The better question for the reviewer to ask is what was your justification
for doing smoothing in the volumeŠ
It would have been isotropic.
Peace,
Matt.
On 6/14/17, 2:51 PM, "FSL - FMRIB's Software Library on behalf of nan
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>Hi Guys!
>
>I am answering a reviewer who has asked whether the 5 mm smoothing kernel
> in FSL (I used the FEAT GUI) was isotropic or anisotropic.
>
>The reviewer of our paper thinks this should be specified in my methods
>section because we "collected data with an interslice gap of 1.5 mm" and
>he seems to think this is somehow relevant.
>
>
>I would guess that the 5 mm smoothing kernel is isotropic and that the
>reviewer is a bit confused, perhaps!
>
>Thanks so very very much!
>
>Nan
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