Hello Doug, 
Do you think writing the script with octave can substitute for matlab? I am using FS v6.0 and I have the annotval2surfoverlay.m. Thanks
Best, 
Paul

On Wed, Apr 19, 2017 at 1:47 PM, Douglas N Greve <greve@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu> wrote:
Sorry, I don't have another solution for you.


On 04/19/2017 01:42 PM, miracle ozzoude wrote:
> Thanks Doug. However, I am running freesurfer analysis on my personal
> computer and I don't have matlab. Also, I don't know how this matlab
> script works/ matlab works. Any instructions on how to use it or
> alternate? Please and thank you.
> Best,
> Paul.
>
> On Wed, Apr 19, 2017 at 1:33 PM, Douglas N Greve
> <greve@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu <mailto:greve@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu>> wrote:
>
>     It is a table of data, so you can't visualize it directly on anything.
>     You can try using annotval2surfoverlay.m to create a surface
>     overlay of
>     the data.
>
>
>     On 04/19/2017 10:05 AM, miracle ozzoude wrote:
>     > Hello Doug,
>     > It worked. The issue was due to formatting error with the aparc
>     file.
>     > Also, I was trying to visualize the result on the surface using
>     > freeview -f fsaverage/lh.pial -viewport 3d (clicking overlay on
>     > freeview and loading the sig.mgh). However, i got an error "
>     failed to
>     > display overlay". How can I visualize the result? Thanks
>     > Best,
>     > Paul
>     >
>     > On Tue, Apr 18, 2017 at 10:03 PM, Douglas Greve
>     > <greve@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu <mailto:greve@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu>
>     <mailto:greve@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu
>     <mailto:greve@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu>>> wrote:
>     >
>     >     You have a table of data, so no template is needed. If you
>     put the
>     >     --surf before the --table, it probably runs, but it will ignore
>     >     the surface
>     >
>     >
>     >     On 4/18/17 9:58 PM, miracooloz@gmail.com
>     <mailto:miracooloz@gmail.com>
>     >     <mailto:miracooloz@gmail.com <mailto:miracooloz@gmail.com>> wrote:
>     >>     Thanks doug. Does it mean when using the --table flag, you
>     can't
>     >>     use the fsaverage template? I came across several post in the
>     >>     forum that used "--surf fsaverage lh "‎ and it worked.
>     >>     Best,
>     >>     Paul
>     >>
>     >>     Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone.
>     >>     *From: *Douglas Greve
>     >>     *Sent: *Tuesday, April 18, 2017 9:52 PM
>     >>     *To: *freesurfer@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu
>     <mailto:freesurfer@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu>
>     >>     <mailto:freesurfer@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu
>     <mailto:freesurfer@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu>>
>     >>     *Reply To: *Freesurfer support list
>     >>     *Subject: *Re: [Freesurfer] mri_glmfit error with aparc
>     table flag
>     >>
>     >>
>     >>     Don't include --surf fsaverage lh. It thinks the input is a
>     >>     surface, not a table
>     >>
>     >>
>     >>
>     >>     On 4/18/17 9:21 PM, miracle ozzoude wrote:
>     >>>     Hello freesurfer,
>     >>>     I am trying to run mri_glmfit with the --table flag. My
>     >>>     aparc_lh_thick_stats.txt contain entorhinal and
>     parahippocampal
>     >>>     thickness values for 32 subjects. I ran the glm command and
>     >>>     received an error. Please, how can i solve this issue? I have
>     >>>     included my command, fsgd file, contrast matrix and error
>     below.
>     >>>     Thanks
>     >>>     Best,
>     >>>     Paul
>     >>>
>     >>>     GLM command: mri_glmfit --table aparc_lh_thick_stats.txt
>     --fsgd
>     >>>     age.fsgd --C age1.mtx --C age2.mtx --surf fsaverage lh
>     --cortex
>     >>>     --glmdir lh.thickness.glmdir
>     >>>
>     >>>
>     >>>     ERROR= "gdfRead(): reading age.fsgd
>     >>>
>     >>>     INFO: DeMeanFlag keyword not found, DeMeaning will NOT be
>     done.
>     >>>
>     >>>     Continuous Variable Means (all subjects)
>     >>>
>     >>>     0 Age 39.9375 17.3312
>     >>>
>     >>>     Class Means of each Continuous Variable
>     >>>
>     >>>     1 Group1  35.6316
>     >>>
>     >>>     2 Group2  46.2308
>     >>>
>     >>>     INFO: gd2mtx_method is dods
>     >>>
>     >>>     Reading source surface
>     >>>
>      /Users/MiracleOz/Documents/improvervsdeclinermri/fsaverage/surf/lh.white
>     >>>
>     >>>     Number of vertices 163842
>     >>>
>     >>>     Number of faces    327680
>     >>>
>     >>>     Total area         65416.984375
>     >>>
>     >>>     AvgVtxArea       0.399269
>     >>>
>     >>>     AvgVtxDist       0.721953
>     >>>
>     >>>     StdVtxDist       0.195470
>     >>>
>     >>>
>     >>>     $Id: mri_glmfit.c,v 1.241.2.4 2016/12/08 22:02:40 zkaufman
>     Exp $
>     >>>
>     >>>     cwd /Users/MiracleOz/Documents/improvervsdeclinermri
>     >>>
>     >>>     cmdline mri_glmfit.bin --table aparc_lh_thick_stats.txt --fsgd
>     >>>     age.fsgd --C age1.mtx --C age2.mtx --surf fsaverage lh
>     --cortex
>     >>>     --glmdir lh.thickness.glmdir
>     >>>
>     >>>     sysname Darwin
>     >>>
>     >>>     hostname MacBook-Pro.local
>     >>>
>     >>>     machine x86_64
>     >>>
>     >>>     user     MiracleOz
>     >>>
>     >>>     FixVertexAreaFlag = 1
>     >>>
>     >>>     UseMaskWithSmoothing     1
>     >>>
>     >>>     OneSampleGroupMean 0
>     >>>
>     >>>     y
>     >>>
>      /Users/MiracleOz/Documents/improvervsdeclinermri/aparc_lh_thick_stats.txt
>     >>>
>     >>>     logyflag 0
>     >>>
>     >>>     usedti 0
>     >>>
>     >>>     FSGD age.fsgd
>     >>>
>     >>>     labelmask
>     >>>
>      /Users/MiracleOz/Documents/improvervsdeclinermri/fsaverage/label/lh.cortex.label
>     >>>
>     >>>     maskinv 0
>     >>>
>     >>>     glmdir lh.thickness.glmdir
>     >>>
>     >>>     IllCondOK 0
>     >>>
>     >>>     ReScaleX 1
>     >>>
>     >>>     DoFFx 0
>     >>>
>     >>>     Creating output directory lh.thickness.glmdir
>     >>>
>     >>>     Loading y from
>     >>>
>      /Users/MiracleOz/Documents/improvervsdeclinermri/aparc_lh_thick_stats.txt
>     >>>
>     >>>     Found 66 data colums
>     >>>
>     >>>     Found 0 data rows
>     >>>
>     >>>     INFO: gd2mtx_method is dods
>     >>>
>     >>>     Saving design matrix to lh.thickness.glmdir/Xg.dat
>     >>>
>     >>>     Computing normalized matrix
>     >>>
>     >>>     Normalized matrix condition is 32.2165
>     >>>
>     >>>     Matrix condition is 20734.7
>     >>>
>     >>>     Found 149955 points in label.
>     >>>
>     >>>     ERROR: mri_reshape: number of elements cannot change
>     >>>
>     >>>     nv1 = 163842, nv1 = 66
>     >>>
>     >>>     search space = 82219.962936
>     >>>
>     >>>     ERROR: dimension mismatch between y and X.
>     >>>
>     >>>       y has 0 inputs, X has 32 rows."
>     >>>
>     >>>     FSGD file: GroupDescriptorFile 1
>     >>>
>     >>>     Title MOT
>     >>>
>     >>>     Class Group1
>     >>>
>     >>>     Class Group2
>     >>>
>     >>>     Variables Age
>     >>>
>     >>>     Input 01053p Group1 23
>     >>>
>     >>>     Input 01054p Group1 43
>     >>>
>     >>>     Input 01061p Group2 39
>     >>>
>     >>>     Input 01062p Group2 19
>     >>>
>     >>>     Input 01074p Group2 28
>     >>>
>     >>>     .............. (I have more participants)
>     >>>
>     >>>
>     >>>     CONTRAST MATRIX: 1 -1 0 0
>     >>>
>     >>>
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