Hi all, I have 4 years of structural scans from children and 2 from adults. I would like to analyze the data both cross-sectionally and longitudinally. In the recommendations for the longitudinal analysis, it says one should process all images in one folder with the time point in the subjectID/subject folder, e.g.,
.../data/tp1_subj001 .../data/tp2_subj001 .../data/tp3_subj001 .../data/tp4_subj001 .../data/tp1_subj002 ... For the cross-sectional analyses, I would like to organize the analyses in folders for subject age and year, e.g., .../data/children/tp1/subj001 .../data/children/tp1/subj002 .../data/children/tp2/subj001 .../data/children/tp2/subj002 ... .../data/adults/tp1/adult_subj001 .../data/adults/tp1/adult_subj002 .../data/adults/tp2/adult_subj001 .../data/adults/tp2/adult_subj001 Is it possible to organize the data this way and to symlink the individual folders into another folder for the longitudinal analysis, i.e., .../longitudinal_analysis/tp1_subj001 -> .../data/children/tp1/subj001 .../longitudinal_analysis/tp2_subj001 -> .../data/children/tp2/subj001 ... Additionally, are there any considerations regarding renaming/moving subject folders (as long as anything inside a subject folder remains unchanged), i.e. are there any hard links or similar that would break further processing? Thanks a lot! Janosch _______________________________________________ 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.
