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%matplotlib inline

.. _tut_stats_cluster_source_2samp:

2 samples permutation test on source data with spatio-temporal clustering

Tests if the source space data are significantly different between 2 groups of subjects (simulated here using one subject's data). The multiple comparisons problem is addressed with a cluster-level permutation test across space and time.


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# Authors: Alexandre Gramfort <alexandre.gramfort@telecom-paristech.fr>
#          Eric Larson <larson.eric.d@gmail.com>
# License: BSD (3-clause)

import os.path as op
import numpy as np
from scipy import stats as stats

import mne
from mne import spatial_tris_connectivity, grade_to_tris
from mne.stats import spatio_temporal_cluster_test, summarize_clusters_stc
from mne.datasets import sample

print(__doc__)

Set parameters


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data_path = sample.data_path()
stc_fname = data_path + '/MEG/sample/sample_audvis-meg-lh.stc'
subjects_dir = data_path + '/subjects'

# Load stc to in common cortical space (fsaverage)
stc = mne.read_source_estimate(stc_fname)
stc.resample(50, npad='auto')

stc = mne.morph_data('sample', 'fsaverage', stc, grade=5, smooth=20,
                     subjects_dir=subjects_dir)
n_vertices_fsave, n_times = stc.data.shape
tstep = stc.tstep

n_subjects1, n_subjects2 = 7, 9
print('Simulating data for %d and %d subjects.' % (n_subjects1, n_subjects2))

#    Let's make sure our results replicate, so set the seed.
np.random.seed(0)
X1 = np.random.randn(n_vertices_fsave, n_times, n_subjects1) * 10
X2 = np.random.randn(n_vertices_fsave, n_times, n_subjects2) * 10
X1[:, :, :] += stc.data[:, :, np.newaxis]
# make the activity bigger for the second set of subjects
X2[:, :, :] += 3 * stc.data[:, :, np.newaxis]

#    We want to compare the overall activity levels for each subject
X1 = np.abs(X1)  # only magnitude
X2 = np.abs(X2)  # only magnitude

Compute statistic

To use an algorithm optimized for spatio-temporal clustering, we just pass the spatial connectivity matrix (instead of spatio-temporal)


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print('Computing connectivity.')
connectivity = spatial_tris_connectivity(grade_to_tris(5))

#    Note that X needs to be a list of multi-dimensional array of shape
#    samples (subjects_k) x time x space, so we permute dimensions
X1 = np.transpose(X1, [2, 1, 0])
X2 = np.transpose(X2, [2, 1, 0])
X = [X1, X2]

#    Now let's actually do the clustering. This can take a long time...
#    Here we set the threshold quite high to reduce computation.
p_threshold = 0.0001
f_threshold = stats.distributions.f.ppf(1. - p_threshold / 2.,
                                        n_subjects1 - 1, n_subjects2 - 1)
print('Clustering.')
T_obs, clusters, cluster_p_values, H0 = clu =\
    spatio_temporal_cluster_test(X, connectivity=connectivity, n_jobs=1,
                                 threshold=f_threshold)
#    Now select the clusters that are sig. at p < 0.05 (note that this value
#    is multiple-comparisons corrected).
good_cluster_inds = np.where(cluster_p_values < 0.05)[0]

Visualize the clusters


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print('Visualizing clusters.')

#    Now let's build a convenient representation of each cluster, where each
#    cluster becomes a "time point" in the SourceEstimate
fsave_vertices = [np.arange(10242), np.arange(10242)]
stc_all_cluster_vis = summarize_clusters_stc(clu, tstep=tstep,
                                             vertices=fsave_vertices,
                                             subject='fsaverage')

#    Let's actually plot the first "time point" in the SourceEstimate, which
#    shows all the clusters, weighted by duration
subjects_dir = op.join(data_path, 'subjects')
# blue blobs are for condition A != condition B
brain = stc_all_cluster_vis.plot('fsaverage', hemi='both', colormap='mne',
                                 subjects_dir=subjects_dir,
                                 time_label='Duration significant (ms)')
brain.set_data_time_index(0)
brain.show_view('lateral')
brain.save_image('clusters.png')