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I substituted the code from the previous email with a combination of
fslcreatehd and fslmaths  to create a binary sphere in the correct
standardized space. I then multiplied this sphere by the
mean_FA_skeleton_mask to further restrict the region within the sphere to
tracts.

On Sat, Sep 20, 2014 at 9:29 PM, charlie <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> FSL group,
>
> I have made a sphere mask centred on significant activation coordinates
> (from a previous TBSS analysis).
> fslmaths $FSLDIR/data/standard/MNI152_T1_1mm -mul 0 -add 1 -roi 116 1 101
> 1 88 1 0 1 cst_slfroi -odt float
> fslmaths cst_slfroi  -kernel sphere 15 -fmean cst_slf_sphere_mask -odt
> float
>
> My question concerns the intensity values with the sphere. If the -add 1
> command adds the value 1 to the region within the sphere, then why is the
> value in the sphere 7.1e-05, a value far less than 1. Also, the value
> outside the sphere is not zero. In short, this mask must require additional
> thresholding and binarising.
>
> While I can combine atlas based masks to cover the area of interest, the
> combined masked is too dispersed. Any suggestions with the sphere mask
> would be much appreciated
>
> All the best,
> charlie
>