Hsin-Long Hsieh1,
Pin-Yu Chen2, Fu-Shan Jaw1, Wen-Yih Isaac Tseng2
1Institute
of Biomedical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan; 2Center
for Optoelectronic Biomedicine, National Taiwan University College of
Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
The structural and functional connectivity are correlated. However, mismatch of functional and structural connectivity occurs due to indirect connections and limitations of current neuroimaging approaches and analysis. To address the limitation, we focus on interhemispheric connection because it is direct connection and the most clearly defined white matter structure. We investigated the interhemispheric structure-function relationship combining DSI and resting-state fMRI. Our results showed that the degree of structure-function relationship varied in different lobes and also differed in homotopic and heterotopic interlobular regions as well. We suggest that topology may be a contributing factor of the structure-function relationship.