Hi On 26 Feb 2014, at 22:33, Rita Elena Loiotile <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hi, > 2 questions: > 1) Is it recommended to leave MCFLIRT motion correction on (and > subsequently include the found motion parameters in my GLM) if I am > also using MELODIC to remove motion related components? yes - definitely > 2) Is there a guide/rule of thumb for spotting noise related > components-- either from motion or another source. Seems like flaming > brain and striated looking images should definitely be removed but I'm > not sure if anything else... Have a look in the FIX paper just out in NeuroImage (Salimi-Khorshidi), which discusses different artefact components. Also using FIX (see FSL plugins wiki) can give good results in classifying components for you - particularly if you can train it on your kind of data. Cheers. > > Thanks! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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