It seems reasonable for an SPM5 analysis, but I would strongly suggest
using the SPM8 version instead. In SPM8, it tries to deal with the loss
of signal that arises from regions that become excessively shrunken or
expanded due to the more extreme warping that DARTEL can do.
Best regards,
-John
On Fri, 2009-09-04 at 18:19 +0100, KK wrote:
> Dear all
>
> I am new to use DARTEL for fMRI analysis in SPM5
>
> Can anyone help me to figure out the following pipeline is suitable for fmri analysis ?
>
> 1. Perform slice timing and realignment to FMRI time series data
>
> 2. The Individual mean fMRI time series volume is coregistered to Individual T1 volume ,
>
> and the coregistration parameter is applied to the whole fMRI time series data
>
> 3. Use Individual T1 to perform DARTEL analysis
>
> 4. To normalize whole coregisted- fMRI time series followed by chapter 1.2 of
>
> DARTEL_Guide.pdf
>
> 5. Smooth and perform first level analysis
>
> Is this preprocessing pipeline reasonable ?
>
> Thanks
>
> Regards
>
> KK
>
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