
AbstractIntroductionHarmonization protocols that address batch effects and cross‐site methodological differences in multi‐center studies are critical for strengthening electroencephalography (EEG) signatures of functional connectivity (FC) as potential dementia biomarkers.MethodsWe implemented an automatic processing pipeline incorporating electrode layout integrations, patient–control normalizations, and multi‐metric EEG source space connectomics analyses.ResultsSpline interpolations of EEG signals onto a head mesh model with 6067 virtual electrodes resulted in an effective method for integrating electrode layouts. Z‐score transformations of EEG time series resulted in source space connectivity matrices with high bilateral symmetry, reinforced long‐range connections, and diminished short‐range functional interactions. A composite FC metric allowed for accurate multicentric classifications of Alzheimer's disease and behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia.DiscussionHarmonized multi‐metric analysis of EEG source space connectivity can address data heterogeneities in multi‐centric studies, representing a powerful tool for accurately characterizing dementia.
BVFTD, WHOLE-BRAIN FUNCTIONAL CONNECTIVITY, RC952-954.6, 610, automatic harmonization, AD, MULTI-CENTRIC STUDIES, bvFTD, Geriatrics, Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry, 616, https://purl.org/becyt/ford/3.1, inverse solution methods, https://purl.org/becyt/ford/3, EEG, Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system, AUTOMATIC HARMONIZATION, INVERSE SOLUTION METHODS, dementia classification, RC346-429, DEMENTIA CLASSIFICATION, Research Articles
BVFTD, WHOLE-BRAIN FUNCTIONAL CONNECTIVITY, RC952-954.6, 610, automatic harmonization, AD, MULTI-CENTRIC STUDIES, bvFTD, Geriatrics, Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry, 616, https://purl.org/becyt/ford/3.1, inverse solution methods, https://purl.org/becyt/ford/3, EEG, Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system, AUTOMATIC HARMONIZATION, INVERSE SOLUTION METHODS, dementia classification, RC346-429, DEMENTIA CLASSIFICATION, Research Articles
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