Oh. Thanks bruce. For mri_info for my orig.mgz is

Volume information for orig.mgz
          type: MGH
    dimensions: 256 x 256 x 256
   voxel sizes: 1.000000, 1.000000, 1.000000
          type: UCHAR (0)
           fov: 256.000
           dof: 0
        xstart: -128.0, xend: 128.0
        ystart: -128.0, yend: 128.0
        zstart: -128.0, zend: 128.0
            TR: 0.00 msec, TE: 0.00 msec, TI: 0.00 msec, flip angle: 0.00 degrees
       nframes: 1
       PhEncDir: UNKNOWN
       FieldStrength: 0.000000
ras xform present
    xform info: x_r =  -1.0000, y_r =   0.0000, z_r =   0.0000, c_r =  -110.0032
              : x_a =   0.0000, y_a =   0.0000, z_a =   1.0000, c_a =   110.0032
              : x_s =   0.0000, y_s =  -1.0000, z_s =   0.0000, c_s =    91.0000

talairach xfm : /net/synapse/nt/mozzoude/processing/freesurfer/176_001_120223/fsdir1/mri/transforms/talairach.xfm
Orientation   : LIA
Primary Slice Direction: coronal

voxel to ras transform:
               -1.0000   0.0000   0.0000    17.9968
                0.0000   0.0000   1.0000   -17.9968
                0.0000  -1.0000   0.0000   219.0000
                0.0000   0.0000   0.0000     1.0000

voxel-to-ras determinant -1

ras to voxel transform:
               -1.0000  -0.0000  -0.0000    17.9968
               -0.0000  -0.0000  -1.0000   219.0000
               -0.0000   1.0000  -0.0000    17.9968
               -0.0000  -0.0000  -0.0000     1.0000

Here's the mri_info for my new brainmask.mgz: 
Volume information for brainmask.mgz
          type: MGH
    dimensions: 256 x 256 x 182
   voxel sizes: 0.859400, 0.859400, 1.000000
          type: UCHAR (0)
           fov: 220.006
           dof: 0
        xstart: -110.0, xend: 110.0
        ystart: -110.0, yend: 110.0
        zstart: -91.0, zend: 91.0
            TR: 1000.00 msec, TE: 0.00 msec, TI: 0.00 msec, flip angle: 0.00 degrees
       nframes: 1
       PhEncDir: UNKNOWN
       FieldStrength: 0.000000
ras xform present
    xform info: x_r =  -1.0000, y_r =   0.0000, z_r =   0.0000, c_r =     0.0000
              : x_a =   0.0000, y_a =   1.0000, z_a =   0.0000, c_a =     0.0000
              : x_s =   0.0000, y_s =   0.0000, z_s =   1.0000, c_s =     0.0000

talairach xfm :
Orientation   : LAS
Primary Slice Direction: axial

voxel to ras transform:
               -0.8594   0.0000   0.0000   110.0032
                0.0000   0.8594   0.0000  -110.0032
                0.0000   0.0000   1.0000   -91.0000
                0.0000   0.0000   0.0000     1.0000

voxel-to-ras determinant -0.738568

ras to voxel transform:
               -1.1636  -0.0000  -0.0000   128.0000
               -0.0000   1.1636  -0.0000   128.0000
               -0.0000  -0.0000   1.0000    91.0000
               -0.0000  -0.0000  -0.0000     1.0000


On Mon, Nov 28, 2016 at 4:29 PM, Bruce Fischl <fischl@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu> wrote:
Hi Paul

if you run mri_info on the orig.mgz and your new brainmask.mgz they should give you the same thing in terms of ras2vox and such
cheers
Bruce
On Mon, 28 Nov 2016, miracle ozzoude wrote:

This was the info from mri_convert  when i converted my skull stripped volume to mgz
before replacing it with the brainmask from FS 
mri_convert --in_type analyze --in_orientation LAS --out_type mgz --out_orientation LAS
brainmask.img brainmask.mgz
cp foldername/subjid/brainmask.mgz foldername/subjd/mri/brainmask.mgz

INFO: could  not find ...mat file for direction cosine infoINFO: use ANALYZE 7.5 hdr ->

hist.orient value: 0, transverse unflipped (default 
INFO : if not valid, please provide the information ....... .mat file
analyzeRead() roi_scale 0.00000000
TR= 1000.00, TE = 0.00, TI = 0.00, flip angle  = 0.00
setting input orientation to LAS
i_ras = (-1, 0, 0)
j_ras = (0,1,0)
k_ras = (0,0,1)
setting output orientation to LAS
writing to brainmask.mgz

why do i need the orig.mgz? I thought I only had to replace the brainmask.mgz (from FS)
with mine brainmask,mgz( from lesion explorer after i have renamed it to brainmask.mgz).
Also, I didn't use the "noskullstrip" flag like you suggested.
Best, 
paul

On Mon, Nov 28, 2016 at 3:50 PM, Bruce Fischl <fischl@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu> wrote:
      I mean after you have converted it
      On Mon, 28 Nov 2016, miracle ozzoude wrote:

            Thanks Bruce for the response. mri_info? do you mean when i
            converted it from analyze to
            mgz or when I ran recon-all autorecon2 after inserting it to
            freesurfer. 

            On Mon, Nov 28, 2016 at 3:09 PM, Bruce Fischl
            <fischl@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu> wrote:
                  what is the output of mri_info on your new brainmask.mgz
            and on say the
                  orig.mgz? You may need to conform you brainmask

                  On Mon, 28 Nov 2016, miracle ozzoude wrote:

                        Hello Freesurfer, I ran recon-all -autorecon 1 -s
            subjID on  T1
                        (T1_nii) image and after
                        that, I replaced the skull stripped volume generated
            from FS with
                        the skull stripped
                        volume from lesion explorer ( using mri_convert
            in_type analyze
                         in_orientation LAS
                        out-type img out_orientation LAS mgz; cp
            folder/brainmask.mgz
                        folder/subjID/mri/brainmask.mgz). Then, I ran
            recon-all
                        -autorecon2 -autorecon2 -s
                        subjID. My recon-all is stucked at 

                        CORRECTION DEFECT 0 (vertices=49378, convex
            hull=3422, v0 =0)
                        XL defect detected....

                        Please how do I resolve this problem? 

                        I am running freesurfer-6 development. I have
            attached the
                        recon-all/recon-all status to
                        the email. 

                        Thank you very much


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