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Do you have the latest updates installed.  There were some issues with
the original release of the code that normalises to MNI space.  Other
than that, I can't figure out what the cause of the problem could be.

Best regards,
-John

On Mon, 2009-09-28 at 17:44 +0200, Haakon Engen wrote:
> Dear Donald,
> 
>    That was my immediate thought as well. However, I've coregistered the 
> T1 image to the mean functional image (output from the Realign:Unwarp 
> module) for every subject. I have verified that the alignment between 
> the T1 and functional images is within acceptable parameters for the 
> standard Segment+ normalise procedure for all subjects, having already 
> performed 1st and 2nd level analyses that I am hoping to compare with 
> the DARTEL normalised data.
> 
>   Comparing the original T1, the Template, the flow field and the mean 
> functional image yields the following for the two subjects (out of 39) I 
> have used to test DARTEL as of yet.
> 
>   It seems like the normalisation procedure flips the EPI's for some, to 
> me, obscure reason.
> 
>   Would skull stripping the images help in any way?
> 
>    Best wishes,
>    h.
> 
> 
> 
> On 28.09.2009 16:31, MCLAREN, Donald wrote:
> > Looks like your EPI images are aligned to the T1 images in native space 
> > (orientation is different). Use check reg to see if the native space EPI 
> > is aligned to the native space. If not, then you will need to align them 
> > first and make sure the orientations are the same.
> > 
> > On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 4:49 AM, Haakon Engen 
> > <[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> 
> > wrote:
> > 
> >      Dear SPM'ers,
> > 
> >      I'm running into some weirdness using DARTEL to normalise my
> >     functional images. I have followed the recommended processing
> >     pipeline in the manual, using the "New Segment" module to create
> >     preimported rc*.img files that I've fed into the "Create templates"
> >     module.
> > 
> >     After normalising the data the results don't look too good, as you
> >     can see from the attached images. The functional images are severely
> >     distorted, while the flow fields and template looks fine (albeit
> >     from my limited understand of what fine DARTEL output is). Can
> >     anyone help me figure out where I've messed up?
> > 
> >     Please let me know if you need any more information.
> > 
> >     Best wishes,
> >     h.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
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