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mri_cvs_register - registers MRI scans of two subjects (or a subject and the CVS atlas) using the combined volume and surface-based registration method, CVS. Make sure that SUBJECTS_DIR is properly set before calling this script!
Synopsis
mri_cvs_register--mov arg1 --template arg2
Arguments
Required Flagged Arguments
--template subjid |
subjid for subject to be moved / registered |
Subject id of the subject (as found in SUBJECTS_DIR) whose scan is to be moved in registration with that of the template. |
--mov subjid |
subjid for subject to be kept fixed (template) |
Subject id of the subject (as found in SUBJECTS_DIR) whose scan is to be used and the template / target for the registration. |
Optional Flagged Arguments
--outdir directory |
output directory where all the results are written |
Output directory where the resulting morphs should be written. NOTE, the morphs require quite a lot of space so make sure that there is enough disk space available before your analysis. The default location for the output is: SUBJECTS_DIR/mov/cvs |
--noaseg |
do not use aseg volumes in the registration pipeline (default is 0) |
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--nocleanup |
do not delete temporary files (default is 0) |
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--nolog |
do not produce a log file (default is 0) |
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--step1 |
only do step 1 (spherical registration) |
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--step2 |
only do step 2 (elastic registration) |
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--step3 |
only do step 3 (volumetric registration) |
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--version |
print version and exit |
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--help |
print help and exit |
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Outputs
See below.
Description
The CVS registration stream consists of 3 steps: (1) surface-based registration, (2) elastic registration and (3) volumetric regsitration. By default, in the current implementation of the script, step (3) consists of two steps: (i) registration using aseg volumes and (ii) registration using intensity volumes. This combination of the non-linear volumetric registrations proved to be very robust and accurate, butthe (i) step could be eliminated if quicker execution time is required by using the "--noaseg" flag.
Relevant files that you should have in your directory (most recent on the top and the oldest in the bottom):
(a) Full CVS (with both (i) and (ii)) nlalign-afteraseg-norm.m3z : the morph resulting from (ii) of step (3) (intensity-based non-linear registration); it is NOT combined with the elastic registration morph nlalign-afteraseg-norm.mgz : the morphed norm.mgz file; it is the final result of CVS and contains contributions from ALL registration steps (combination of the elatic morph and the two m3z files)
nlalign-aseg.m3z : the morph resulting from (i) of step (3) (aseg-based non-linear registration); it is NOT combined with the elastic registration morph nlalign-aseg.mgz : the morphed aseg.mgz file; it is the result of CVS up to (i) of step (3) and contains contributions from registration steps of the elatic morph and the above m3z file
el_reg_toTEMPLATE_aseg.mgz : the elastic morph applied to aseg.mgz el_reg_toTEMPLATE.tm3d : the elastic morph that combines correspondences recovered in steps (1) and (2) el_reg_toTEMPLATE.mgz : the elastic morph applied to norm.mgz
(b) shorter version of CVS (using only (ii) in step (3) of the algorithm):
nlalign-norm.m3z : the morph resulting from step(3) (intensity-based non-linear registration); it is NOT combined with the elastic registration morph nlalign-norm.mgz : the morphed norm.mgz file; it is the final result of CVS and contains contributions from ALL registration steps (combination of the elatic morph and the above m3z file)
el_reg_toTEMPLATE.tm3d : the elastic morph that combines correspondences recovered in steps (1) and (2) el_reg_toTEMPLATE.mgz : the elastic morph applied to norm.mgz
If you ran the mri_cvs_registration script with the "--nocleanup" option then you will see two more files called combined*tm3d. These files take up a lot of memory so by default are deleted. They can be recreated in case the cvs morph needs to be applied to another volume at a later time. The morphs left behind when using the "--nocleanup" option are:
(a) el_reg_toTEMPLATE.tm3d : the elastic morph that combines correspondences recovered in steps (1) and (2) combined_elreg_aseg.tm3d : the morph that combines correspondences recovered in steps (1), (2) and (3) (i) combined_elreg_afteraseg-norm.tm3d : the morph that combines correspondences recovered in steps (1), (2), (3) (i) and (3) (ii) (b) el_reg_toTEMPLATE.tm3d : the elastic morph that combines correspondences recovered in steps (1) and (2) combined_elreg_norm.tm3d : the morph that combines correspondences recovered in steps (1), (2) and (3) (ii)
Bugs
None
See Also
mris_register, mri_nl_align, mris_resample, mri_cvs_check, mri_cvs_data_copy
Links
References
G.M. Postelnicu*, L. Zöllei*, B. Fischl: "Combined Volumetric and Surface Registration", IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging (TMI), Vol 28 (4), April 2009, p. 508-522
L. Zöllei, A. Stevens, K. Huber, S. Kakunoori, B. Fischl: "Improved Tractography Alignment Using Combined Volumetric and Surface Registration", NeuroImage 51 (2010), 206-213
Reporting Bugs
Report bugs to <analysis-bugs@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu>