English
 
Help Privacy Policy Disclaimer
  Advanced SearchBrowse

Item

ITEM ACTIONSEXPORT
  Effects of image coherence on the activity of posterior visual areas: an fMRI study

Rainer, G., Augath, M., Trinath, T., & Logothetis, N. (2000). Effects of image coherence on the activity of posterior visual areas: an fMRI study. Poster presented at 30th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience (Neuroscience 2000), New Orleans, LA, USA.

Item is

Files

show Files

Locators

show
hide
Description:
-
OA-Status:

Creators

show
hide
 Creators:
Rainer, G1, 2, Author           
Augath, M1, 2, Author           
Trinath, T1, 2, Author           
Logothetis, NK1, 2, Author           
Affiliations:
1Department Physiology of Cognitive Processes, Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, Max Planck Society, ou_1497798              
2Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, Max Planck Society, Spemannstrasse 38, 72076 Tübingen, DE, ou_1497794              

Content

show
hide
Free keywords: -
 Abstract: Natural images have a characteristic 1/f a power spectrum (Field, 1985). Different natural images thus differ mostly in their phase, and their spatial structure (e.g. edges) results in correlated phase spectra. Our aim was to study how processing in visual cortex varies as a function of phase correlation. To do this, we generated random phase spectra and performed linear interpolation between these random spectra and phase spectra of natural images. By using different interpolation levels (0,25,50,75,100 signal), we could parametrically investigate the effects of phase correlation on the activity in visual areas, while keeping the power spectrum constant. Images were 10°×10° in size, and were presented at randomized locations within ±3° of the center of gaze to mimick saccadic eye movements. To study such effects by means of BOLD imaging, multi-shot (8) horizontal GE-recalled EPI images (voxel volume 0.5×0.5×2mm3, TE=20, TR=740, FA=50) of the entire brain of anesthetized monkeys were obtained using a Biospec 4.7T/40cm scanner (Bruker, Inc.) with 50mT/m gradients. This preparation affords the unique opportunity to examine activity in many brain areas simultaneously independent of cognitive factors, and provides a baseline to which human and awake monkey fMRI data on object processing may be compared. We found that many voxels were activated by natural images and/or interpolated patterns. Activity in striate and extrastriate cortical areas was modulated by interpolation level, with natural objects at 100 signal typically eliciting most activity. We plan to examine the effects of varying power spectra (i.e. values of a) on the BOLD signal.

Details

show
hide
Language(s):
 Dates: 2000-11
 Publication Status: Issued
 Pages: -
 Publishing info: -
 Table of Contents: -
 Rev. Type: -
 Identifiers: BibTex Citekey: 1042
 Degree: -

Event

show
hide
Title: 30th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience (Neuroscience 2000)
Place of Event: New Orleans, LA, USA
Start-/End Date: 2000-11-04 - 2000-11-09

Legal Case

show

Project information

show

Source 1

show
hide
Title: 30th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience (Neuroscience 2000)
Source Genre: Journal
 Creator(s):
Affiliations:
Publ. Info: -
Pages: - Volume / Issue: - Sequence Number: 448.14 Start / End Page: - Identifier: -