For each step each vertex is averaged with its nearest neighbor. If you use two steps, then this is done twice. doug
On 04/24/2013 12:24 PM, Thomas Janssens wrote: > Dear Freesurfers, > > During the display of my data in tksurfer I smoothed my overlay with 1 > smoothing step (Tools > Surface > Smooth Overlay... ). > All I could figure out was that this is done by sclv_smooth but what > is exactly happening mathematically in this case? > What does 1 smoothing step correspond to? > > Thanks a lot for your help! > > Regards, > Thomas Janssens > > > Thomas Janssens, PhD student FWO > Laboratorium voor Neuro- en Psychofysiologie > K.U.Leuven Medical School > Herestraat 49, B-3000 Leuven (Belgium) > phone +32 16 33 00 35 > cell phone +32 494 115 509 > thom...@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu <mailto:thom...@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu> > thomas.janss...@med.kuleuven.be <mailto:thomas.janss...@med.kuleuven.be> > > > > _______________________________________________ > Freesurfer mailing list > Freesurfer@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu > https://mail.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/freesurfer -- Douglas N. Greve, Ph.D. MGH-NMR Center gr...@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu Phone Number: 617-724-2358 Fax: 617-726-7422 Bugs: surfer.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/fswiki/BugReporting FileDrop: https://gate.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/filedrop2 www.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/facility/filedrop/index.html Outgoing: ftp://surfer.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/transfer/outgoing/flat/greve/ _______________________________________________ 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.