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  1. Article ; Online: Key properties of D-optimal designs for event-related functional MRI experiments with application to nonlinear models.

    Delzell, Darcie A P / Gunst, Richard F / Schucany, William R / Carmack, Patrick S / Lin, Qihua / Spence, Jeffrey S / Haley, Robert W

    Statistics in medicine

    2012  Volume 31, Issue 29, Page(s) 3907–3920

    Abstract: To properly formulate functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) experiments with complex mental activity, it is advantageous to permit great flexibility in the statistical components of the design of these studies. The length of an experiment, the ... ...

    Abstract To properly formulate functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) experiments with complex mental activity, it is advantageous to permit great flexibility in the statistical components of the design of these studies. The length of an experiment, the placement of various stimuli and the modeling approach used all affect the ability to detect mental activity. Major advances in understanding the implications of various designs of fMRI experiments have taken place over the last decade. Nevertheless, new and increasingly difficult issues relating to the modeling of hemodynamic responses and the detection of activated brain regions continue to arise because of the increasing complexity of the experiments. In this article, the D-optimality criterion is used in conjunction with a genetic algorithm to create probability-based design generators for the selection of designs in event-related fMRI experiments where the hemodynamic response function is modeled with a function that is nonlinear in the parameters. The designs produced by these generators are shown to perform well compared with locally D-optimal designs and provide insight into optimal design characteristics that investigators can utilize in the selection of interstimulus intervals. Designs with these characteristics are shown to be applicable to fMRI studies involving one or two stimulus types. The designs are also shown to be robust with respect to misspecification of an AR(1) error autocorrelation and compare favorably with a maximin procedure.
    MeSH term(s) Algorithms ; Brain Mapping ; Hemodynamics ; Humans ; Magnetic Resonance Imaging/methods ; Nonlinear Dynamics ; Persian Gulf Syndrome/pathology
    Language English
    Publishing date 2012-12-20
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
    ZDB-ID 843037-8
    ISSN 1097-0258 ; 0277-6715
    ISSN (online) 1097-0258
    ISSN 0277-6715
    DOI 10.1002/sim.5449
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  2. Article: Accounting for spatial dependence in the analysis of SPECT brain imaging data

    Carmack, Patrick S / Gunst, Richard F / Schucany, William R / Spence, Jeffrey S / Woodward, Wayne A

    Journal of the American Statistical Association : JASA Vol. 102, No. 478 , p. 464-473

    2007  Volume 102, Issue 478, Page(s) 464–473

    Author's details Jeffrey S. Spence, Patrick S. Carmack, Richard F. Gunst, William R. Schucany, Wayne A. Woodward
    Language English
    Size graph. Darst.
    Publisher Assoc.
    Publishing place Alexandria, Va.
    Document type Article
    ZDB-ID 207602-0
    Database ECONomics Information System

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  3. Book: Statistical design and analysis of experiments

    Mason, Robert L / Gunst, Richard F / Hess, James L

    with applications to engineering and science

    (Wiley series in probability and statistics)

    2003  

    Author's details Robert L. Mason; Richard F. Gunst; James L. Hess
    Series title Wiley series in probability and statistics
    Keywords Engineering/Statistical methods ; Experimental design ; Science/Statistical methods ; Experimentauswertung ; Versuchsplanung ; Statistik
    Language English
    Size XIX, 728 S, graph. Darst
    Edition 2. ed
    Publisher Wiley
    Publishing place Hoboken, NJ
    Document type Book
    Note Literaturangaben
    ISBN 0471372161 ; 9780471372165
    Database Library catalogue of the German National Library of Science and Technology (TIB), Hannover

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  4. Book: Crop area estimation based on remotely-sensed data with an accurate but costly subsample

    Gunst, Richard F

    final report on National Aeronautics and Space Administration contract no. NCC 9-9

    1983  

    Institution United States. / National Aeronautics and Space Administration
    Author's details Richard F. Gunst
    Keywords Crops/Remote sensing. ; Forests and forestry/Remote sensing. ; Agricultural estimating and reporting. ; Estimation theory.
    Language English
    Size 1 v. (various foliations) :, ill. ;, 30 cm.
    Publisher Dept. of Statistics, Southern Methodist University
    Publishing place Dallas, Tex
    Document type Book
    Note Includes the author's final report, and three manuscripts as appendices. ; "1 January 1983 to 30 October 1983."
    Database NAL-Catalogue (AGRICOLA)

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  5. Article ; Online: Increased risk of death associated with hypotension is not altered by the presence of brain injury in pediatric trauma patients.

    Gunst, Mark A / Sperry, Jason L / Ghaemmaghami, Vafa / Gunst, Richard F / Friese, Randall S / Frankel, Heidi L / Gentilello, Larry M / Shafi, Shahid

    American journal of surgery

    2007  Volume 194, Issue 6, Page(s) 741–4; discussion 744–5

    Abstract: Background: Hypotension is a well-known predictor of mortality in pediatric trauma patients. However, it is unknown whether the mortality rate is higher in patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI) than in those without TBI. We hypothesized that ... ...

    Abstract Background: Hypotension is a well-known predictor of mortality in pediatric trauma patients. However, it is unknown whether the mortality rate is higher in patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI) than in those without TBI. We hypothesized that systemic hypotension increases mortality in pediatric patients with TBI more than it does in pediatric patients with extracranial injuries only.
    Methods: Multivariate logistic regression was used to determine the relationship between hypotension and the risk of death. Patients were then divided into 2 groups: TBI and No-TBI and the model was applied separately to each group.
    Results: Overall mortality was 2%. After adjusting for confounding variables, hypotension remained a strong independent predictor of mortality. However, the increased risk of death was similar in patients with and without TBI.
    Conclusion: Hypotension is an important predictor of death in pediatric trauma patients. The increased risk of death associated with hypotension is similar with or without traumatic brain injury.
    MeSH term(s) Adolescent ; Area Under Curve ; Brain Injuries/epidemiology ; Brain Injuries/mortality ; Child ; Child, Preschool ; Female ; Humans ; Hypotension/epidemiology ; Hypotension/mortality ; Infant ; Infant, Newborn ; Logistic Models ; Male ; Odds Ratio ; Risk Assessment
    Language English
    Publishing date 2007-12
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2953-1
    ISSN 1879-1883 ; 0002-9610
    ISSN (online) 1879-1883
    ISSN 0002-9610
    DOI 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2007.08.026
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  6. Article: Using a white matter reference to remove the dependency of global signal on experimental conditions in SPECT analyses.

    Spence, Jeffrey S / Carmack, Patrick S / Gunst, Richard F / Schucany, William R / Woodward, Wayne A / Haley, Robert W

    NeuroImage

    2006  Volume 32, Issue 1, Page(s) 49–53

    Abstract: Proportional scaling models are often used in functional imaging studies to remove confounding of local signals by global effects. It is generally assumed that global effects are uncorrelated with experimental conditions. However, when the global effect ... ...

    Abstract Proportional scaling models are often used in functional imaging studies to remove confounding of local signals by global effects. It is generally assumed that global effects are uncorrelated with experimental conditions. However, when the global effect is estimated by the global signal, defined as the intracerebral average, incorrect inference may result from the dependency of the global signal on preexisting conditions or experimental manipulations. In this paper, we propose a simple alternative method of estimating the global effect to be used in a proportional scaling model. Specifically, by defining the global signal with reference strictly to a white matter region within the centrum semiovale, the dependency is removed in experiments where white matter is unaffected by the disease effect or experimental treatments. The increase in the ability to detect changes in regional blood flow is demonstrated in a SPECT study of healthy and ill Gulf War veterans in whom it is suspected that brain abnormalities influence the traditional calculation of the global signal. Controlling for the global effect, ill veterans have significantly lower intracerebral averages than healthy controls (P = 0.0038), evidence that choice of global signal has an impact on inference. Scaling by the modified global signal proposed here results in an increase in sensitivity leading to the identification of several regions in the insula and frontal cortex where ill veterans have significantly lower SPECT emissions. Scaling by the traditional global signal results in the loss of sensitivity to detect these regional differences. Advantages of this alternative method are its computational simplicity and its ability to be easily integrated into existing analysis frameworks such as SPM.
    MeSH term(s) Brain/diagnostic imaging ; Humans ; Inferior Colliculi/diagnostic imaging ; Persian Gulf Syndrome/diagnostic imaging ; Reference Values ; Regression Analysis ; Superior Colliculi/diagnostic imaging ; Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon/methods ; United States ; Veterans
    Language English
    Publishing date 2006-08-01
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
    ZDB-ID 1147767-2
    ISSN 1095-9572 ; 1053-8119
    ISSN (online) 1095-9572
    ISSN 1053-8119
    DOI 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2006.03.025
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  7. Book: How to construct fractional factorial experiments

    Gunst, Richard F / Mason, Robert Lee

    (ASQC basic references in quality control ; v. 14)

    1991  

    Author's details by Richard F. Gunst and Robert L. Mason
    Series title ASQC basic references in quality control ; v. 14
    Language English
    Size x, 96 p, ill, 28 cm
    Publisher ASQC Quality Press
    Publishing place Milwaukee, Wis
    Document type Book
    Note Includes bibliographical references (p. 91-93) and index
    ISBN 0873891082 ; 9780873891080
    Database Library catalogue of the German National Library of Science and Technology (TIB), Hannover

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  8. Article: Abnormal brain response to cholinergic challenge in chronic encephalopathy from the 1991 Gulf War.

    Haley, Robert W / Spence, Jeffrey S / Carmack, Patrick S / Gunst, Richard F / Schucany, William R / Petty, Frederick / Devous, Michael D / Bonte, Frederick J / Trivedi, Madhukar H

    Psychiatry research

    2009  Volume 171, Issue 3, Page(s) 207–220

    Abstract: Several case definitions of chronic illness in veterans of the 1991 Persian Gulf War have been linked epidemiologically with environmental exposure to cholinesterase-inhibiting chemicals, which cause chronic changes in cholinergic receptors in animal ... ...

    Abstract Several case definitions of chronic illness in veterans of the 1991 Persian Gulf War have been linked epidemiologically with environmental exposure to cholinesterase-inhibiting chemicals, which cause chronic changes in cholinergic receptors in animal models. Twenty-one chronically ill Gulf War veterans (5 with symptom complex 1, 11 with complex 2, and 5 with complex 3) and 17 age-, sex- and education-matched controls, underwent an 99mTc-HMPAO-SPECT brain scan following infusion of saline and >48 h later a second scan following infusion of physostigmine in saline. From each SPECT image mean normalized regional cerebral blood flow (nrCBF) from 39 small blocks of correlated voxels were extracted with geostatistical spatial modeling from eight deep gray matter structures in each hemisphere. Baseline nrCBF in symptom complex 2 was lower than controls throughout deep structures. The change in nrCBF after physostigmine (challenge minus baseline) was negative in complexes 1 and 3 and controls but positive in complex 2 in some structures. Since effects were opposite in different groups, no finding typified the entire patient sample. A hold-out discriminant model of nrCBF from 17 deep brain blocks predicted membership in the clinical groups with sensitivity of 0.95 and specificity of 0.82. Gulf War-associated chronic encephalopathy in a subset of veterans may be due to neuronal dysfunction, including abnormal cholinergic response, in deep brain structures.
    MeSH term(s) Adult ; Brain/blood supply ; Brain/diagnostic imaging ; Cholinesterase Inhibitors/toxicity ; Dominance, Cerebral/physiology ; Environmental Exposure ; Humans ; Image Processing, Computer-Assisted ; Imaging, Three-Dimensional ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Neurons/drug effects ; Neurons/physiology ; Neuropsychological Tests ; Neurotoxicity Syndromes/diagnostic imaging ; Neurotoxicity Syndromes/physiopathology ; Persian Gulf Syndrome/chemically induced ; Persian Gulf Syndrome/diagnostic imaging ; Persian Gulf Syndrome/physiopathology ; Physostigmine ; Receptors, Cholinergic/drug effects ; Regional Blood Flow/drug effects ; Technetium Tc 99m Exametazime ; Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon ; Veterans
    Chemical Substances Cholinesterase Inhibitors ; Receptors, Cholinergic ; Technetium Tc 99m Exametazime (3B744AG22N) ; Physostigmine (9U1VM840SP)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2009-03-31
    Publishing country Ireland
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 445361-x
    ISSN 1872-7123 ; 1872-7506 ; 0165-1781 ; 0925-4927
    ISSN (online) 1872-7123 ; 1872-7506
    ISSN 0165-1781 ; 0925-4927
    DOI 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2008.05.004
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  9. Article: Improved agreement between Talairach and MNI coordinate spaces in deep brain regions.

    Carmack, Patrick S / Spence, Jeff / Gunst, Richard F / Schucany, William R / Woodward, Wayne A / Haley, Robert W

    NeuroImage

    2004  Volume 22, Issue 1, Page(s) 367–371

    Abstract: Disagreement between the Talairach atlas and the stereotaxic space commonly used in software like SPM is a widely recognized problem. Others have proposed affine transformations to improve agreement in surface areas such as Brodmann's areas. This article ...

    Abstract Disagreement between the Talairach atlas and the stereotaxic space commonly used in software like SPM is a widely recognized problem. Others have proposed affine transformations to improve agreement in surface areas such as Brodmann's areas. This article proposes a similar transformation with the goal of improving agreement specifically in the deep brain region. The task is accomplished by finding an affine transformation that minimizes the mean distance between the surface coordinates of the lateral ventricles in the Talairach atlas and the MNI templates. The result is a transformation that improves deep brain agreement over both the untransformed Talairach coordinates and the surface-oriented transformation. While the transformation improves deep brain agreement, surface agreement is generally made worse. For areas near the lateral ventricle, the transformation presented herein is valuable for applications such as region of interest (ROI) modeling.
    MeSH term(s) Algorithms ; Brain/anatomy & histology ; Brain Mapping ; Caudate Nucleus/anatomy & histology ; Cerebral Ventricles/anatomy & histology ; Humans ; Models, Anatomic ; Reference Standards ; Stereotaxic Techniques/standards
    Language English
    Publishing date 2004-05
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
    ZDB-ID 1147767-2
    ISSN 1095-9572 ; 1053-8119
    ISSN (online) 1095-9572
    ISSN 1053-8119
    DOI 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2004.01.022
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  10. Book: Regression analysis and its application

    Gunst, Richard F / Mason, Robert Lee

    a data-oriented approach

    (Statistics. Textbooks and monographs ; 34)

    1980  

    Author's details Richard F. Gunst; Robert Lee Mason
    Series title Statistics. Textbooks and monographs ; 34
    Keywords Regression analysis
    Language English
    Size XIV, 402 S.
    Publisher Dekker
    Publishing place New York u.a
    Document type Book
    Note Literaturverz. S. 389 - 397
    ISBN 0824769937 ; 9780824769932
    Database Former special subject collection: coastal and deep sea fishing

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