That explains it then.  Prior to FS v4.5, various binaries used a
different random seed at run-time, which would result in the (presumably
subtle) differences that you noticed.

See http://surfer.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/fswiki/ReleaseNotes

cheers,
-MH


On Tue, 2012-02-21 at 11:12 -0500, Alan Francis wrote:
> Hi Michael:
> 
> 
> We are running 4.3 for this particular study (for continuity) although
> we have 5.1 for other studies. We ran each of them from scratch each
> time.
> 
> 
> thanks,
> 
> 
> Alan
> 
> On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 11:09 AM, Michael Harms
> <mha...@conte.wustl.edu> wrote:
>         
>         Hi Alan,
>         What version of FS are you using?  And did you run from
>         scratch each
>         time on the original inputs? (Or did you run it on top of the
>         previously
>         processed version?)
>         
>         cheers,
>         -MH
>         
>         On Tue, 2012-02-21 at 11:04 -0500, Alan Francis wrote:
>         > Dear Bruce:
>         >
>         > I ran 3 brains twice and checked the ASEG and APARC values
>         for each of
>         > these. It turns out that the ASEG values are exactly the
>         same -  both
>         > times, while the APARC values differ. Could you please
>         explain why
>         > this happens.
>         >
>         > thanks so much ~
>         >
>         > Alan
>         >
>         > Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
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