Thanks a lot, Matt!

On Fri, Aug 10, 2018 at 9:27 PM, Glasser, Matthew <[email protected]>
wrote:

> So what I take from this is that there are probably bilateral
> temporal-occipital differences that are a little bigger on the left than
> the right and that statistical thresholding is exaggerating the L/R
> differences.  Assuming you had a larger sample size and the pattern stayed
> the same, the differences would be bilateral.
>
> Matt.
>
> From: Darko Komnenić <[email protected]>
> Date: Friday, August 10, 2018 at 1:18 PM
> To: "Harms, Michael" <[email protected]>
> Cc: Matt Glasser <[email protected]>, "Winkler, Anderson (NIH/NIMH) [E]"
> <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <
> [email protected]>
>
> Subject: Re: [HCP-Users] Finding a significant difference only in one
> hemisphere
>
> Hello again everyone,
> I am sending the images once again, this time on an inflated surface
> (average of the entire sample). As for colors, the last time I used the
> third option - "percent" (which was default), but now I changed it to the
> second one - percentiles of the absolute value.
> We had 17 patients and 25 controls (the reason for this is that we had a
> third group as well, from a different patient cohort, and there we had 25
> patients, so we matched the number of people in the control group with that
> other patient group).
> The map of the significant differences highlighted mostly occipital and
> temporal areas in the left hemisphere as more myelinated in the control
> sample, and I guess we can sort of see that in the average myelin maps as
> well (more red in the occipital areas, a lighter shade of purple in the
> superior temporal gyrus)? But, at any rate, it's not a huge effect.
>
> I'm also including the T1 and T2 protocols in the attachment.
> Unfortunately, I was only able to get the T1 protocol in German: "ein"
> means "on, "aus" means "off"; some of the parameter names are still in
> English even in the T1 file, for those that are in German, you can see
> their English translation by looking at the same spot in the T2 file. Sorry
> for the inconvenience!
>
> Looking forward to your feedback!
> Best,
> Darko
>
>
>
> On Wed, Aug 8, 2018 at 9:13 PM, Harms, Michael <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Viewing on the inflated surface would probably be more helpful.
>>
>>
>>
>> Also, how many subjects per group?
>>
>>
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> -MH
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>> Michael Harms, Ph.D.
>>
>> -----------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> Associate Professor of Psychiatry
>>
>> Washington University School of Medicine
>>
>> Department of Psychiatry, Box 8134
>>
>> 660 South Euclid Ave
>> <https://maps.google.com/?q=660+South+Euclid+Ave&entry=gmail&source=g>.
>> Tel: 314-747-6173
>>
>> St. Louis, MO  63110                          Email: [email protected]
>>
>> *From: *Darko Komnenić <[email protected]>
>> *Date: *Wednesday, August 8, 2018 at 2:08 PM
>> *To: *"Glasser, Matthew" <[email protected]>
>> *Cc: *"Harms, Michael" <[email protected]>, "Winkler, Anderson (NIH/NIMH)
>> [E]" <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <
>> [email protected]>
>>
>> *Subject: *Re: [HCP-Users] Finding a significant difference only in one
>> hemisphere
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks a lot for the clarifications everyone!
>>
>> The first two images attached are average myelin maps for controls and
>> patients, respectively.
>>
>> The third image is what I hope to be the effect size map. I added the
>> -saveglm flag to palm, and then used command
>> -cifti-create-dense-from-template to merge the dpv_cohen files for left
>> and right hemisphere. Let me know if this does not work.
>>
>> Thanks in advance for any comments!
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Darko
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Aug 8, 2018 at 2:22 AM, Glasser, Matthew <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>> What is an effect size map?  An effect size map is in the case of a
>> t-test of difference between two groups is simply the difference in the
>> means.  A standardized effect size maps is a Cohen’s d, which is helpful if
>> you want to compare effect sizes of different measures that are not on the
>> same scale.  Looking at both the difference between means and the means
>> themselves could be helpful in tracking down artifacts.  Looking at maps of
>> statistical significance is not helpful, despite what you see typically
>> done in the neuroimaging literature.
>>
>>
>>
>> Matt.
>>
>>
>>
>> *From: *<[email protected]> on behalf of "Harms,
>> Michael" <[email protected]>
>> *Date: *Tuesday, August 7, 2018 at 3:47 PM
>> *To: *"Winkler, Anderson (NIH/NIMH) [E]" <[email protected]>,
>> Darko Komnenić <[email protected]>
>>
>>
>> *Cc: *"[email protected]" <[email protected]>
>> *Subject: *Re: [HCP-Users] Finding a significant difference only in one
>> hemisphere
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> A Cohen’s d map of the group difference might be helpful, but even more
>> basic would be to just merge the individual myelin maps (-cifti-merge, or
>> use wb_shortcuts -cifti-concatenate) and then average them (-cifti-average).
>>
>>
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> -MH
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>> Michael Harms, Ph.D.
>>
>> -----------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> Associate Professor of Psychiatry
>>
>> Washington University School of Medicine
>>
>> Department of Psychiatry, Box 8134
>>
>> 660 South Euclid Ave
>> <https://maps.google.com/?q=660+South+Euclid+Ave&entry=gmail&source=g>.
>> Tel: 314-747-6173
>>
>> St. Louis, MO  63110                          Email: [email protected]
>>
>> *From: *"Winkler, Anderson (NIH/NIMH) [E]" <[email protected]>
>> *Date: *Tuesday, August 7, 2018 at 3:02 PM
>> *To: *Darko Komnenić <[email protected]>, "Harms, Michael" <
>> [email protected]>
>> *Cc: *"[email protected]" <[email protected]>
>> *Subject: *Re: [HCP-Users] Finding a significant difference only in one
>> hemisphere
>>
>>
>>
>> Hi Darko,
>>
>>
>>
>> The option “-saveglm” in PALM should produce Cohen’s d maps.
>>
>>
>>
>> All the best,
>>
>>
>>
>> Anderson
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> *From: *Darko Komnenić <[email protected]>
>> *Date: *Tuesday, August 7, 2018 at 15:25
>> *To: *"Harms, Michael" <[email protected]>
>> *Cc: *"[email protected]" <[email protected]>
>> *Subject: *Re: [HCP-Users] Finding a significant difference only in one
>> hemisphere
>>
>>
>>
>> Hi Michael,
>>
>> I don't seem to have an average myelin map as an output of the analysis.
>> Is it just something I can make by merging and averaging individual myelin
>> maps in workbench, or should it have been the output of the GLM analysis?
>> Sorry for this most likely really basic question.
>>
>> Thanks in advance!
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Darko
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Aug 7, 2018 at 3:53 PM, Harms, Michael <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> It might be helpful to simply see the average myelin map for each group.
>> Do those look appropriate?
>>
>>
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> -MH
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>> Michael Harms, Ph.D.
>>
>> -----------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> Associate Professor of Psychiatry
>>
>> Washington University School of Medicine
>>
>> Department of Psychiatry, Box 8134
>>
>> 660 South Euclid Ave
>> <https://maps.google.com/?q=660+South+Euclid+Ave&entry=gmail&source=g>.
>> Tel: 314-747-6173
>>
>> St. Louis, MO  63110                          Email: [email protected]
>>
>> *From: *<[email protected]> on behalf of Darko
>> Komnenić <[email protected]>
>> *Date: *Tuesday, August 7, 2018 at 6:50 AM
>> *To: *"Glasser, Matthew" <[email protected]>
>>
>>
>> *Cc: *"[email protected]" <[email protected]>
>> *Subject: *Re: [HCP-Users] Finding a significant difference only in one
>> hemisphere
>>
>>
>>
>> Hi Matt,
>>
>> I'm not sure what you mean by a simple effect size map. The file overlaid
>> on the surfaces here is a file showing the difference between control and
>> patient groups, after correction for multiple comparisons. Do I use that to
>> make an effect size map, or something else?
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Darko
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Aug 6, 2018 at 9:03 PM, Glasser, Matthew <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Can you just make a simple effect size map with + and – and no
>> thresholding?
>>
>>
>>
>> Matt.
>>
>>
>>
>> *From: *Darko Komnenić <[email protected]>
>> *Date: *Monday, August 6, 2018 at 12:09 PM
>>
>>
>> *To: *Matt Glasser <[email protected]>
>> *Cc: *"[email protected]" <[email protected]>
>> *Subject: *Re: [HCP-Users] Finding a significant difference only in one
>> hemisphere
>>
>>
>>
>> Hi Matt,
>>
>> here's a screenshot of an unthresholded map.
>>
>> Thanks in advance!
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Darko
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Aug 3, 2018 at 10:12 PM, Glasser, Matthew <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Thresholded maps of statistical significance are essentially
>> uninterpretable as to the existence of artifacts.  Please provide an
>> unthresholded effect size map.
>>
>>
>>
>> Peace,
>>
>>
>>
>> Matt.
>>
>>
>>
>> *From: *Darko Komnenić <[email protected]>
>> *Date: *Friday, August 3, 2018 at 12:12 PM
>> *To: *Matt Glasser <[email protected]>
>> *Cc: *"[email protected]" <[email protected]>
>> *Subject: *Re: [HCP-Users] Finding a significant difference only in one
>> hemisphere
>>
>>
>>
>> Hi Matt,
>>
>> here's a screenshot
>>
>> Thanks in advance!
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Darko
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Aug 2, 2018 at 10:01 PM, Glasser, Matthew <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>> How about posting some pics.
>>
>>
>>
>> Matt.
>>
>>
>>
>> *From: *<[email protected]> on behalf of Darko
>> Komnenić <[email protected]>
>> *Date: *Thursday, August 2, 2018 at 9:16 AM
>> *To: *"[email protected]" <[email protected]>
>> *Subject: *[HCP-Users] Finding a significant difference only in one
>> hemisphere
>>
>>
>>
>> Dear HCP experts,
>>
>> I ran an analysis comparing cortical myelination between patients and
>> controls and found a significant difference between groups, but only in the
>> left hemisphere. What's making me doubt my results is that the differences
>> are observed in large areas of the left hemisphere, but absolutely nowhere
>> in the right, and we have no theoretical reasons to expect such a
>> lateralization.
>>
>> Do you have any ideas what might have gone wrong? I have 17 patients and
>> 25 controls, is this maybe too small of a sample? Should I double check
>> certain analysis steps? Basically any ideas are welcome, since I really
>> cannot interpret these findings at all, it seems.
>>
>> Thanks in advance!
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Darko
>>
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