Hi Freesurfer experts,

I have a 3D fiducial surface ('anatomical' surface configuration), based on this fiducial surface ,let's say, "template", I generated some simulated fiducial surface with some deformation, let's say "subject". So here I know the "deformation vectors" for each vertex between the template and the subject in the original 3D fiducial surface "space". Then I use FreeSurfer to generate the spheres and do spherical registration from those subjects to the template. I want to check how these " deformation vectors " I got from Freesurfer are different from my generated "deformation vectors". But the problem for me is, after Freesurfer registration, the " deformation vectors" is based on the spherical space. While my generated "deformation vectors" are in the 3d fiducial surface space, it's not comparible for these two vectors. I want to know whether I can put the deformed subject sphere back into the fiducial surface representation. In that way, I can calculate the difference in the fiducial space. If getting the deformed subject sphere into the fiducial surface space is not possible, could you give me some suggestions about how to calculate the difference of the deformation vectors which are not in the same space? Generating the deformation vectors in the spherical space is the last thing I want to do because you never know how it likes in the real fiducial surface representation.

Thank you.

Jidan

On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 8:48 PM, Zhong Jidan <jidanz@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi,

I have a question about the sphere registration. The registration of
surface is spherical registation, so the outpput of the surface is
also a sphere. When we have the inflated and smoothwm, we can convert
the surface into sphere using mris_sphere, but reversely, how to
convert the deformed sphere in the form of white surface or pial
surface?

Also, if I want to use the surface between the white and pial surface
to do registration, do I need to make the sphere myself?

Thanks,

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Regards,

Jidan

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Regards,

Jidan