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Hi,

If you are viewing cluster p-values (maxc) then the range should be  
(for example) 0.949 - 1

If you are viewing unthresholded tstats then it's more up to you, but  
a reasonable start is 3-6 or if you want to see more 2-6.

Cheers.


On 15 May 2007, at 09:38, Ruiwang Huang wrote:

> Dear Steve,
>
> Many thanks for your explanation.
>
> In reality, I would like to know that for the given tstat images or  
> the pvalue
> images (maxc),  how to choose the range of [-b] value if I use  
> fslview to
> display p<0.05 result? (see the example in TBSS-website
> (http://www.fmrib.ox.ac.uk/fsl/tbss/index.html),
>
> Cheers
>
> Rhuang
>
>
> On Tuesday 15 May 2007 09:39, you wrote:
>> Hi - the first example shows how to bring up the cluster p-values and
>> threshold them; in the second example, the example fslview command is
>> bringing up the raw tstat images, and the text after that example
>> command line call is describing how also to load in the pvalue images
>> (maxc) and threshold them.
>>
>> Cheers.
>>
>> On 14 May 2007, at 17:55, R Huang wrote:
>>> Dear All,
>>>
>>>
>>> I am puzzled by the descriptions of TBSS--fslview
>>> in the practical and the TBSS-website.
>>>
>>>
>>> (1) In the practical of 'Analysis of Diffusion-Weighted MR Data
>>>    (the last paragraph of
>>>    http://www.fmrib.ox.ac.uk/fslcourse/lectures/practicals/fdt/
>>> index.htm),
>>>
>>> ... Thresholding clusters at 0.949 (corresponding to thresholding  
>>> the
>>> p-values at 0.05, because randomise outputs p-values as 1-p for
>>> convenience of display - so that higher values are more
>>> significant) shows
>>> several areas of reduced FA in the MS patients.
>>> The following shows unthresholded t-stats in red-yellow and
>>> thresholded
>>> clusters in blue:
>>>
>>> fslview MNI152 mean_FA_skeleton -l Green -b 2000,8000 tbss_tstat1 -l
>>> Red-Yellow -b 1.5,3 tbss_maxc_tstat1 -l Blue-Lightblue -b 0.949,1
>>>
>>> (2) But in the TBSS
>>>    (http://www.fmrib.ox.ac.uk/fsl/tbss/index.html), the description
>>>
>>> fslview MNI152 mean_FA_skeleton -l Green -b 2000,8000 tbss_tstat1 -l
>>> Red-Yellow -b 3,6 tbss_tstat2 -l Blue-Lightblue -b 3,6
>>>
>>> ...The cluster p-value images (fully corrected for multiple
>>> comparisons
>>> across space) are tbss_maxc_tstat1 and tbss_maxc_tstat2 (note,
>>> these are
>>> actually 1-p for convenience of display, so thresholding at .95  
>>> gives
>>> significant clusters).
>>>
>>>
>>> Does any one know why 'fslview' in the two locations use different
>>> '-b'
>>> values?
>>>
>>> Many thanks in advance
>>>
>>> Rhuang
>>
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