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Thanks Steve and Matthew,

File: r3.nii.gz
Ref # 627857

After the third try, this run just completed and has generated a  
normal filtered_func_data. Our sys admin has started looking into a  
possible memory problem.

ted


On Apr 22, 2008, at 6:46 AM, Matthew Webster wrote:

> Hi,
>      Do you know if your input data has/had an extension removed at  
> some point - it looks like that could be the problem with the  
> missing bytes? If you upload your input data (/data/tyanagihara/ 
> x_ch81/s1/r3/r3)? to
>
> http://www.fmrib.ox.ac.uk/cgi-bin/upload.cgi
>
> and let us know the 6-digit reference number, we would be happy to  
> look over your data..
>
> Many Regards
>
> Matthew
>
>> Recently, I've noticed this intermittent problem when I run  
>> prestats on our cluster. The end result is either an empty  
>> filtered_func_data, or the prestats just crashes and I only have  
>> example_func, but no filtered_func. When I run the same data on my  
>> local computer, everything works fine. Does this error suggest  
>> some kind of memory problem on our cluster?
>>
>> I am pasting the results of the report_log file for the prestats  
>> section.
>>
>> Thanks for your help!
>>
>> ted
>>
>>
>>
>> Prestats
>>
>> Total original volumes = 240
>> Deleting 3 volume(s) - BE WARNED for future analysis!
>>
>> /common/fsl/bin/fslroi /data/tyanagihara/x_ch81/s1/r3/r3  
>> prefiltered_func_data 3 237
>>
>> /common/fsl/bin/fslroi prefiltered_func_data example_func 118 1
>>
>> /common/fsl/bin/mcflirt -in prefiltered_func_data -out  
>> prefiltered_func_data_mcf -mats -plots -refvol 118 -rmsrel -rmsabs
>>
>> /bin/mkdir -p mc ; /bin/mv -f prefiltered_func_data_mcf.mat  
>> prefiltered_func_data_mcf.par prefiltered_func_data_mcf_abs.rms  
>> prefiltered_func_data_mcf_abs_mean.rms  
>> prefiltered_func_data_mcf_rel.rms  
>> prefiltered_func_data_mcf_rel_mean.rms mc
>>
>> /common/fsl/bin/fsl_tsplot -i prefiltered_func_data_mcf.par -t  
>> 'MCFLIRT estimated rotations (radians)' -u 1 --start=1 --finish=3 - 
>> a x,y,z -w 640 -h 144 -o rot.png
>>
>> /common/fsl/bin/fsl_tsplot -i prefiltered_func_data_mcf.par -t  
>> 'MCFLIRT estimated translations (mm)' -u 1 --start=4 --finish=6 -a  
>> x,y,z -w 640 -h 144 -o trans.png
>>
>> /common/fsl/bin/fsl_tsplot -i  
>> prefiltered_func_data_mcf_abs.rms,prefiltered_func_data_mcf_rel.rms - 
>> t 'MCFLIRT estimated mean displacement (mm)' -u 1 -w 640 -h 144 -a  
>> absolute,relative -o disp.png
>>
>> /common/fsl/bin/slicetimer -i prefiltered_func_data_mcf -- 
>> out=prefiltered_func_data_st -r 2 --odd
>>
>> /common/fsl/bin/bet prefiltered_func_data_st  
>> prefiltered_func_data_bet -F
>> ++ WARNING: nifti_read_buffer(prefiltered_func_data_st.nii.gz):
>>    data bytes needed = 442368
>>    data bytes input  = 409238
>>    number missing    = 33130 (set to 0)
>> ++ WARNING: nifti_read_buffer(prefiltered_func_data_st.nii.gz):
>>    data bytes needed = 442368
>>    data bytes input  = 409238
>>    number missing    = 33130 (set to 0)
>>
>> /common/fsl/bin/fslmaths prefiltered_func_data_bet -thrp 10 -Tmin - 
>> bin mask -odt char
>>
>> /common/fsl/bin/fslmaths prefiltered_func_data_bet -mas mask  
>> prefiltered_func_data_bet
>>
>> /common/fsl/bin/fslmaths mask -kernel gauss 2.12314225053 -fmean  
>> mask_weight -odt float
>>
>> /common/fsl/bin/fslmaths prefiltered_func_data_bet -kernel gauss  
>> 2.12314225053 -fmean -div mask_weight -mas mask filtered_func_data  
>> -odt float
>>
>> /common/fsl/bin/fslmaths filtered_func_data -ing 10000  
>> filtered_func_data -odt float
>> ERROR:: Empty mask image
>> ERROR:: Empty mask image
>> ... <This error is repeated a few hundred times>
>> ERROR:: Empty mask image
>> ERROR:: Empty mask image
>>
>> /common/fsl/bin/fslmaths filtered_func_data -Tmean mean_func
>>
>> /bin/rm -rf prefiltered_func_data*
>>
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