you might want to look at the pctsurfcon script to see if that gets you 
where you want to be

On 03/24/2014 06:18 PM, Bruce Fischl wrote:
> it really depends on the size of the abnormality. I would guess 2 is 
> too big, and you want something more like 1, and sampling not averaging
> On Mon, 24 Mar 2014, Markus Gschwind wrote:
>
>> Hi Bruce!
>> Ok I see, great! Tank you!
>>
>> So to double check, this will be something like :
>>
>> mri_vol2surf \
>>
>>
>>   --mov /mri/nu.mgz \
>>   --ref /mri/nu.mgz \
>>
>>   --surf /surf/lh.white
>>   --projdist mmdist -2 \ # for inside white
>>
>>
>>   # --projdist mmdist 2 \ # for outside white
>>   --interp trilinear \
>>   --hemi lh \
>>   --out lh.nu_inside_white.mgh
>>
>>
>> I am not sure which one to use from those, as I want to compare stable
>> values but distant from white.
>>
>>
>>    --projfrac-avg min max del : average along normal
>>    --projdist mmdist : distance projection along normal
>>    --projdist-avg min max del : average along normal
>>
>> What would you recommend?
>> Thank you again!
>> Markus
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> 2014-03-24 21:29 GMT+01:00 Bruce Fischl <fis...@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu>:
>>       Hi Markus
>>
>>       I wouldn't use brainmask as it has been normalized too
>>       aggressivley. Maybe the nu.mgz. Look at the difference between
>>       values just outside of it and just inside of it
>>
>>       cheers
>>       Bruce
>>
>>
>>       On Mon, 24 Mar 2014, Markus Gschwind wrote:
>>
>>             Dear Bruce,
>>             Thanks for the rapid answer!
>>
>>             Do you mean that I take the voxel values of
>>             brainmask.mgz at the place where
>>             the ?h.white surface passes, right?
>>
>>             I thought that the ?l.white surface marks the limit
>>             between GM and WM as a
>>             result of a binary decision.
>>             I would be interested in the local certainty of this
>>             decision. I thought
>>             this is represented by the slope between the values
>>             around 70 and those
>>             >100.
>>
>>             Thanks again,
>>             Markus
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>             2014-03-24 19:26 GMT+01:00 Bruce Fischl
>>             <fis...@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu>:
>>                   Hi Markus
>>
>>                   I would think that looking at the gray/white
>>             contrast across the
>>                   ?h.white surface would be more informative
>>
>>                   cheers
>>                   Bruce
>>                   On Mon, 24 Mar 2014, Markus Gschwind wrote:
>>
>>                         Dear all,
>>                         I would like to capture regions where
>>             the gray
>>                         matter/ white matter junction is blurred
>>             in order to
>>                         detect possible focal
>>                         cortical dysplasias.
>>
>>                         As I understood the WM/GM segmentation
>>             is done by
>>                         the script mri_segment.
>>
>>                         Would it be possible detect those
>>             regions where the
>>                         gradient between GM and WM regions is
>>             low?
>>
>>                         I imagined that running mri_segment
>>             several times,
>>                         with each time a different lower GM
>>             threshold and
>>                         higher WM threshold, and
>>                         then calculating the diference between
>>             the results,
>>                         might give such information.
>>
>>                         I am very much interested in what you
>>             think about
>>                         this approach and how to do it
>>             practically.
>>
>>                         For info here are the optional flags of
>>             mri_segment:
>>
>>                         -slope <s>
>>
>>                         set the curvature slope (both n and p)
>>
>>                         -pslope <p>
>>
>>                         set the curvature pslope (default=1.0)
>>
>>                         -nslope <n>
>>
>>                         set the curvature nslope (default=1.0)
>>
>>                         -debug_voxel <x y z>
>>
>>                         set voxel for debugging
>>
>>                         -auto
>>
>>                         automatically detect class statistics
>>             (default)
>>
>>                         -noauto
>>
>>                         don't automatically detect class
>>             statistics
>>
>>                         -log
>>
>>                         log to ./segment.dat
>>
>>                         -keep
>>
>>                         keep wm edits. maintains all values of 0
>>             and 255
>>
>>                         -ghi, -gray_hi <h>
>>
>>                         set the gray matter high limit
>>             (default=100.000)
>>
>>                         -wlo, -wm_low <l>
>>
>>                         set the white matter low limit
>>             (default=90.000)
>>
>>                         -whi, -wm_hi <h>
>>
>>                         set the white matter high limit
>>             (default=125.000)
>>
>>                         -nseg <n>
>>
>>                         thicken the n largest thin strands
>>             (default=20)
>>
>>                         -thicken
>>
>>                         toggle thickening step (default=ON)
>>
>>                         -fillbg
>>
>>                         toggle filling of the basal ganglia
>>             (default=OFF)
>>
>>                         -fillv
>>
>>                         toggle filling of the ventricles
>>             (default=OFF)
>>
>>                         -b <s>
>>
>>                         set blur sigma (default=0.25)
>>
>>                         -n <i>
>>
>>                         set # iterations of border
>>             classification
>>                         (default=1)
>>
>>                         -t <t>
>>
>>                         set limit to thin strands in mm
>>             (default=4)
>>
>>                         -v
>>
>>                         verbose
>>
>>                         -p <p>
>>
>>                         set % threshold (default=0.80)
>>
>>                         -x <filename>
>>
>>                         extract options from filename
>>
>>                         -w <w>
>>
>>                         set wsize (default=11)
>>
>>                         -u
>>
>>                         usage
>>
>>
>>
>>                         Thank you very much for all comments!
>>
>>                         Markus
>>
>>
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