Automatic classification of brain resting states using fMRI temporal signals

A novel technique is presented for the automatic discrimination between networks of 'resting states' of the human brain and physiological fluctuations in functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). The method is based on features identified via a statistical approach to group independent component analysis time courses, which may be extracted from fMRI data. This technique is entirely automatic and, unlike other approaches, uses temporal rather than spatial information. The method achieves 83 accuracy in the identification of resting state networks.