You can also run the defect-seg program to help locate the places where 
the automatic topology fixer fixed defects. Run it with --help to get 
more info.

doug

Bruce Fischl wrote:
> Hi Nikolas
>
> the spiked by themselves aren't a problem, it's only if the surface isn't 
> accurately following the true gray/white boundary that you need to 
> intervene. It's a bit hard to tell in this case without being able to 
> scroll back and forth, but I suspect the segmentation is a bit inaccurate 
> in this region, which results in an incorrectly fixed topological defect. 
> If you want to, you can tar and gzip the entire subject dir and ftp it for 
> us and I'll take a look.
>
> cheers
> Bruce
>
> On Tue, 1 Feb 2011, Nikolas 
> Borrel-Jensen wrote:
>
>   
>> Hi everybody.
>>
>> I have done all the auto-recon steps on my data, and I have some questions
>> about the quality of the resulting images. I am aware of the troubleshooting
>> tutorials, but I don't think these are covering my questions.
>>
>> I have uploaded some images of the surfaces and segmentations of a subject
>> to http://freesurfer.nikolasborrel.com, and my question is about the spikes
>> in the inflated surfaces. I have selected two spikes on the surface (green
>> mark), one for each hemisphere, and have found the corresponding location in
>> tkmedit in each of the three directions (s,h,c).
>>
>> For the spike in the left hemisphere (spike1_lh), I can't see what should be
>> causing the spike. The segmentation looks correct.
>>
>> For the spike in the right hemisphere (spike_rh), it seems like there are
>> many 'isles of segmentations, but are these causing the spike? If yes, how
>> should these isles be corrected?
>>
>> Finally, how smooth is the inflated surface expected to be in a 'correct'
>> case? Should a small amount of spikes be allowed, as long as they are not
>> 'too severe'?
>>
>> I can upload more images if needed, thanks in advance!
>>
>> Kind regards
>> Nikolas
>>
>>     
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