Assuming you still have access to the scanner-- the most straightforward solution is to scan you/a coworker the same way you did all your subjects, but put a vitamin E behind one of your ears (and remeber WHICH one of course!)--- then work out your processing pipeline for the subject where you are 100% sure of the L/R (i.e. follow the vitamin E capsule)--- then you can just apply the same set of preprocessing to all your other subjects that were acquired with the same scanning protocol dg On Sat, May 23, 2009 at 4:38 AM, huangpy py <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hi Michael, thanks for you answer.The problem is, I have a set of > images to be processed from a GE scanner (without the E capsule) , how could > I know the left-right? > > btw: It seems that I made a mistake, I just replied your letter to send > mine to FSL. It's under your topic now.....sorry for that~ > > yours, > Ethan > > > 2009/5/23 Michael T Rubens <[log in to unmask]> > > There are no consistent anatomical differences if that's what you're >> asking. We tape a vitamin E capsule to the right side of all our subjects >> heads for this purpose. >> >> Cheers, >> Michael >> >> >> On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 7:37 PM, huangpy py <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >> >>> Hi everybody: >>> I'm a greenhand in data processing. I don't know how to identify the left >>> brain and the right brain. For original axial images acquired in MR scanner, >>> is it always left part-right brain? And, we can flip the images at some >>> steps in data conversion and preprocessing, which sometimes makes me >>> confused at last. Is there a way I can clearly know which is left or right? >>> >>> Thanks >>> >>> Ethan >>> >>> >>> 2009/5/12 Michael Milham <[log in to unmask]> >>> >>>> COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE POST-DOCTORAL POSITION >>>> Institute for Pediatric Neuroscience, NYU Child Study Center, NYU
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