Hello Bruce,

Sorry! The first email was too big and the mailing list rejected me. My
image was already in Jpeg though.

Sincerely,
Ye


On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 5:17 PM, Bruce Fischl <fis...@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu>wrote:

> Hi Ye,
>
> can you cc the list so that others can help you? 787 would usually be too
> many files for an anatomical. Something on the order of 170-256 is more
> typical. If you visualize them the white matter should be bright, the gray
> matter darker and the CSF very dark
>
>
> Bruce
>
>
> On Wed, 26 Jun 2013, ye tian wrote:
>
>  Dear Bruce,
>> I just confirmed a few hours ago that I indeed have structural MRI data
>> though. I have attached an example of the last 787 files from my data
>> below.
>> In fact, I tried to use only those to reconstruct my volumes and surfaces.
>>
>> Do they serve as inputs to freesurfer?
>>
>> Thank you very much!
>>
>> Sincerely,
>> Ye
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 5:04 PM, Bruce Fischl <fis...@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu
>> >
>> wrote:
>>       no, once they have been acquired you can't change anything. You
>>       have to hope that they also acquired structural data in addition
>>       to the functional data (which is quite common). You can't change
>>       the way your images were formed posthoc...
>>
>>       On Wed, 26 Jun 2013, ye tian wrote:
>>
>>             Dear Bruce,
>>             If I understand correctly, I should bring these
>>             images back to the scanner
>>             and change some settings. Am I right?
>>
>>             Sincerely,
>>             Ye
>>
>>
>>             On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 4:59 PM, Bruce Fischl
>>             <fis...@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu>
>>             wrote:
>>                   you need to know what different scan types
>>             were acquired. The
>>                   ones you showed were the fMRI time-series and
>>             designed to
>>                   hilight changes in blood oxygenation level,
>>             which is an indirect
>>                   marker of changes in neural firing, not
>>             anatomy
>>
>>                   On Wed, 26 Jun 2013, ye tian wrote:
>>
>>                         Dear Bruce,
>>                         I inherited the data from a previous
>>             graduate
>>                         student. I sent out a message
>>                         to learn more information about the
>>             scanner a few
>>                         days ago.
>>                         What information do I need to know about
>>             the
>>                         scanner?
>>
>>                         Thank you so much for your time and
>>             effort!
>>
>>                         Sincerely,
>>                         Ye
>>
>>
>>                         On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 4:41 PM, Bruce
>>             Fischl
>>                         <fis...@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu>
>>                         wrote:
>>                               Hi Ye
>>
>>                               you can't convert it, you have to
>>             acquire it
>>                         that way. Where did
>>                               you get your data?
>>
>>                               Bruce
>>                               On Wed, 26 Jun 2013, ye tian
>>             wrote:
>>
>>                                     Dear Bruce,
>>                                     Sorry for my lack of
>>             knowledge. I looked
>>                         online, but
>>                                     couldn't find how to
>>                                     convert MRI data to
>>             T1-weighted
>>                         anatomical. Would
>>                                     you please shine some
>>                                     light on it?
>>
>>                                     Thank you very much!
>>
>>                                     Sincerely,
>>                                     Ye
>>
>>
>>                                     On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 4:21
>>             PM, Bruce
>>                         Fischl
>>                                     <fis...@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu>
>>                                     wrote:
>>                                           Hi Ye
>>
>>                                           you need to give
>>             recon-all a
>>                         T1-weighted
>>                                     anatomical (e.g.
>>                                           mprage, SPGR/FLASH,
>>             etc...), not
>>                         the fMRI
>>                                     data.
>>
>>                                           cheers
>>                                           Bruce
>>                                           On Wed, 26 Jun 2013,
>>             ye tian
>>                         wrote:
>>
>>                                                 Dear Bruce,
>>
>>                                                 Recon-all exits
>>             with the
>>                         following error
>>
>>                                                 ERROR: input(s)
>>             cannot have
>>                         multiple
>>                                     frames!
>>
>>
>>
>>             $SUBJECTS_DIR/Barba50527_2/**mri/orig/001.mgz has 439
>>                                                 frames
>>
>>                                                 If I open
>>             001.mgz using
>>                         freeview, I
>>                                     obtain the image
>>                                                 in the
>>             attachment saved
>>                                                 as freeview
>>             001.mgz.png.
>>
>>
>>
>>                                                 In order to make
>>             sure that
>>                         my problem
>>                                     does not come
>>                                                 from further
>>             upstream, I
>>                                                 am including the
>>             major steps
>>                         that I took
>>                                     to get to
>>                                                 this error.
>>
>>                                                 MAJOR STEPS
>>
>>                                                 STEP0:
>>                                                 My inherited
>>             data has names
>>
>>
>>
>>             BARBA50527.MR.MEDITATE_**MEDITATION.#.#.year.month.day.**
>> #.#.#.#.#.IMA
>>                                                 where each # is
>>             a string of
>>                         numbers.
>>
>>
>>                                                 STEP1:
>>                                                 The images can
>>             be grouped
>>                         into five
>>                                     categories,
>>                                                 according to the
>>             numbers in
>>                                                 the names that
>>             occupy the
>>                         positions of
>>                                     the red #:
>>                                                  1.1-1.3,
>>              2.1,
>>                                                 3.1-3.160,
>>              4.1-4.439,
>>                          5.1-5.439
>>
>>                                                 [1] Note: Images
>>             from groups
>>                         4 & 5 are
>>                                     very
>>                                                 different from
>>             the images of
>>                                                 groups 1, 2 and
>>             3. A link to
>>                         a  youtube
>>                                     video of all
>>                                                 the images can
>>             be seen
>>                                                 in note[1].
>>
>>
>>                                                 STEP2:
>>                                                 recon-all -s
>>             Barba50527_2
>>                                                               -i
>>
>>
>>
>>             /Path_to_data/BARBA50527.MR.**MEDITATE_MEDITATION.4.1.2010.**
>> 07.27.10.52.51
>>
>>                          .437500.56148038.IMA
>>                                                               -i
>>
>>
>>
>>             /Path_to_data/BARBA50527.MR.**MEDITATE_MEDITATION.5.1.2010.**
>> 07.27.10.52.51
>>
>>                          .437500.56148502.IMA
>>                                                 recon-all
>>             completes without
>>                         error.
>>
>>                                                 [2] Note: other
>>             attempts
>>                         leads to
>>                                     different errors.
>>                                                 See note [2] for
>>                                                 details.
>>
>>
>>                                                 STEP3:
>>                                                 recon-all -s
>>             Barba50527_2
>>                         -autorecon1
>>
>>                                                 Exits with the
>>             error message
>>                         at the
>>                                     beginning of the
>>                                                 email. The
>>             number 439
>>                                                 seems to come
>>             from the
>>                         number of files
>>                                     in each
>>                                                 group.
>>
>>
>>                                                 USEFUL COMMENTS
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>             http://www.mail-archive.com/**freesur...@nmr.mgh.harvard.**
>> edu/msg23764.html<http://www.mail-archive.com/freesurfer@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/msg23764.html>
>>
>>                                                 I will do it for
>>             001.mgz and
>>                         002.mgz and
>>                                     will let
>>                                                 you know how it
>>             goes.
>>
>>
>>                                                 QUESTIONS
>>                                                 1. Do I really
>>             need to
>>                         manually parse
>>                                     the sequence
>>                                                 of images? If
>>             so, how?
>>                                                 2. I don't
>>             really need to
>>                         mri_convert my
>>                                     files into
>>                                                 other formats,
>>             e.g.,
>>                                                 .dcm, do I?
>>                                                 3. Each file
>>             from groups 4
>>                         and 5 have
>>                                     multiple
>>                                                 images. Do I
>>             need to cut
>>                         them
>>                                                 into sub-images,
>>             each with
>>                         one brain?
>>
>>                                                 Thank you very
>>             much!
>>
>>                                                 Sincerely,
>>                                                 Ye
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>                                                 NOTES:
>>                                                 Note [1]
>>                                                 A video of the
>>             data can be
>>                         found at
>>
>>
>>
>>             http://www.youtube.com/watch?**v=W8ZFGvGvHVc&list=**
>> UUfGdQq3j1gqPAc4z6Spmu2g<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8ZFGvGvHVc&list=UUfGdQq3j1gqPAc4z6Spmu2g>
>>
>>                                                 On the top left
>>             corner:
>>                                                 the white text
>>             is:
>>                          current frame
>>                                     number / total
>>                                                 frame number
>>                                                 the yellow text
>>             is:   the
>>                         name of the
>>                                     frame
>>
>>                                                 Note[2]
>>                                                 recon-all -s
>>             Barba50527_2
>>                                                               -i
>>
>>
>>
>>             /Path_to_data/BARBA50527.MR.**MEDITATE_MEDITATION.1.1.2010.**
>> 07.27.10.52.51
>>
>>                          .437500.56141898.IMA
>>                                                 Completes
>>             without error
>>                                                 recon-all -s
>>             Barba50527_2
>>                         -autorecon1
>>                                                 Warning: only
>>             one run found
>>                                                 Error:
>>             MRIsample(): source
>>                         matrix has
>>                                     zero
>>                                                 determinant;
>>             matrix is:
>>                          EOF
>>
>>                                                 econ-all -s
>>             Barba50527_2
>>                                                               -i
>>
>>
>>
>>             /Path_to_data/BARBA50527.MR.**MEDITATE_MEDITATION.1.1.2010.**
>> 07.27.10.52.51
>>
>>                          .437500.56141898.IMA
>>                                                               -i
>>
>>
>>
>>             /Path_to_data/BARBA50527.MR.**MEDITATE_MEDITATION.2.1.2010.**
>> 07.27.10.52.51
>>
>>                          .437500.56148502.IMA
>>                                                               -i
>>
>>
>>
>>             /Path_to_data/BARBA50527.MR.**MEDITATE_MEDITATION.3.1.2010.**
>> 07.27.10.52.51
>>
>>                          .437500.56148502.IMA
>>                                                               -i
>>
>>
>>
>>             /Path_to_data/BARBA50527.MR.**MEDITATE_MEDITATION.4.1.2010.**
>> 07.27.10.52.51
>>
>>                          .437500.56148038.IMA
>>                                                               -i
>>
>>
>>
>>             /Path_to_data/BARBA50527.MR.**MEDITATE_MEDITATION.5.1.2010.**
>> 07.27.10.52.51
>>
>>                          .437500.56148502.IMA
>>                                                 error.log:
>>             matrix
>>                         dimensionality
>>
>>
>>
>>
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