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Dear John,

I am just seeking confirmation that,
regarding the batch mode realignment, does it now
mean that if I want to use 'sinc interpolation', I need
to set 'reslice_method = -9' or some other negative number
depending on the order of the interpolation?

Many thanks.

Ying


SCANLab,
Psychiatry
University of Sheffield
UK

----- Original Message -----
From: "John Ashburner" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2001 10:06 AM
Subject: Re: Batch mode realignment


> I've never actually used SPM99's batch mode, and don't fully understand
how
> it all works, but yep, I think you are right.  There is a problem with the
> documentation.  Also, if you want Fourier interpolation, then you need to
> enter a value of Inf.
>
> Cheers,
> -John
>
> On Tuesday 01 May 2001 18:09, James N. Lee wrote:
> > I am attempting to replicate the realignment I perform through the SPM99
> > user interface with batch mode commands (SPM99 with Feb 2001 updates in
> > Matlab 6 within a Sun Solaris 5.7 operating system).
> >
> > If I choose "sinc interpolation" in the user interface FlagsR.hold is
set
> > to -9. If I want sinc interpolation in batch mode, line 798 of
spm_bch.man
> > says to set reslice_method=2 within a realign structure, i.e.
> >
> > realign = struct(...
> >     'subject_nb', 1, ...
> >     'num_sessions', nsessions, ...
> >     'sessions', [1], ...
> >     'option', 3, ...
> >     'modality', 1, ...
> >     'reslice_method', 2, ...
> >     'create', 4, ...
> >     'mask', 1, ...
> >     'adjust_sampling_errors', 0);
> >
> > However, this setting results in FlagsR.hold=2, which produces Lagrange
> > polynomial interpolation, as noted in spm_slice_vol.m.
> >
> > In order to replicate the sinc interpolation produced by the user
> > interface, I must set reslice_method to -9, contrary to the instructions
in
> > spm_bch.man. Has anyone else noticed this, or have I made a mistake?
> >
> > Many Thanks,
> >
> > Jim
>
> --
> Dr John Ashburner.
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