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> Can someone please describe the settings to use in SPM2 for this
> procedure?  They are different from the defaults I remember from SPM99.

Use "source weighting" rather than "object weighting".

Best regards,
-John

> Neggers, S.F.W. (Bas) wrote:
> >We used Matthew Brett's method, as published in NeuroImage:
> >
> >Brett M, Leff AP, Rorden C, Ashburner J. Spatial normalization of brain
> > images with focal lesions using cost function masking. Neuroimage. 2001
> > Aug;14(2):486-500.
> >
> >http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=
> >Abstract&list_uids=11467921
> >
> >It worked well for us, the papers are submitted at present. We didn't do
> > VBM, but instead calculated lesion overlap ratios. I'm not sure with
> > respect to VBM if this is what you want.
> >
> >Good luck,
> >
> >Bas
> >
> >-----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> >Van: SPM (Statistical Parametric Mapping)
> >[mailto:[log in to unmask]]Namens Yong Zhang
> >Verzonden: woensdag 26 januari 2005 21:46
> >Aan: [log in to unmask]
> >Onderwerp: [SPM] Spatial normalization with the existence of brain
> >lesion
> >
> >
> >Dear SPMers:
> >
> >Currently I am working on a VBM project comparing
> >childhood brain tumor survivors with normal
> >controls.  The lesion region resulting from resection
> >caused distortion during spatial normalization.
> >To solve this problem, one methos is to use
> >affine registration only and the other is to mask
> >out the lesion region.  I am wondering if there
> >is any other solution for this problem.  I
> >searched the SPM achives, but very few
> >documents were found for this issue.
> >Where can I find more sources for this problem?
> >Thanks a lot!
> >
> >Yong