Hi Kasper,
On May 17, 2016, at 10:05 , Kasper Jessen kasper_j@cnsr.dk wrote:
I would like to know the following:
a) what is the differences between the 3T Atlas (schwartz atlas) and the standard atlas? b) what does the 3T-specific NU intensity correction parameters do differently than the standard?
If I recall correctly this is based on http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1053811909006703: Improvement of brain segmentation accuracy by optimizing non-uniformity correction using N3
Type Journal Article Author Weili Zheng Author Michael W. L. Chee Author Vitali Zagorodnov URL http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1053811909006703 Volume 48 Issue 1 Pages 73-83 Publication NeuroImage ISSN 1053-8119 Date October 15, 2009 Journal Abbr NeuroImage
So most likely it reduces the N# smoothing distance from the default 200 to 50
Here is the relevant part from recon-all (v5.3): if ($DoNuIntensityCor3T) then # params from Zheng, Chee, Zagorodnov 2009 NeuroImage paper # "Improvement of brain segmentation accuracy by optimizing # non-uniformity correction using N3" set NuIterations = 1; set cmd = ($cmd --proto-iters 1000 --distance 50) endif
A somewhat wrong, but intuitive rationale is with array coils the loops are smaller and hence the coil sensitivity profiles as well and these modulate the intensity inhomogeneity. But again that is probably wrong…
Best Regards Sebastian
Best Kasper
2016-05-10 8:09 GMT+02:00 Kasper Jessen kasper_j@cnsr.dk: Dear FreeSurfer group,
Our subject sample has been obtained on a 3 Tesla MR scanner. For this reason we used the -3T flag to enable the 3T-specific NU intensity correction parameters and usage of the special 3T atlas for Talairach alignment.
However, where can i find the documentation for the above?
Best regards, Kasper
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