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Dear All, this is just a brief announcement that the new "Optimized Censoring Toolbox" for spm12 is now available for free download at our website at www.medizin.uni-tuebingen.de/kinder/en/research/neuroimaging/software/ Based on three different outlier criteria, it aims to identify outlying datapoints in single-subject fMRI sessions. It is applicable to task-based as well as resting-state fMRI, and (despite the name) allows for automated censoring, interpolation, or both. It is mainly meant to be helpful when you cannot afford to loose an individual session despite it being of moderate quality, i.e., particularly in the setting of clinically-indicated fMRI, or when investigating small groups. It was developed as part of a cooperation between the Institute of Child Health Developmental Neurosciences Programme, University College London, and the Experimental Pediatric Neuroimaging Group here in Tuebingen. Important input came from Tom Nichols and Paul Mazaika. The toolbox is (I hope) fully integrated into the SPM12 batch system but can of course also be run interactively and from the command line. The paper describing the approach and some aspects regarding censoring vs. interpolation is available at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jneumeth.2019.02.008 A preprint is also included in the toolbox download itself. As always, we hope this helps. Cheers, Marko -- ____________________________________________________ Prof. Dr. med. Marko Wilke Facharzt für Kinder- und Jugendmedizin Leiter, Experimentelle Pädiatrische Neurobildgebung Oberarzt der Abteilung Neuropädiatrie Universitäts-Kinderklinik Marko Wilke, MD, PhD Pediatrician Head, Experimental Pediatric Neuroimaging Consultant in Pediatric Neurology University Children's Hospital Hoppe-Seyler-Str. 1 D - 72076 Tübingen, Germany Tel. +49 7071 29-83416 Fax +49 7071 29-5473 [log in to unmask] http://www.medizin.uni-tuebingen.de/kinder/epn/ ____________________________________________________