Hi, Bruce,
 
Thank you so much for your help.
 
Now my understanding on 'mris_register' is that£º
1. I need to construct the 'xx.sphere' for all my inputs;
2. For the 'source.sphere', I also need to provide 'source.curv' 
    and 'source.sulc'.
3. For the 'target.sphere', I need to have a statistical file
    (i.e. xh.average.curvature.filled.buckner40.tif). If the target
    is not a template/atlas, I need to create the tif file for that
    single subject.
 
Am I right? If so, how can I input all these information? Using
the optional arguments?
 
Thank you again.
 
Best,
Xiaojing
 
 
 


 
2009/10/6 Bruce Fischl <fischl@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu>
Hi Xiaojing,

the inputs are an individual subject sphere created with mris_sphere, and statistics in an atlas coordinate system, usually stored in a tif file that we supply.

cheers,
Bruce



On Tue, 6 Oct 2009, Xiaojing Long wrote:

Hi, all,

I am new to FreeSurfer world. I am trying to do the surface-based
registration using FreeSurfer. I found a tool called mris_register,
which is defined as a command registering a surface to an average
surface template(or another single-subject's surface). But I don't
understand how to use this command.

Are the inputs often xx.sphere? I have two wm surfaces 'subj1.smoothwm'
and 'subj2.smoothwm' and I want to align them. Can I use
mris_register to do that? What information or parameterization are required
by mris_register? Since when I run this command, I get errors saying
that:
"reading template parameterization from target.smoothwm
HIPS unsupported
No such file or directory"

I don't understand what this error means. Could anyone help me?
Thank you so much.

Best,
Xiaojing