ReconAllTableStable7.1.1;
This table shows the recon-all steps for the stable, publicly released, version 6.0 of FreeSurfer (available here).
See also the OtherUsefulFlags for other recon-all options.
| recon-all step | Individual Flag | Input | Command Line | Output | 
| recon-all -autorecon1 -subjid <subjid> | ||||
| -i <invol1> | invol1.dcm or .nii or .mgz | mri_convert invol1.dcm orig/001.mgz | orig/001.mgz | |
| -i <invol2> optional | invol2.dcm or .nii or .mgz | mri_convert invol2.dcm orig/002.mgz | orig/002.mgz | |
| -T2 <invol> or -FLAIR <invol> optional | invol.dcm or .nii or .mgz | mri_convert --no_scale 1 invol.dcm orig/T2raw.mgz (or orig/FLAIRraw.mgz) | orig/T2raw.mgz (or orig/FLAIRraw.mgz) | |
| orig/001.mgz | mri_robust_template --mov 001.mgz 002.mgz --average 1 --template rawavg.mgz --satit --inittp 1 --fixtp --noit --iscale --iscaleout --subsample 200 --lta | rawavg.mgz | ||
| orig/002.mgz | ||||
| rawavg.mgz | mri_convert rawavg.mgz orig.mgz --conform | orig.mgz | ||
| orig.mgz | mri_add_xform_to_header -c transforms/talairach.xfm orig.mgz orig.mgz | orig.mgz | ||
| orig.mgz | mri_nu_correct.mni --n 1 --proto-iters 1000 --distance 50 --no-rescale --i orig.mgz --o orig_nu.mgz | orig_nu.mgz | ||
| orig_nu.mgz | talairach_avi --i orig_nu.mgz --xfm transforms/talairach.auto.xfm | transforms/talairach.auto.xfm | ||
| transforms/talairach.auto.xfm | cp transforms/talairach.auto.xfm transforms/talairach.xfm | transforms/talairach.xfm | ||
| transforms/talairach.xfm | talairach_afd -T 0.005 -xfm transforms/talairach.xfm | 
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| 
 | awk -f $FREESURFER_HOME/bin/extract_talairach_avi_QA.awk transforms/talairach_avi.log | transforms/talairach_avi.log | ||
| orig.mgz | mri_nu_correct.mni --i orig.mgz --o nu.mgz --uchar transforms/talairach.xfm --n 2 | nu.mgz | ||
| talairach.xfm | ||||
| nu.mgz | mri_normalize -g 1 -mprage nu.mgz T1.mgz | T1.mgz | ||
| nu.mgz | mri_em_register -skull nu.mgz $FREESURFER_HOME/average/RB_all_withskull_2016-05-10.vc700.gca transforms/talairach_with_skull.lta | transforms/talairach_with_skull.lta | ||
| T1.mgz | mri_watershed -T1 -brain_atlas $FREESURFER_HOME/average/RB_all_withskull_2016-05-10.vc700.gca transforms/talairach_with_skull.lta T1.mgz brainmask.auto.mgz | brainmask.auto.mgz | ||
| brainmask.auto.mgz | cp brainmask.auto.mgz brainmask.mgz | brainmask.mgz | 
| recon-all step | Individual Flag | Input | Command Line | Output | 
| recon-all -autorecon2 -subjid <subjid> | ||||
| brainmask.mgz | mri_em_register -uns 3 -mask brainmask.mgz nu.mgz $FREESURFER_HOME/average/RB_all_2016-05-10.vc700.gca transforms/talairach.lta | transforms/talairach.lta | ||
| nu.mgz | ||||
| brainmask.mgz | mri_ca_normalize -c ctrl_pts.mgz -mask brainmask.mgz nu.mgz $FREESURFER_HOME/average/RB_all_2016-05-10.vc700.gca transforms/talairach.lta norm.mgz | norm.mgz | ||
| nu.mgz | ||||
| transforms/talairach.lta | ||||
| brainmask.mgz | mri_ca_register -align-after -nobigventricles -mask brainmask.mgz -T transforms/talairach.lta norm.mgz $FREESURFER_HOME/average/RB_all_2016-05-10.vc700.gca transforms/talairach.m3z | transforms/talairach.m3z | ||
| transforms/talairach.lta | ||||
| norm.mgz | ||||
| norm.mgz | mri_ca_label -relabel_unlikely 9 .3 -prior 0.5 -align norm.mgz transforms/talairach.m3z $FREESURFER_HOME/average/RB_all_2016-05-10.vc700.gca aseg.auto_noCCseg.mgz | aseg.auto_noCCseg.mgz | ||
| transforms/talairach.m3z | ||||
| aseg.auto_noCCseg.mgz | mri_cc -lta <subjid>/mri/transforms/cc_up.lta -aseg aseg.auto_noCCseg.mgz -o aseg.auto.mgz <subjid> | aseg.auto.mgz | ||
| aseg.auto.mgz | cp aseg.auto.mgz aseg.presurf.mgz | aseg.presurf.mgz | ||
| brainmask.mgz | mri_normalize -mprage -aseg aseg.presurf.mgz -mask brainmask.mgz norm.mgz brain.mgz | brain.mgz | ||
| norm.mgz | ||||
| aseg.presurf.mgz | ||||
| brain.mgz | mri_mask -T 5 brain.mgz brainmask.mgz brain.finalsurfs.mgz | brain.finalsurfs.mgz | ||
| brainmask.mgz | ||||
| brain.mgz | mri_segment -mprage brain.mgz wm.seg.mgz | wm.seg.mgz | ||
| wm.seg.mgz | mri_edit_wm_with_aseg wm.seg.mgz brain.mgz aseg.presurf.mgz wm.asegedit.mgz | wm.asegedit.mgz | ||
| aseg.presurf.mgz | ||||
| brain.mgz | ||||
| wm.asegedit.mgz | mri_pretess wm.asegedit.mgz wm norm.mgz wm.mgz | wm.mgz | ||
| norm.mgz | ||||
| -fill | wm.mgz | mri_fill -a ../scripts/ponscc.cut.log -xform transforms/talairach.lta -segmentation aseg.auto_noCCseg.mgz wm.mgz filled.mgz | filled.mgz | |
| aseg.auto_noCCseg.mgz | ../scripts/ponscc.cut.log | |||
| transforms/talairach.lta | ||||
| filled.mgz | mri_pretess filled.mgz 255 norm.mgz filled-pretess255.mgz | filled-pretess255.mgz | ||
| norm.mgz | ||||
| filled-pretess255.mgz | mri_tessellate filled-pretess255.mgz 255 lh.orig.nofix | lh.orig.nofix | ||
| filled.mgz | mri_pretess filled.mgz 127 norm.mgz filled-pretess127.mgz | filled-pretess127.mgz | ||
| norm.mgz | ||||
| filled-pretess127.mgz | mri_tessellate filled-pretess127.mgz 127 rh.orig.nofix | rh.orig.nofix | ||
| ?h.orig.nofix | mris_extract_main_component ?h.orig.nofix ?h.orig.nofix | ?h.orig.nofix | ||
| 
 | rm -f filled-pretess255.mgz filled-pretess127.mgz | 
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| ?h.orig.nofix | mris_smooth -nw ?h.orig.nofix ?h.smoothwm.nofix | ?h.smoothwm.nofix | ||
| ?h.smoothwm.nofix | mris_inflate -no-save-sulc ?h.smoothwm.nofix ?h.inflated.nofix | ?h.inflated.nofix | ||
| ?h.inflated.nofix | mris_sphere -q ?h.inflated.nofix ?h.qsphere.nofix | ?h.qsphere.nofix | ||
| -fix | ?h.orig.nofix | cp ?h.orig.nofix ?h.orig | ?h.orig | |
| ?h.inflated.nofix | cp ?h.inflated.nofix ?h.inflated | ?h.inflated | ||
| ?h.qsphere.nofix | mris_fix_topology -mgz -sphere qsphere.nofix -ga <subjid> ?h | ?h.orig | ||
| ?h.orig | mris_euler_number ?h.orig | ?h.orig | ||
| ?h.orig | mris_remove_intersection ?h.orig ?h.orig | ?h.orig | ||
| 
 | rm ?h.inflated | 
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| -white | aseg.presurf.mgz | mris_make_surfaces -aseg ../mri/aseg.presurf -whiteonly -noaparc -mgz -T1 brain.finalsurfs <subjid> ?h | ?h.white.preaparc | |
| brain.finalsurfs.mgz | ||||
| wm.mgz | ||||
| filled.mgz | ||||
| ?h.orig | ||||
| ?h.curv | ||||
| ?h.area | ||||
| ?h.cortex.label | ||||
| ?h.white.preaparc | mris_smooth -n 3 -nw ?h.white.preaparc ?h.smoothwm | ?h.smoothwm | ||
| ?h.smoothwm | mris_inflate ?h.smoothwm ?h.inflated | ?h.inflated | ||
| ?h.sulc | ||||
| -curvHK | ?h.white.preaparc | mris_curvature -w ?h.white.preaparc | ?h.white.H | |
| ?h.white.K | ||||
| ?h.inflated | mris_curvature -thresh .999 -n -a 5 -w -distances 10 10 ?h.inflated | ?h.inflated.H | ||
| ?h.inflated.K | ||||
| -curvstats | ?h.smoothwm | mris_curvature_stats -m --writeCurvatureFiles -G -o ../stats/?h.curv.stats -F smoothwm <subjid> ?h curv sulc | stats/?h.curv.stats | |
| ?h.curv | ||||
| ?h.sulc | 
| recon-all step | Individual Flag | Input | Command Line | Output | 
| recon-all -autorecon3 -subjid <subjid> | ||||
| ?h.inflated | mris_sphere ?h.inflated ?h.sphere | ?h.sphere | ||
| ?h.smoothwm | ||||
| ?h.sphere | mris_register -curv ?h.sphere $FREESURFER_HOME/average/?h.folding.atlas.acfb40.noaparc.i12.2016-08-02.tif ?h.sphere.reg | ?h.sphere.reg | ||
| ?h.white.preaparc | mris_jacobian ?h.white.preaparc ?h.sphere.reg ?h.jacobian_white | ?h.jacobian_white | ||
| ?h.sphere.reg | ||||
| ?h.sphere.reg | mrisp_paint -a 5 $FREESURFER_HOME/average/?h.folding.atlas.acfb40.noaparc.i12.2016-08-02.tif#6 ?h.sphere.reg ?h.avg_curv | ?h.avg_curv | ||
| aseg.presurf.mgz | mris_ca_label -l ../label/?h.cortex.label -aseg mri/aseg.presurf.mgz <subjid> ?h ?h.sphere.reg $FREESURFER_HOME/average/?h.curvature.buckner40.filled.desikan_killiany.2007-06-20.gcs ?h.aparc.annot | label/?h.aparc.annot | ||
| ?h.cortex.label | ||||
| ?h.sphere.reg | ||||
| -pial | aseg.presurf.mgz | mris_make_surfaces -orig_white white.preaparc -orig_pial white.preaparc -aseg ../mri/aseg.presurf -mgz -T1 brain.finalsurfs <subjid> ?h | ?h.pial | |
| brain.finalsurfs.mgz | ||||
| wm.mgz | ||||
| filled.mgz | ||||
| ?h.orig | ||||
| ?h.curv.pial | ||||
| ?h.area.pial | ||||
| label/?h.aparc.annot | ?h.thickness | |||
| -T2pial or  | orig/T2raw.mgz | bbregister --s <subjid> --mov mri/orig/T2raw.mgz --lta mri/transforms/T2raw.lta --init-fsl --T2 | transforms/T2raw.lta | |
| orig/T2raw.mgz | mri_convert -odt float -at mri/transforms/T2raw.lta -rt cubic -ns 1 -rl mri/orig.mgz mri/orig/T2raw.mgz mri/T2.prenorm.mgz | T2.prenorm.mgz | ||
| transforms/T2raw.lta | ||||
| aseg.presurf.mgz | mri_normalize -sigma 0.5 -nonmax_suppress 0 -min_dist 1 -aseg mri/aseg.presurf.mgz -surface surf/rh.white identity.nofile -surface surf/lh.white identity.nofile mri/T2.prenorm.mgz mri/T2.norm.mgz | T2.norm.mgz | ||
| ?h.white | ||||
| T2.prenorm.mgz | ||||
| T2.norm.mgz | mri_mask mri/T2.norm.mgz mri/brainmask.mgz mri/T2.mgz | T2.mgz | ||
| brainmask.mgz | ||||
| ?h.pial | cp -v surf/?h.pial surf/?h.woT2.pial | ?h.woT2.pial | ||
| aseg.presurf.mgz | mris_make_surfaces -orig_white white -orig_pial woT2.pial -aseg ../mri/aseg.presurf -nowhite -mgz -T1 brain.finalsurfs -T2 ../mri/T2 -nsigma_above 2 -nsigma_below 5 <subjid> ?h | ?h.pial | ||
| brain.finalsurfs.mgz | ||||
| wm.mgz | ||||
| filled.mgz | ?h.curv.pial | |||
| ?h.white | ||||
| label/?h.aparc.annot | ?h.area.pial | |||
| T2.mgz | ?h.thickness | |||
| ?h.woT2.pial | ||||
| 
 | ||||
| aseg.presurf.mgz | mris_volmask --aseg_name aseg.presurf --label_left_white 2 --label_left_ribbon 3 --label_right_white 41 --label_right_ribbon 42 --save_ribbon <subjid> | ?h.ribbon.mgz | ||
| ?h.white | ||||
| ?h.pial | ribbon.mgz | |||
| label/?h.aparc.annot | mris_anatomical_stats -th3 -mgz -cortex ../label/?h.cortex.label -f stats/?h.aparc.stats -b -a label/?h.aparc.annot -c label/aparc.annot.ctab <subjid> ?h <white or pial> | stats/?h.aparc.stats | ||
| wm.mgz, ribbon.mgz | label/aparc.annot.ctab | |||
| ?h.white | ||||
| ?h.pial | ||||
| ?h.thickness | ||||
| aseg.presurf.mgz | mris_ca_label -l ../label/?h.cortex.label -aseg aseg.presurf.mgz <subjid> ?h ?h.sphere.reg $FREESURFER_HOME/average/?h.destrieux.simple.2009-07-29.gcs label/?h.aparc.a2009s.annot | label/?h.aparc.a2009s.annot | ||
| ?h.sphere.reg | ||||
| label/?h.cortex.label | ||||
| label/?h.aparc.a2009s.annot | mris_anatomical_stats -th3 -mgz -cortex ../label/?h.cortex.label -f stats/?h.aparc.a2009s.stats -b -a label/?h.aparc.a2009s.annot -c label/aparc.annot.a2009s.ctab <subjid> ?h | stats/?h.aparc.a2009s.stats | ||
| wm.mgz, ribbon.mgz | label/aparc.annot.a2009s.ctab | |||
| ?h.white | ||||
| ?h.pial | ||||
| ?h.thickness | ||||
| aseg.presurf.mgz | mris_ca_label -l ../label/?h.cortex.label -aseg aseg.presurf.mgz <subjid> ?h ?h.sphere.reg $FREESURFER_HOME/average/?h.DKTatlas.2016-03-20.gcs ../label/?h.aparc.DKTatlas.annot | label/?h.aparc.DKTatlas.annot | ||
| ?h.sphere.reg | ||||
| label/?h.cortex.label | ||||
| label/?h.aparc.DKTatlas.annot | mris_anatomical_stats -th3 -mgz -cortex ../label/?h.cortex.label -f stats/?h.aparc.DKTatlas.stats -b -a label/?h.aparc.DKTatlas.annot -c label/aparc.annot.DKTatlas.ctab <subjid> ?h | stats/?h.aparc.DKTatlas.stats | ||
| wm.mgz, ribbon.mgz | label/aparc.annot.DKTatlas.ctab | |||
| ?h.white | ||||
| ?h.pial | ||||
| ?h.thickness | ||||
| -pctsurfcon | rawavg.mgz | pctsurfcon --s <subjid> --?h-only | ?h.w-g.pct.mgh | |
| orig.mgz | ||||
| ?h.cortex.label | stats/?h.w-g.pct.stats | |||
| ?h.white | ||||
| -hyporelabel | aseg.presurf.mgz | mri_relabel_hypointensities aseg.presurf.mgz ../surf aseg.presurf.hypos.mgz | aseg.presurf.hypos.mgz | |
| ?h.white | ||||
| aseg.presurf.hypos.mgz | mri_aparc2aseg --s <subjid> --volmask --aseg aseg.presurf.hypos --relabel mri/norm.mgz mri/transforms/talairach.m3z $FREESURFER_HOME/average/RB_all_2016-05-10.vc700.gca mri/aseg.auto_noCCseg.label_intensities.txt | aparc+aseg.mgz | ||
| ?h.ribbon.mgz | ||||
| label/?h.aparc.annot | ||||
| ribbon.mgz | ||||
| aseg.presurf.hypos.mgz | mri_aparc2aseg --s <subjid> --volmask --annot aparc.a2009s --aseg aseg.presurf.hypos --relabel mri/norm.mgz mri/transforms/talairach.m3z $FREESURFER_HOME/average/RB_all_2016-05-10.vc700.gca mri/aseg.auto_noCCseg.label_intensities.txt | aparc.a2009s+aseg.mgz | ||
| ?h.ribbon.mgz | ||||
| label/?h.aparc.a2009s.annot | ||||
| ribbon.mgz | ||||
| aseg.presurf.hypos.mgz | mri_aparc2aseg --s <subjid> --volmask --annot aparc.DKTatlas --aseg aseg.presurf.hypos --relabel mri/norm.mgz mri/transforms/talairach.m3z $FREESURFER_HOME/average/RB_all_2016-05-10.vc700.gca mri/aseg.auto_noCCseg.label_intensities.txt | aparc.DKTatlas+aseg.mgz | ||
| ?h.ribbon.mgz | ||||
| label/?h.aparc.DKTatlas.annot | ||||
| ribbon.mgz | ||||
| -apas2aseg | aparc+aseg.mgz | apas2aseg --i aparc+aseg.mgz --o aseg.mgz | aseg.mgz | |
| brainmask.mgz, norm.mgz, aseg.mgz, aseg.presurf.mgz, ribbon.mgz | mri_segstats --seg mri/aseg.mgz --sum stats/aseg.stats --pv mri/norm.mgz --empty --brainmask mri/brainmask.mgz --brain-vol-from-seg --excludeid 0 --excl-ctxgmwm --supratent --subcortgray --in mri/norm.mgz --in-intensity-name norm --in-intensity-units MR --etiv --surf-wm-vol --surf-ctx-vol --totalgray --euler --ctab $FREESURFER_HOME/ASegStatsLUT.txt --subject <subjid> | stats/aseg.stats | ||
| ?h.orig.nofix, ?h.white, ?h.pial | ||||
| aparc+aseg.mgz | mri_aparc2aseg --s <subjid> --labelwm --hypo-as-wm --rip-unknown --volmask --o mri/wmparc.mgz --ctxseg aparc+aseg.mgz | wmparc.mgz | ||
| talairach.xfm, brainmask.mgz, norm.mgz, ribbon.mgz, wmparc.mgz, aseg.presurf.mgz, ?h.white, ?h.pial | mri_segstats --seg mri/wmparc.mgz --sum stats/wmparc.stats --pv mri/norm.mgz --excludeid 0 --brainmask mri/brainmask.mgz --in mri/norm.mgz --in-intensity-name norm --in-intensity-units MR --etiv --subject <subjid> --surf-wm-vol --ctab $FREESURFER_HOME/WMParcStatsLUT.txt | stats/wmparc.stats | ||
| ?h.sphere.reg | mri_label2label --srcsubject fsaverage --srclabel fsaverage/label/?h.BA*.label --trgsubject <subjid> --trglabel ?h.BA*.label --hemi ?h --regmethod surface | label/?h.BA*_exvivo.label label/?h.perirhinal_exvivo.label label/?h.entorhinal_exvivo.label | 
