Hi It's not very clear exactly what you're asking for - the ICA component timecourses relate to the individual components - one timecourse summarises one whole component, i.e. many voxels combined - so it's not clear what you mean by "real time courses"? Cheers, Steve. On 20 May 2013, at 20:56, Alice Biyun Lai <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hi! > > I can always get the variance-normalized time courses with or without selecting the variance normalization option using MELODIC. > However, I want the original time courses. I know that this is done by demeaning and subjecting to variance-normalization. > But is there a quick way or some formulations for me to get the data of the real time courses? > Or any detailed materials for me to understand exactly how variance-normalization is done? > Because I have some other previous time courses and just wanna make comparisons between them and these got from MELODIC. > > -- > Regards, > Alice Biyun Lai > > Lane Department of CSEE > West Virginia University > Phone:304-906-3466 > Email:[log in to unmask] --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stephen M. Smith, Professor of Biomedical Engineering Associate Director, Oxford University FMRIB Centre FMRIB, JR Hospital, Headington, Oxford OX3 9DU, UK +44 (0) 1865 222726 (fax 222717) [log in to unmask] http://www.fmrib.ox.ac.uk/~steve --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stop the cultural destruction of Tibet