Enum: RegionDefinition

How a region was delimited, which records independence: a region drawn from the study's own prior contrast is not independent of an effect tested inside it. Open vocabulary: write the source's own wording in the field when nothing here fits.

URI: neurostudy_ex:RegionDefinition

Permissible Values

Value	Meaning	Description
atlas	None	An atlas or parcellation
prior_literature	None	Coordinates or regions taken from previously published work
anatomical_a_priori	None	Anatomically defined regions specified in advance
functional_localizer	None	A separate localizer scan or run
same_study_analysis	None	Defined from another analysis in the same study, so not independent of an eff...

Identifier and Mapping Information

Schema Source

• from schema: https://neurostuff.org/schemas/neuroimaging-study-extraction

LinkML Source

name: RegionDefinition
description: 'How a region was delimited, which records independence: a region drawn
  from the study''s own prior contrast is not independent of an effect tested inside
  it. Open vocabulary: write the source''s own wording in the field when nothing here
  fits.'
from_schema: https://neurostuff.org/schemas/neuroimaging-study-extraction
rank: 1000
permissible_values:
  atlas:
    text: atlas
    description: An atlas or parcellation.
  prior_literature:
    text: prior_literature
    description: Coordinates or regions taken from previously published work.
  anatomical_a_priori:
    text: anatomical_a_priori
    description: Anatomically defined regions specified in advance.
  functional_localizer:
    text: functional_localizer
    description: A separate localizer scan or run.
  same_study_analysis:
    text: same_study_analysis
    description: Defined from another analysis in the same study, so not independent
      of an effect reported inside it. That analysis names the region in `defines_regions`,
      which is what makes the circularity checkable rather than asserted.