Hi Marko,
thank you very much for your help. I tried COM toolbox and it is perfect
solution for my problem.
Dne 27.02.2018 v 17:43 Marko Wilke napsal(a):
> Hi,
>
> I am glad your neurologists shared my view ;) Teenage years are a time
> of many changes (in the brain, too) and hence an appropriately matched
> template is a really good idea.
>
> The Template-O-Matic of course is an excellent choice but it is a bit
> dated. Also and as you noted, there is no way to generate a
> DARTEL-template from it, the usage of which is effectively mandatory
> in CAT12.
>
> The good news is, there is a successor to the Template-O-Matic,
> appropriately called CerebroMatic. It is based on the same idea, in
> that relevant features are described statistically, based on a large
> reference population. These statistical parameters can then be used to
> generate a template based on your group's demographic information. The
> new approach in CerebroMatic is the mathematical model; while TOM used
> a general linear model, COM uses multivariate adaptive regression
> splines. This allows for more flexibility (the age range covered in
> the available parameter sets is infancy through to old age).
>
> As an added bonus, the new toolbox is actually capable of generating
> DARTEL-priors for you, based on the same principle. My suggestion
> would therefore be to check out the relevant papers at
>
> https://doi.org/10.3389/fncom.2017.00005
>
> and at
>
> https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2017.12.001
>
> and, if you like what you see, go to
>
> https://irc.cchmc.org/software/cerebromatic.php
>
> and get what you need. You will have to register but the download
> itself is free.
>
> As usual, I hope this helps.
> Cheers
> Marko
>
> Matyáš Kuhn schrieb:
>> After consulting with neurologist, I will try to use age-specific
>> template. I created TPM with Template-O-Matic toolbox but then I am
>> stuck how to proceed. I should have DARTEL template for this TPM, but I
>> have only 34 subjects (in CAT manual it is said to create DARTEL
>> template I need 50-100 subjects). Is there some other way?
>>
>> I would appreciate any advice,
>> thank you,
>> Matyas
>>
>> Dne 27.02.2018 v 9:31 Matyáš Kuhn napsal(a):
>>> Hi CAT12 and SPM experts,
>>>
>>> I would like to perform VBM analysis using CAT12 on group of teenage
>>> patients (12 - 18 yrs). It is ok to use CAT12 processing as it is or
>>> should I somehow change template/TPMs? How could I do that?
>>>
>>> Thank you very much for any help,
>>> Matyas
>>>
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