Hi all,
I am trying to use qdec to perform comparison of cortical thickness in two different time periods. So I ran recon-all base and recon-all -long. then defined long.qdec.table.dat as
fsid             fsid-base years
MRI_001_T1       MRI_001         0
MRI_001_T2       MRI_001         2

When I tried to run qdec it says it "cant find MRI_001_T1/surf/lh.thichkeness.fwhm10.fsaverage.mgh" which I think makes sense because I did not run qcache to smooth the surface. So my question is 
Is the way I am writing my lon.qdec.table.dat correct or should it be 
fsid                                        fsid-base       years
MRI_001_T1.long.MRI_001       MRI_001         0
MRI_001_T2 .long.MRI_001      MRI_001         2

Also, if I need to run qcache should I run in MRI_001_T1 or MRI_001_T1.long.MRI_001.

Thanks.
Sabin