This time, selxavg3-sess finished without any error but everything outside the brain including eyes are cut (for me i.e. failure). Apparently, no-mask flag is ignored (!). To help you find the problem I copy/paste my commands here:

preproc-sess -s Sbj_53/abir/ -fwhm 2 -per-session -fsd bold -no-subcort-mask

mkanalysis-sess -analysis RetinaPrj_New  -fwhm 2 -paradigm Conds.par -native -event-related -polyfit 2 -gammafit 2.25 1.25 -mcextreg -TR 2.000 -nconditions 3 -refeventdur 14 -runlistfile RunList -per-session -fsd bold -no-subcort-mask -no-mask

selxavg3-sess -s Sbj_53/abir -a RetinaPrj_New

I am also attaching the analysis.info

If you want to test the files, you can see the subject files in: /autofs/cluster/tootell/pitcairn/1/shahin/Retina_Prj/Sbj_53/abir

Note: I did all of these tests from scratch after deleting files from the previous tests.  So it can't be due to a remaining file from the previous processes.




On Thu, Oct 3, 2013 at 3:47 PM, Douglas N Greve <greve@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu> wrote:

OK, try it like this using the dev env
1. When you run preproc-sess use -no-subcort-mask but do not spec -nomask
2. When ruy run mkanalysis-sess use both -no-subcort-mask and -no-mask

Note that the eyes may get cut off in the mni305 space. You might just want to keep it in native space.

doug






On 10/03/2013 03:19 PM, shahin@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu wrote:
preproc-sess -s <SbjName> -fwhm 2 -per-run -fsd bold -mni305-1mm -nomask
-no-subcort-mask

I also tried per-session and mni305-2mm but still did not help.
I even tried doing it in native space (by not mentioning mni305/fsaverage)
but did not work either.


What was your preproc-sess command?


On 10/03/2013 10:29 AM, SHAHIN NASR wrote:
Hi Doug,
     Did you have a chance to find the reason for this problem?


On Wed, Oct 2, 2013 at 3:20 PM, <shahin@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu
<mailto:shahin@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu>> wrote:

     I still receive the same error message (1mm is now 2mm in the
     message).

     outanadir =
     /autofs/cluster/tootell/pitcairn/1/shahin/Retina_Prj/Sbj_53/abir/bold/RetinaPrj_nomask2
     Error using MRIread (line 76)
     ERROR: cannot determine format of
     /autofs/cluster/tootell/pitcairn/1/shahin/Retina_Prj/Sbj_53/abir/bold/008/masks/.mni305.2mm
     (MRIread)


     Error in fast_selxavg3 (line 146)
           runmask = MRIread(flac.maskfspec);



     > Does the same thing happen if you use the 2mm instead of the 1mm?
     >
     > On 10/02/2013 02:21 PM, SHAHIN NASR wrote:
     >> Hi,
     >>     I want to test activity outside the brain (around
     eyes/retina) but
     >> when I use "-no-mask" flag in my mkanalysis-sess (to be able to
see
     >> activity outside brain) as below:
     >>
     >> mkanalysis-sess -analysis RetinaPrj_nomask  -fwhm 2 -paradigm
     >> Conds.par -mni305 1 -event-related -polyfit 2 -gammafit 2.25 1.25
     >> -mcextreg -TR 2.000 -nconditions 3 -refeventdur 14 -force
     -runlistfile
     >> RunList -per-run -fsd bold -no-mask
     >>
     >> I get this error:
     >>
     >> outanadir =
     >>
     /autofs/cluster/tootell/pitcairn/1/shahin/Retina_Prj/Sbj_53/abir/bold/RetinaPrj_nomask
     >> Error using MRIread (line 76)
     >> ERROR: cannot determine format of
     >>
     /autofs/cluster/tootell/pitcairn/1/shahin/Retina_Prj/Sbj_53/abir/bold/008/masks/.mni305.1mm
     >> (MRIread)
     >>
     >>
     >> Error in fast_selxavg3 (line 146)
     >>       runmask = MRIread(flac.maskfspec);
     >> >> ------------------------------------------
     >> ERROR: fast_selxavg3() failed\n
     >>
     >> Note:
     >> ** I have already used -nomask and -no-subcort-mask in the
     preproc-sess
     >> *** If I remove this flag, everything looks fine except for the
     fact
     >> that all activity outside brain is masked!
     >>
     >>
     >> --
     >> Shahin Nasr
     >>
     >> PhD in Cognitive Neuroscience
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     >> Harvard Medical School
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     >
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Martinos Imaging Center, MGH
Harvard Medical School
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MGH-NMR Center
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Martinos Imaging Center, MGH
Harvard Medical School