HRAN may be effective even if fMRI data is sampled below the Nyquist
frequency, though to a limited extent. (A) With TR = .520s, the
respiratory frequencies estimated by HRAN (blue dots) track the
respiration rate obtained using external recordings (blue
line), though the cardiac estimates (dark red dots) do
not always track the heart rate (dark red line) directly;
however, the aliased HRAN cardiac estimates (light red dots)
track the aliased heart rate (light red line).
(B-C) Power spectra and spectrograms of the ROI demonstrate
removal of physiological noise. Neurally-relevant peaks indicated by arrows.
(D,F) The cardiac frequencies may alias into respiratory
frequency bands and limit HRAN estimation, or into a distinct frequency band
where HRAN still performs well (examples have TR = .720s).
(E,G) Power spectra demonstrate removal of the physiological
noise to varying degrees. Neurally-relevant peaks indicated by arrows.