contrast estimation Contrast and
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Data scaling
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Units of contrast estimates
Y = β +
Units depend on scaling of explanatory variables
Pre-processed data
Data scalingScaled pre-proc. data
Model parameter estimation Parameter
estimates
Contrast estimation Contrast and
std. err. maps
Model parameter estimation
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Units of contrast estimates
• Contrast Estimation– Linear combination of parameter estimates– Final statistics invariant to scale
• e.g. [ 1 1 1 1 ] gives same T’s & P’s as [ ¼ ¼ ¼ ¼ ]
Units depend on contrast vector– Rule for contrasts to preserve units
• Positive elements sum to 1• Negative elements sum to -1
Pre-processed data
Data scalingScaled pre-proc. data
Model parameter estimation Parameter
estimates
Contrast estimation Contrast and
std. err. maps
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Contrast estimation
Image-based Meta-analysis• Gold standard:
• But…– Units will depend on:
• The scaling of the data (subject-level)• The scaling of the predictor(s) (subject- and study-level)• The scaling of the contrast (subject- and study-level).
– Contrast estimates and standard error maps are rarely shared…
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Third-level Mixed-Effects GLM
3dMEMA_result+tlrc.BRIK[[0]][from contrast & stat maps]
Which images for IBMA?
Contrast & std. err. maps
Statistic mapE.g. Z-map
Contrast map
SPM FSL AFNI
con_0001.nii[SPM.mat]
cope1.niivarcope1.nii (squared)
3dMEMA_result+tlrc.BRIK[[1]]spmT_0001.nii tstat1.nii.gzzstat1.nii.gz
3dMEMA_result+tlrc.BRIK[[0]]con_0001.nii cope1.nii
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Image-based meta-analyses based on Z
• Fisher's
– Sum of −log P-values (from T/Z’s converted to P’s)
• Stouffer’s
– Average Z, rescaled to N(0,1)
• “Stouffer's Random Effects (RFX)”
– Submit Z’s to one-sample t-test
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Statistic mapE.g. Z-map
• Weighted Stouffer’s
– Z’s from bigger studies get bigger weight
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Statistic mapE.g. Z-map
Image-based meta-analyses based on Z + N + N
• Random Effects (RFX) GLM
– Analyze per-study contrasts as “data”
based on Con’s + SE’s• Fixed-Effects (FFX) GLM
– Don’t estimate variance, just take from first level
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Image-based meta-analyses based on Con’s
Contrast map
Contrast & std. err. maps
Image-Based Meta-AnalysisIn practice!• Not all of these options are easily used
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Meta-Analysis Method Inputs Neuroimaging Implementation
‘Gold Standard’ MFX Con’s + SE’s FSL’s FEATSPM spm_mfxAFNI 3dMEMA
RFX GLMStouffer’s RFX
Con’sZ’s
FSL, SPM, AFNI, etc…
FFX GLMFisher’sStouffer’sStouffer’s Weighted
Con’s +SE’sZ’sZ’sZ’s + N’s
n/a
(Slide from Thomas Nichols, OHBM 2015)
Self Promotion Alert:IBMA toolbox• SPM Extension• Still in beta!
– But welcome all feedback
• Available on GitHub https://github.com/NeuroimagingMetaAnalysis/ibma
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Meta-analysis of 21 pain studies
• Results– GLM methods similar– Z-based methods similar– But FFX Z methods more sensitive (as expected)
RFX
Data: Tracey pain group, FMRIB, Oxford. 17
Share image data supporting neuroimaging results
From SPM & FSL
NIDM-Results
http://nidm.nidash.org/getting-started/21
• When data available, Image-Based preferred to Coordinate-Based meta-analysis
Conclusions
For more on NIDM-ResultsMaumet et al., Poster 1851 - Tuesday 12:45-14:45“NIDM-Results: Standardized reporting of mass univariate neuroimaging results in SPM, FSL and AFNI”
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Conclusions• When data available, Image-Based preferred to
Coordinate-Based meta-analysis• In practice, it is difficult to use the gold standard
Mixed-Effects GLM
For more on NIDM-ResultsMaumet et al., Poster 1851 - Tuesday 12:45-14:45“NIDM-Results: Standardized reporting of mass univariate neuroimaging results in SPM, FSL and AFNI”
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Conclusions• When data available, Image-Based preferred to
Coordinate-Based meta-analysis• In practice, it is difficult to use the gold standard
Mixed-Effects GLM• When only contrast estimates are available, RFX
GLM is a practical & valid approach
For more on NIDM-ResultsMaumet et al., Poster 1851 - Tuesday 12:45-14:45“NIDM-Results: Standardized reporting of mass univariate neuroimaging results in SPM, FSL and AFNI”
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Conclusions• When data available, Image-Based preferred to
Coordinate-Based meta-analysis• In practice, it is difficult to use the gold standard
Mixed-Effects GLM• When only contrast estimates are available, RFX
GLM is a practical & valid approach• Few tools for Z-based IBMA, but underway…
For more on NIDM-ResultsMaumet et al., Poster 1851 - Tuesday 12:45-14:45“NIDM-Results: Standardized reporting of mass univariate neuroimaging results in SPM, FSL and AFNI”
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Conclusions• When data available, Image-Based preferred to
Coordinate-Based meta-analysis• In practice, it is difficult to use the gold standard
Mixed-Effects GLM• When only contrast estimates are available, RFX
GLM is a practical & valid approach• Few tools for Z-based IBMA, but underway…• Data sharing tools: NeuroVault, NIDM-Results
For more on NIDM-ResultsMaumet et al., Poster 1851 - Tuesday 12:45-14:45“NIDM-Results: Standardized reporting of mass univariate neuroimaging results in SPM, FSL and AFNI”
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