PETRA: Multivariate analyses for neuroimaging data
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چکیده
In last years, many research efforts in neurosciences have focused in multivariate approaches based on machine learning as an alternative to the use of Statistical Parametric Mapping and the univariate analyses that it provides. However, this relatively new field still lacks of a software framework that completely meets the needs of the scientific community. In this work we present a toolbox designed to facilitate the access to the recent advances in neuroimaging data analysis based on multivariate approaches. The toolbox, written on Matlab, is freely available and implements a Graphical User Interface that allows managing neuroimaging data in an easy way.
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