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<div>Firstly I'd like to thank those who have asked questions using ICA on neuromag 306 data and the answers given. It's been extremely informative and taught me a lot about the general principles of ICA (it's no longer completely black magic, only partially...).<br>
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I have two and a bit questions about using ICA on neuromag data, the first on the full rank assumption. After maxfiltering, the output data is rank deficient due to removal of the b-out components. I see that fastica is able to detect this and makes adjustments
to the amounts of components extracted accordingly, but is doing this justified? What actually happens to the data if ICA is applied to a rank deficient data set? Are there any papers that examine this? </div>
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<div>Secondly, I've been including all the meg channels (mags + grads) when running ICA (due to my interpretation of the conversation in http://mailman.science.ru.nl/pipermail/fieldtrip/2012-April/005016.html) then examining the time series components for those
related to artifact (specifically ECG and EOG), while using a magnetometer only layout to view component topographies as a backup. My question (well, really a confirmation) is, by removing the artifact components calculated using the mixed sensors, does this
remove the associated components from all the sensor types? Viewing pre and post ICA data appears to confirm this, but expert opinion is always good. The bit of a question is - is it acceptable to use a magnetometer only layout to interpret topoplots of the
components if the components are based on mixed sensors? I've been using it because the readily identifiable artifact components have a distribution I'd expect from ECG and EOG as does the associated time series but I'm wanting to make sure. </div>
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<div>Also, if this is the wrong forum to ask these questions can someone suggest one that might be a better fit? </div>
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<div>Thanks again, </div>
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<div>Peter.<br>
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<div><font size="2">Peter Goodin, </font>
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<div><font size="2">Monash Alfred Psychiatry Research Centre (MAPrc)</font></div>
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