Fellow FreeSurfers,


I have a few (more) questions regarding high-res monkey
reconstructions.  Forgive my naivete - I'm still quite new to this
program:


I've managed to strip the skull and surrounding muscle tissue
(mri_watershed -r 60 -h 15 -wat <<in> <<out> did the trick)


I am now trying to segment, fill and create surfaces.


Questions:


1) What is the relationship between mri_segment and control points? 
I've added a whole whack of control points but they seem to have no
effect on the segmentation.  How do I influence the segmentation
because I'm missing several areas of white matter.


2) For some reason, when I try to run mri_fill, I get a segmentation
fault.  I'm using the following command:


mri_fill -PV 124 138 116 -CV 124 106 116 wm filled


I've also tried to enter the above values for the cutting planes in
the EXPERT PREFERENCES (as per the manual) and use the interface to
fill the white matter, create surfaces, etc.  It runs to completion
and splits the two hemispheres ok but lops off the top portion of the
left hemisphere.


3) Getting back to control points, I've placed a bunch of control
points in white matter that seems to get missed.  However, when I look
at the result after adding these points, they are hanging in empty
space (i.e., they don't seem to have any effect).


I'm sure this won't be the last of my questions.  I appreciate all the
help so far!!


Thanks!!!!


Andy







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