Abstract-A new adaptive signal-preserving technique for noise suppression in functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) data is proposed based on spectrum subtraction. The proposed technique estimates a model for the power spectrum of random noise from the acquired data. This model is used to estimate a noise-suppressed power spectrum for any given pixel time course by simple subtraction of power spectra. The new technique is tested using computer simulations and real data for event-related fMRI experiments. The results show the potential of the new technique in suppressing noise while preserving the other deterministic components. Moreover, further analysis using principal component analysis (PCA) and independent component analysis (ICA) shows a significant improvement in both convergence and clarity of results when the new technique is used. This suggests the value of the new technique as a useful preprocessing step for this type of signals.
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