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== Reading == Information on spherical registration [[http://surfer.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/fswiki/SurfaceRegAndTemplates|here]]. |
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== COURSE MATERIALS == In general, feel free to go through any of the slides and tutorials that we'll be covering during the course. They can be found here: http://surfer.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/fswiki/FsTutorial |
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== Explanation == the phrase "put something in a different space' can also be used for reslicing. Applying a transform is more. For example 'map to Talairach space" means that the brain is rotated, translated, and even stretched first to fit the talairach average and then resliced. So its position and even shape/size is changed by a transform and then the reslicing happens according to whatever 'camera settings' are used. |
UNIX If you are unfamiliar with UNIX, it may help to do this online tutorial: http://www.ee.surrey.ac.uk/Teaching/Unix/ |
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So applying a transform means: 1. undo camera setting of source -> 2. apply geometric transform (rotation, translation, strecthing, shearing) -> 3. use camera setting of target (or the same as source again whatever the user wants). |
Other good UNIX references are: http://www.fmrib.ox.ac.uk/fslcourse/unix_intro/ http://docstore.mik.ua/orelly/linux/lnut/index.htm |
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SCRIPTING Scripting will not be covered during the course, but following are some good references: http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/1299 https://supportweb.cs.bham.ac.uk/documentation/tutorials/docsystem/build/tutorials/unixscripting/unixscripting.html |
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The camera setting can be understood as for example distance between slices (voxel size), position and orientation of slices. It usually also includes the data type (eg. int, float...). These settings are stored in each mgz file and also referred to as the 'geometry'. |
MR If you are unfamiliar with MR physics, you can read up on it here: http://www.cis.rit.edu/htbooks/mri/ There will be an optional lunch talk that will go over the basics of MR physics. FREESURFER You can read up on the techniques and applications of FreeSurfer here (found under the References section): https://surfer.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/fswiki/ You can download FreeSurfer and process your own data. Instructions on installation are here: https://surfer.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/fswiki/DownloadAndInstall Instructions for processing your data are at the bottom of this page: https://surfer.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/fswiki/TestingFreeSurfer |
How to Prepare for the FreeSurfer Course
COURSE MATERIALS
In general, feel free to go through any of the slides and tutorials that we'll be covering during the course. They can be found here: http://surfer.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/fswiki/FsTutorial
Not all of the slides are up or updated yet, but feel free to look at what is there.
UNIX If you are unfamiliar with UNIX, it may help to do this online tutorial: http://www.ee.surrey.ac.uk/Teaching/Unix/
Other good UNIX references are: http://www.fmrib.ox.ac.uk/fslcourse/unix_intro/ http://docstore.mik.ua/orelly/linux/lnut/index.htm
SCRIPTING Scripting will not be covered during the course, but following are some good references: http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/1299 https://supportweb.cs.bham.ac.uk/documentation/tutorials/docsystem/build/tutorials/unixscripting/unixscripting.html
MR If you are unfamiliar with MR physics, you can read up on it here: http://www.cis.rit.edu/htbooks/mri/
There will be an optional lunch talk that will go over the basics of MR physics.
FREESURFER You can read up on the techniques and applications of FreeSurfer here (found under the References section): https://surfer.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/fswiki/
You can download FreeSurfer and process your own data. Instructions on installation are here: https://surfer.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/fswiki/DownloadAndInstall
Instructions for processing your data are at the bottom of this page: https://surfer.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/fswiki/TestingFreeSurfer