I am new to FSL and functional analysis and would like to see if I’m setting
up my analysis correctly in FEAT. Briefly the experiment uses two different
paradigms - each of which are scanned during two separate sequences. The
first sequence alternates between thinking and passive activities. The
passive activity last 16 seconds and requires the subject to view 2 rows of
asterisks for 3 seconds, followed by a 7 second pause. Then the word yes or
no appears and the subject clicks the correct hand clicker. Next there is a
6 second pause then a thinking activity occurs. The subject is then given a
row of letters to memorize for 3 seconds. This is followed by a 7 second
pause and then a single letter appears and the subject must click yes/no if
the letter was in the previous row of letters. Then there is a 6 second
pause before a new set appears.
The second paradigm uses the same timing but a different task - this is a
separate scan.
When I use FEAT this is how I set up the analysis.
DATA:
select analyze data
TR =2
High pass = 100
Volume = filled in automatically
Prestats:
slice timing correction = interleaved
nothing else changed
Stats:
Full Model Set Up:
Number of original EVs = 1
Basic Shape = square
Skip = 0
Off = 16
On = 16
Phase = 0
Stop after = -1
Convolution = Gamma
Phase = 0
Stddev = 3
Mean lag = 6
Yes to temporal derivative
Yes to Apply temporal filtering
Contrasts = 1
F-tests = 0
Post-stats
I change nothing. I use cluster thresholding, z=2.3 p=0.05
Registration
I do not use the initial structural image
For the main structural image I use a high res T1 after BET at 12 DOF.
The standard space is the default MNI152 T1 2mm 12 DOF.
Then I hit go and after the analysis is done, I go under Utils in FEAT and
upsample+overlay using the FEAT directory that was created and I upsample to
standard with the background image as the main structural.
I do this the same for both paradigms that we scanned.
When I go into FSL Viewer I am getting some weird activation. I tried to
attach some pictures of what I’m seeing, but the files were too big, even
when I zipped them. So I'll try to describe what I see in the viewer
After I open my background image and add the activation, the
contrast/brightness is already set and there is significant activation
outside of the brain. I can manually adjust this, but I can never seem to
get the image the same as my rendered thresh image.
My questions are:
Am I setting up the analysis correctly in FEAT?
Under the model set up, would I create more EVs, contrasts, or F-test?
How do I correctly change the contrast and brightness to give me images that
are the same to the rendered thresh images?
Is there a way to see negative activation? I am able to see this on the
Siemens scanner. I would like to be able to measure both the positive and
negative activation.
Thanks,
Eric Zalusky
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