Sorry, I didn't mean to refer to the inion or occipital bun. I did not know the word bathocrany. I meant to refer to the region behind the coronal suture, i.e. the vault. On Wed, Oct 14, 2015 at 11:33 AM, Andreas Bartsch <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >Should I take the effort to hand correct these issues > > This should probably be just fine. > > >the bunp posterior to the parital/occipital suture boundary Is muchi > >morepronounced in men then women > > Do you technically mean bathrocrania? > > Cheers. > > > Am 14.10.15 16:36 schrieb "FSL - FMRIB's Software Library on behalf of > Jennifer Vendemia" unter <[log in to unmask] on behalf of > [log in to unmask]>: > > >I hiave some questions that I i've been thinking about on a technical > >level for some time, but have never considered in the abstract. I'm > >using the fsl_anat sequence these days which is significantly improving > >the quality of my brain extractions.....but > > > >Even with the sequence the final extracted brain is missing the very top > >of the brain in some areas and including small bits of meninges in > >others. I'm working in s1 s2 so I'm particularly interested in the gray > >matter at the vertex of the brain. > > > >The brain mask however is expanded slightly covering the brain AND some > >meninge. > > > >1. What sort of consequences will this have on subsequent registrations > >such as for my .functional data? Should I take the effort to hand > >correct these issues, or does fnirt blur the image enough to render these > >small differences unimportant? > > > > > >2. Although well within the norms of human cariable, some of my > >participants have heads that are quite different than the standard. The > >head to head registration pulls their heads into unexpected shapes (the > >bunp posterior to the parital/occipital suture boundary Is muchi > >morepronounced in men then women). Some of my female oarticipants are > >getting n effect where the middle of their head is dragged upward. > >Should I refrain from the fnirt head registration step when this happens? >