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Hi Dianne,

I suspect that the difference in behaviour is not due to the --mode or even the --network mask, but in the original probtrackx you specify a set of classification targets (through the flags: " --targetmasks=sub-5167/dwi/unc_r_bip/targets.txt --os2t “), however in the new command you choose to output only the path distribution (--opd flag) What happens if you run the probtrackx2 with the same flags as the original probtrackx command, but without the —network or --mode option:
probtrackx2  -x sub-5167/subjectrois/frontal_orbital_r_diff_bin_csf -l -c 0.2 -S 2000 --steplength=0.5 -P 5000 --stop=sub-5167/subjectrois/unc_r_inv_mask_diff_bin_csf --forcedir -f --opd -s sub-5167/dwi/Bed.bedpostX/merged -m sub-5167/dwi/Bed.bedpostX/nodif_brain_mask --dir=sub-5167/dwi/unc_r_bip --targetmasks=sub-5167/dwi/unc_r_bip/targets.txt —os2t

Good luck,

Michiel


On 1 Feb 2018, at 01:30, Dianne Patterson <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:

Dear dti experts:
I was hoping to move from probtrackx to probtrackx2, but it seems more complex than I had anticipated:

I can run this command:
probtrackx --network --mode=seedmask -x sub-5167/subjectrois/frontal_orbital_r_diff_bin_csf -l -c 0.2 -S 2000 --steplength=0.5 -P 5000 --stop=sub-5167/subjectrois/unc_r_inv_mask_diff_bin_csf --forcedir -f --opd -s sub-5167/dwi/Bed.bedpostX/merged -m sub-5167/dwi/Bed.bedpostX/nodif_brain_mask --dir=sub-5167/dwi/unc_r_bip --targetmasks=sub-5167/dwi/unc_r_bip/targets.txt --os2t

probtrackx2  -x sub-5167/dwi/unc_l_bip/masks.txt -l --onewaycondition -c 0.2 -S 2000 --steplength=0.5 -P 5000 --fibthresh=0.01 --distthresh=0.0 --sampvox=0.0 --stop=sub-5167/subjectrois/unc_l_inv_mask_diff_bin_csf.nii.gz --forcedir --opd -s sub-5167/dwi/Bed.bedpostX/merged -m sub-5167/dwi/Bed.bedpostX/nodif_brain_mask --dir=sub-5167/dwi/unc_l_bip
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probtrackx2 does not support --mode=seedmask
Is there some equivalent?

In addition, if I remove --mode=seedmask, probtrackx2 complains about --network.  When I remove that as well, probtrackx2 behaves very differently than the original probtrackx command.

I have tried probtrackx2 with and without the bolded flags --onewaycondition  --fibthresh=0.01 --distthresh=0.0 --sampvox=0.0 (these are added to the command when I run with the gui).  These also do not seem to make any difference.
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I was running the original probtrackx command iteratively to look at the resulting size of the two grey matter masks.  I don't understand how to replicate the original behavior with probtrackx2.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Dianne


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