title: A study on asymmetry of spatial visual field by analysis of the fMRI BOLD response.
abstract: The asymmetry of the left-right and upper-lower visual field is analyzed in this paper by a model approach based on the functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) blood oxygenation level dependent (BOLD) response. The model consists of the convolution between a Gaussian function and the perfusion function of neural response to stimulus. The model parameters are estimated by a nonlinear optimal algorithm, and te asymmetry of the left-right and upper-lower visual field is investigated by the differences of the model parameters. The results from eight subjects show that reaction time is significant shorter and the response is significant stronger when the lower field is stimulated than that when the upper field is stimulated. For the left and right fields, the response is different. These results provide the fMRI BOLD response evidence of the asymmetry of spatial visual fields.
authors.affiliation: School of Life Science and Technology, School of Applied Math., University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Huafu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Dezhong
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Yao
authors.forename: Zuxiang
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D001931:Brain Mapping / Q000379:methods; D002560:Cerebrovascular Circulation / Q000502:physiology; D007839:Functional Laterality / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D008959:Models, Neurological; D017711:Nonlinear Dynamics; D016011:Normal Distribution; D010775:Photic Stimulation; D014793:Visual Cortex / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000502:physiology*; D014794:Visual Fields / Q000502:physiology*; D014795:Visual Pathways / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000502:physiology*; D014796:Visual Perception / Q000502:physiology*