nimare.meta.cbma.base.CBMAEstimator

class CBMAEstimator(kernel_transformer, *, mask=None, **kwargs)[source]

Bases: Estimator

Base class for coordinate-based meta-analysis methods.

Changed in version 0.0.12:

  • Remove low_memory option

  • CBMA-specific elements of MetaEstimator excised and moved into CBMAEstimator.

  • Generic kwargs and args converted to named kwargs. All remaining kwargs are for kernels.

  • Use a 4D sparse array for modeled activation maps.

Changed in version 0.0.8:

  • [REF] Use saved MA maps, when available.

  • [REF] Add low_memory option.

New in version 0.0.3.

Parameters
  • kernel_transformer (KernelTransformer, optional) – Kernel with which to convolve coordinates from dataset. Default is ALEKernel.

  • *args – Optional arguments to the MetaEstimator __init__ (called automatically).

  • **kwargs – Optional keyword arguments to the MetaEstimator __init__ (called automatically).

Methods

correct_fwe_montecarlo(result[, ...])

Perform FWE correction using the max-value permutation method.

fit(dataset[, drop_invalid])

Fit Estimator to Dataset.

get_params([deep])

Get parameters for this estimator.

load(filename[, compressed])

Load a pickled class instance from file.

save(filename[, compress])

Pickle the class instance to the provided file.

set_params(**params)

Set the parameters of this estimator.

correct_fwe_montecarlo(result, voxel_thresh=0.001, n_iters=10000, n_cores=1, vfwe_only=False)[source]

Perform FWE correction using the max-value permutation method.

Only call this method from within a Corrector.

Changed in version 0.0.12:

  • Fix the vfwe_only option.

Changed in version 0.0.11:

  • Rename *_level-cluster maps to *_desc-size_level-cluster.

  • Add new *_desc-mass_level-cluster maps that use cluster mass-based inference.

Parameters
  • result (MetaResult) – Result object from a CBMA meta-analysis.

  • voxel_thresh (float, optional) – Cluster-defining p-value threshold. Default is 0.001.

  • n_iters (int, optional) – Number of iterations to build the voxel-level, cluster-size, and cluster-mass FWE null distributions. Default is 10000.

  • n_cores (int, optional) – Number of cores to use for parallelization. If <=0, defaults to using all available cores. Default is 1.

  • vfwe_only (bool, optional) – If True, only calculate the voxel-level FWE-corrected maps. Voxel-level correction can be performed very quickly if the Estimator’s null_method was “montecarlo”. Default is False.

Returns

images – Dictionary of 1D arrays corresponding to masked images generated by the correction procedure. The following arrays are generated by this method:

  • logp_desc-size_level-cluster: Cluster-level FWE-corrected -log10(p) map based on cluster size. This was previously simply called “logp_level-cluster”. This array is not generated if vfwe_only is True.

  • logp_desc-mass_level-cluster: Cluster-level FWE-corrected -log10(p) map based on cluster mass. According to Bullmore et al.1 and Zhang et al.2, cluster mass-based inference is more powerful than cluster size. This array is not generated if vfwe_only is True.

  • logp_level-voxel: Voxel-level FWE-corrected -log10(p) map. Voxel-level correction is generally more conservative than cluster-level correction, so it is only recommended for very large meta-analyses (i.e., hundreds of studies), per Eickhoff et al.3.

Return type

dict

Notes

If vfwe_only is False, this method adds three new keys to the null_distributions_ attribute:

  • values_level-voxel_corr-fwe_method-montecarlo: The maximum summary statistic value from each Monte Carlo iteration. An array of shape (n_iters,).

  • values_desc-size_level-cluster_corr-fwe_method-montecarlo: The maximum cluster size from each Monte Carlo iteration. An array of shape (n_iters,).

  • values_desc-mass_level-cluster_corr-fwe_method-montecarlo: The maximum cluster mass from each Monte Carlo iteration. An array of shape (n_iters,).

See also

nimare.correct.FWECorrector

The Corrector from which to call this method.

References

1

Edward T Bullmore, John Suckling, Stephan Overmeyer, Sophia Rabe-Hesketh, Eric Taylor, and Michael J Brammer. Global, voxel, and cluster tests, by theory and permutation, for a difference between two groups of structural mr images of the brain. IEEE transactions on medical imaging, 18(1):32–42, 1999. URL: https://doi.org/10.1109/42.750253, doi:10.1109/42.750253.

2

Hui Zhang, Thomas E Nichols, and Timothy D Johnson. Cluster mass inference via random field theory. Neuroimage, 44(1):51–61, 2009. URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2008.08.017, doi:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2008.08.017.

3

Simon B Eickhoff, Thomas E Nichols, Angela R Laird, Felix Hoffstaedter, Katrin Amunts, Peter T Fox, Danilo Bzdok, and Claudia R Eickhoff. Behavior, sensitivity, and power of activation likelihood estimation characterized by massive empirical simulation. Neuroimage, 137:70–85, 2016. URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2016.04.072, doi:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2016.04.072.

Examples

>>> meta = MKDADensity()
>>> result = meta.fit(dset)
>>> corrector = FWECorrector(method='montecarlo', voxel_thresh=0.01,
                             n_iters=5, n_cores=1)
>>> cresult = corrector.transform(result)
fit(dataset, drop_invalid=True)[source]

Fit Estimator to Dataset.

Parameters
  • dataset (Dataset) – Dataset object to analyze.

  • drop_invalid (bool, optional) – Whether to automatically ignore any studies without the required data or not. Default is False.

Returns

Results of Estimator fitting.

Return type

MetaResult

Variables

inputs (dict) – Inputs used in _fit.

Notes

The fit method is a light wrapper that runs input validation and preprocessing before fitting the actual model. Estimators’ individual “fitting” methods are implemented as _fit, although users should call fit.

get_params(deep=True)[source]

Get parameters for this estimator.

Parameters

deep (bool, optional) – If True, will return the parameters for this estimator and contained subobjects that are estimators.

Returns

params – Parameter names mapped to their values.

Return type

dict

classmethod load(filename, compressed=True)[source]

Load a pickled class instance from file.

Parameters
  • filename (str) – Name of file containing object.

  • compressed (bool, optional) – If True, the file is assumed to be compressed and gzip will be used to load it. Otherwise, it will assume that the file is not compressed. Default = True.

Returns

obj – Loaded class object.

Return type

class object

save(filename, compress=True)[source]

Pickle the class instance to the provided file.

Parameters
  • filename (str) – File to which object will be saved.

  • compress (bool, optional) – If True, the file will be compressed with gzip. Otherwise, the uncompressed version will be saved. Default = True.

set_params(**params)[source]

Set the parameters of this estimator.

The method works on simple estimators as well as on nested objects (such as pipelines). The latter have parameters of the form <component>__<parameter> so that it’s possible to update each component of a nested object.

Return type

self

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