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Dear Sir,

I have tried alignment using FLIRT, the quality of images is very poor (
Kindly see the attachment - I have tried aligning sMRI+fMRI for few
subjects)

Thanks
Vasudev

On 12 January 2017 at 11:01, Anderson M. Winkler <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

> Hi Vasudev,
>
> The quality of the alignment certainly will influence the parcellation.
> You would align the images within subject using FLIRT, then the subjects
> with each other using FNIRT (that is non-linear). Consult the FSL
> documentation.
>
> All the best,
>
> Anderson
>
>
> On 11 January 2017 at 15:10, Dev vasu <vasudevamurthy.devulapally@
> gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Dear Sir,
>>
>> Can i align rfMRI +DTI to each subjects Structural data using flirt, my
>> only concern is  whether such alignment will influence the parcellation
>> that i would like to perform on group level.
>>
>> Thanks
>> Vasudev
>>
>> On 11 January 2017 at 13:55, Anderson M. Winkler <[log in to unmask]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Vasudev,
>>>
>>> Yes, you can. FLIRT works with images that have different types of
>>> contrast. Consider using FA when aligning the DTI, though, as opposed to
>>> the raw diffusion-weighted images.
>>>
>>> All the best,
>>>
>>> Anderson
>>>
>>>
>>> On 10 January 2017 at 15:10, Dev vasu <vasudevamurthy.devulapally@gm
>>> ail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Dear Sir,
>>>>
>>>> Can i use FLIRT for aligning DTI+fMRI and sMRI ?  , I am not sure if
>>>> such multimodal alignment will work properly with FLIRT .
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>>> Vasudev
>>>>
>>>> On 7 January 2017 at 13:04, Anderson M. Winkler <[log in to unmask]
>>>> > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi Vasudev,
>>>>>
>>>>> For the alignment, have you tried FLIRT?
>>>>>
>>>>> Regarding the overall task, I came across this paper yesterday (via
>>>>> Twitter): https://arxiv.org/abs/1701.01315. Perhaps it's something
>>>>> along these lines you need?
>>>>>
>>>>> All the best,
>>>>>
>>>>> Anderson
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 6 January 2017 at 14:00, Dev vasu <vasudevamurthy.devulapally@gm
>>>>> ail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Dear Sir,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Is there any approach that i can use for "multi modal data alignment
>>>>>> " , i would like accomplish within the subject alignment of multiple
>>>>>> modalities like Structural, functional and DTI scans ?.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>> Vasudev
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 6 January 2017 at 12:59, Anderson M. Winkler <
>>>>>> [log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi Vasudev,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I'm unaware of a tool that would parcellate in the way as you'd
>>>>>>> like, although you should be able to do it yourself, e.g., by building a
>>>>>>> similarity matrix using some measure or feature of interest that would
>>>>>>> encompass all the modalities you are want, then applying a clustering
>>>>>>> algorithm.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> All the best,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Anderson
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 5 January 2017 at 11:58, Dev vasu <vasudevamurthy.devulapally@gm
>>>>>>> ail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Dear Sir,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I have read the publication from Matthew Glasser, but the scripts
>>>>>>>> from Glasser are valid if we have full brain scans of T1w and T2w images
>>>>>>>> but  there is a problem with my T2w data acquisition, I did no acquire full
>>>>>>>> brain T2w images so i cannot use HCP scripts for my study.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I have even read the work of Craddock and his Software tool
>>>>>>>> PyclusterROI, but the software is only applicable for rfMRI not DTI scans,
>>>>>>>> i would like to know if there is any other journal or software tool which
>>>>>>>> can perform group wise multimodal parcellation of T1w, rfMRI,and DTI scans
>>>>>>>> of 2 groups of subjects.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>>>> Vasudev
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 5 January 2017 at 11:52, Anderson M. Winkler <
>>>>>>>> [log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Hi Vasudev,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> There are many different ways in which the brain can be
>>>>>>>>> parcellated, based on anatomy, function, and combinations thereof. The
>>>>>>>>> paper by Brett et al. (2002, http://www.nature.com/nrn/jour
>>>>>>>>> nal/v3/n3/full/nrn756.html) had a different original purpose but
>>>>>>>>> it's useful here too in reviewing what different features can mean. And
>>>>>>>>> major multimodal parcellation effort using data from the HCP has just been
>>>>>>>>> published (Glasser et al, 2016, http://www.nature.com/nature/j
>>>>>>>>> ournal/v536/n7615/full/nature18933.html).
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Given what you seem interested in clustering, perhaps consider as
>>>>>>>>> a starting point the work by Craddock et al (Human Brain Mapping, 2012,
>>>>>>>>> https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21769991). Some additional
>>>>>>>>> details and the scripts are available freely here
>>>>>>>>> <http://ccraddock.github.io/cluster_roi/atlases.html> and here
>>>>>>>>> <https://github.com/ccraddock/cluster_roi>.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> All the best,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Anderson
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On 4 January 2017 at 19:50, Dev vasu <
>>>>>>>>> [log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Dear Sir,
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Is there any approach where i can perform Group wise multimodal
>>>>>>>>>> parcellation, I want to include T1w,T2w,rfMRI, and DTI  or 2 groups of
>>>>>>>>>> subjects (25 healthy and 25 diseased controls with BLVP) and perform
>>>>>>>>>> multimodal clustering on whole brain. If you have some Journals or some
>>>>>>>>>> approaches which can useful in performing the analysis i would be really
>>>>>>>>>> grateful for your help.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>>>>>> Vasudev
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On 4 January 2017 at 15:38, Dev vasu <
>>>>>>>>>> [log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>>>>>>>>>> From: Dev vasu <[log in to unmask]>
>>>>>>>>>>> Date: 4 January 2017 at 13:58
>>>>>>>>>>> Subject: Re: [FSL] Group Average parcellation
>>>>>>>>>>> To: FSL - FMRIB's Software Library <[log in to unmask]>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Dear Sir,
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> I would like to measure the neural activity of visual vestibular
>>>>>>>>>>> interaction between healthy controls and patients with bilateral
>>>>>>>>>>> vestibulopathy ,for this i have thought of using  seed based functional
>>>>>>>>>>> connectivity to examine visual vestibular changes in BLVP patients in my
>>>>>>>>>>> study,
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>  I would like to perform whole brain clustering on 2 groups of
>>>>>>>>>>> subjects that i have ( 25 healthy and 25 BLVP ) and extract 600 - 700 ROIs
>>>>>>>>>>> using temporal correlation and  i feel this is better way to define a seed
>>>>>>>>>>> region to investigate functional connectivity changes , kindly let me know
>>>>>>>>>>> if there is any thing wrong in my approach, your suggestions are greatly
>>>>>>>>>>> appreciated.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> I know that we can easily define a seed region on an Atlast (
>>>>>>>>>>> MNI 152 or Harvard oxford atlas ) but i would like use clustering approach
>>>>>>>>>>> for whole brain parcellation.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>>>>>>> Vasudev
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> On 4 January 2017 at 12:32, Anderson M. Winkler <
>>>>>>>>>>> [log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Hi Vasudev,
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> What feature would you like to drive the parcellation? The ICA
>>>>>>>>>>>> itself is a form of soft (fuzzy) parcellation. I'm unsure what you'd like
>>>>>>>>>>>> to do.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> All the best,
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Anderson
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> On 2 January 2017 at 12:58, Dev vasu <
>>>>>>>>>>>> [log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Dear FSL community,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> I have 50 Subjects ( 25 healthy controls and 25  patients with
>>>>>>>>>>>>> BLVP ), I have performed Group mean ICA , I would like to perform whole
>>>>>>>>>>>>> brain parcellation on Group Mean ICA of Healthy controls and Group mean ICA
>>>>>>>>>>>>> of patients with BLVP.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> I would like to know the better approach for  Group wise
>>>>>>>>>>>>> parcellation ( any previous Publications concerning the same topic would be
>>>>>>>>>>>>> greatly appreciated ).
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Vasudev
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
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