— Signal to Noise Ratio (SNR) — Sometimes, things are exactly what they seem. This is one of those cases The signal to noise ratio (SNR) is a metric that is used in MRI to describe how much of a signal is noise, and how much is... Read more
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— Partial Volume Effect — Partial Volume Effect in medical imaging speaks to the idea that we may not detect signal in small volumes or regions when our resolution is limited. If you are a researcher that is totally crazy about the amygdala, for example,... Read more
— Cross Validation — In a perfect world, we would be able to ask any question that our little hearts desire, and then have available immediately infinite numbers of datasets to test our hypothesis on, and know exactly the model and parameters to use.... Read more
— Independent Component Analysis (ICA) — I’m sure that you’ve heard of the cocktail party problem. The simplest version of the problem posits that you have two people talking in a room with two microphones, each recording a mixed signal of the two voices. The challenge... Read more