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 > > > _______________________________________________ > > Freesurfer mailing list > > Freesurfer@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu > > https://mail.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/freesurfer > > > > > > The information in this e-mail is intended only for the > person to whom it is > > addressed. If you believe this e-mail was sent to you in > error and the e-mail > > contains patient information, please contact the Partners > Compliance HelpLine at > > http://www.partners.org/complianceline . If the e-mail was > sent to you in error > > but does not contain patient information, please contact the > sender and properly > > dispose of the e-mail. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Freesurfer mailing list > Freesurfer@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu > https://mail.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/freesurfer > > > The information in this e-mail is intended only for the person to whom it is > addressed. If you believe this e-mail was sent to you in error and the e-mail > contains patient information, please contact the Partners Compliance HelpLine > at > http://www.partners.org/complianceline . If the e-mail was sent to you in > error > but does not contain patient information, please contact the sender and > properly > dispose of the e-mail. _______________________________________________ Freesurfer mailing list Freesurfer@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu https://mail.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/freesurfer