Victor, We are aware of this bug. Unfortunately, there is no 'quick fix', which is why it has not been repaired yet. But yes, I agree its an ugly one which creates havoc with automated scripts. Hopefully a fix will appear in the next release.
Nick On Thu, 2008-10-23 at 13:19 -0700, Laluz, Victor wrote: > The body of my email was lost because of the attachments: here it is > again for those who are curious. Sorry about that, I didn’t know a > text file attachment would do that. > > > > Not sure if this bug has been mentioned before, but there is a bug > with using aparcstats2table for the aparc.a2005s parcellation map. If > some of the subjects in the group have missing values of a certain > type, aparcstats2table fails to designate a 0 for them. So for > instance, it’s often the case that a subject has no lh_unknown_volume > in their aparc.a2005s.stats. Certain other, seemingly random areas > will fail to print out as well. This will lead to shifts in the > dataset, so that every volume after the missing value for a subject > will be incorrect, and will need to be shifted for the blank. The only > way I have found to reliably check that the data is valid is to > generate seperate stats tables for each subject. > > > > Anyway, this is a serious problem for people who collect and analyse > data with aparcstats2table using the aparc.a2005s parcellation map. > Attached are two examples illustrating the problem. To make it > clearer, paste the contents of both into excel, and look at the column > mismatch; some of the subjects’ data don’t make it all the way to the > end, and a shift in the values is clear. > > > > > > Victor Laluz : Imaging Coordinator : UCSF Memory and Aging Center > 415-476-1680 : 415-476-1816 (fax) > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Freesurfer mailing list > Freesurfer@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu > https://mail.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/freesurfer _______________________________________________ Freesurfer mailing list Freesurfer@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu https://mail.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/freesurfer
