Oh, I guess that's a problem! I've created a new version here
https://gate.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/safelinks/greve/mris_preproc
See if that works. You should compare the output to using the max or 
-projfrac 0.5 to make sure they are at least similar since I have not 
run it even once:)


On 7/29/19 5:08 PM, Reza Rahmanzadeh wrote:
>
>         External Email - Use Caution
>
> Thanks
>
> But mris_prepoc will not accept “projfrac-avg” and there’s an error: 
> argument unrecognized!
>
> Then how can i compute the average via mris_preproc? As based on 
> tutorial, first i used tkregister/bbregister to compute the 
> registration matrix and then i should put input images with 
> transformation matrix in mris_preproc. I mean i shouldn’t use 
> mri_vol2surf (that allows me to use projfrac-avg) in group analysis 
> and that’s the reason i have problem with mris_proproc to compute the 
> average.
>
> What should i do?
>
> Thanks,
> Reza
>
> On 29 Jul 2019, at 23:03, Greve, Douglas N.,Ph.D. 
> <dgr...@mgh.harvard.edu <mailto:dgr...@mgh.harvard.edu>> wrote:
>
>> one computes the average, the other computes the maximum
>>
>> On 7/29/19 9:03 AM, Reza Rahmanzadeh wrote:
>>>
>>>         External Email - Use Caution
>>>
>>> Dear Doug,
>>>
>>>
>>> I appreciat if you reply my question in the previous e-mail with this:
>>>
>>>
>>> can not i use projfrac-avg in mris_preproc? Is --projfrac-max min max
>>> delta just the same?
>>>
>>>
>>> Best,
>>>
>>> Reza
>>>
>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> *From:* freesurfer-boun...@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu 
>>> <mailto:freesurfer-boun...@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu>
>>> <freesurfer-boun...@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu 
>>> <mailto:freesurfer-boun...@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu>> on behalf of Reza 
>>> Rahmanzadeh
>>> <reza.rahmanza...@unibas.ch <mailto:reza.rahmanza...@unibas.ch>>
>>> *Sent:* Monday, July 29, 2019 11:37:46 AM
>>> *To:* Greve, Douglas N.,Ph.D.; Freesurfer support list;
>>> gr...@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu <mailto:gr...@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu>
>>> *Subject:* Re: [Freesurfer] need for help
>>>
>>>         External Email - Use Caution
>>>
>>> Dear Doug,
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks, the tutorial was super helpful. As i would compare the MWF
>>> value in cortex between control subjects and patients. Now my problem
>>> is how to make the contrast matrix for mris_preproc to do the
>>> comparison in both direction (in 1, the outcome should be voxels in
>>> which MWf value in control>patients & in 2, reversed).
>>>
>>>
>>> The explanations in
>>> https://surfer.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/fswiki/FsTutorial/MultiModalFmriGroup_freeview
>>>  
>>>
>>> is for one group analysis and in
>>> https://surfer.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/fswiki/FsTutorial/GroupAnalysis is
>>> not clear about contrast.
>>>
>>> I remember for -randomise command-line, there was possibility to make
>>> contrast and design matrix (something like FSGD) via design_ttest2.
>>> Can i use still design_ttest2 for producing contrast and design matrix?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Best,
>>>
>>> Reza
>>>
>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> *From:* Greve, Douglas N.,Ph.D. <dgr...@mgh.harvard.edu 
>>> <mailto:dgr...@mgh.harvard.edu>
>>> <mailto:dgr...@mgh.harvard.edu>>
>>> *Sent:* Wednesday, July 17, 2019 5:31:27 PM
>>> *To:* Reza Rahmanzadeh; Freesurfer support list;
>>> gr...@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu <mailto:gr...@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu> 
>>> <mailto:gr...@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu>
>>> *Subject:* Re: [Freesurfer] need for help
>>> Ah, I see. Try this tutorial. It is for fMRI, but it applies to any
>>> modality
>>> https://surfer.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/fswiki/FsTutorial/MultiModalFmriGroup_freeview
>>>
>>>
>>> On 7/17/19 10:58 AM, Reza Rahmanzadeh wrote:
>>>>
>>>>         External Email - Use Caution
>>>>
>>>> to clarify better, i need to compare myelin water fraction in cortex
>>>> of control and patients to find out the areas with reduced MWF in
>>>> patients cortex compared with controls, that is the reason i want to
>>>> have cortex in inflated format.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> For this reason i used bbregister to have register.dat, and then
>>>> mri_vol2surf to resample MWI cortex to surface. As i need to have all
>>>> surfaces in fsaverage space for group analysis, i am using
>>>> mri_preproc7mri_surf2surf (according to the group analysis wiki you
>>>> sent me).
>>>>
>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>> *From:* freesurfer-boun...@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu 
>>>> <mailto:freesurfer-boun...@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu>
>>> <mailto:freesurfer-boun...@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu>
>>>> <freesurfer-boun...@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu 
>>>> <mailto:freesurfer-boun...@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu>
>>> <mailto:freesurfer-boun...@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu>> on behalf of Reza
>>> Rahmanzadeh
>>>> <reza.rahmanza...@unibas.ch <mailto:reza.rahmanza...@unibas.ch> 
>>>> <mailto:reza.rahmanza...@unibas.ch>>
>>>> *Sent:* Wednesday, July 17, 2019 4:26:21 PM
>>>> *To:* Greve, Douglas N.,Ph.D.; Freesurfer support list;
>>>> gr...@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu <mailto:gr...@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu> 
>>>> <mailto:gr...@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu>
>>>> *Subject:* Re: [Freesurfer] need for help
>>>>
>>>>         External Email - Use Caution
>>>>
>>>> I am trying to compare MWI(sampled on the  surface) between couple
>>>> patients and controls using group analysis, therefore i need to have
>>>> all inflated surface_on_same space (according to the wiki of group
>>>> analysis you sent me, i should use mris_preproc to put my data on
>>>> fsaverage).
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Could you now tell me whether my mris_prepoc is right? and one other
>>>> question i have asked in last email?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thanks a lot,
>>>>
>>>> Reza
>>>>
>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>> *From:* Greve, Douglas N.,Ph.D. <dgr...@mgh.harvard.edu 
>>>> <mailto:dgr...@mgh.harvard.edu>
>>> <mailto:dgr...@mgh.harvard.edu>>
>>>> *Sent:* Wednesday, July 17, 2019 4:14:41 PM
>>>> *To:* Reza Rahmanzadeh; Freesurfer support list;
>>> gr...@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu <mailto:gr...@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu> 
>>> <mailto:gr...@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu>
>>>> *Subject:* Re: [Freesurfer] need for help
>>>> It is not clear to me what you are trying to do. Do you want to do a
>>>> morphometry study (ie, comparing thickness, area, and/or volume across
>>>> subjects)? Or do you want to compare MWI (sampled on the  surface)
>>>> across subjects?
>>>>
>>>> On 7/17/19 10:09 AM, Reza Rahmanzadeh wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>         External Email - Use Caution
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Dear Doug,
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I took the back slash away and ran
>>>>>
>>>>> mris_preproc --target fsaverage --hemi lh --s FSP010 --out
>>>>> lh.FSP10.white.mgh --meas white
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> but i got error:
>>>>>
>>>>> *Reading curvature file
>>>>> /usr/local/freesurfer/subjects/FSP010/surf/lh.white**
>>>>> MRISreadBinaryCurvature: incompatible vertex number in file
>>>>> /usr/local/freesurfer/subjects/FSP010/surf/lh.white**
>>>>> ERROR: reading curvature file*
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Then i changed it to --meas : mris_preproc --target fsaverage --hemi
>>>>> lh --s FSP010 --out lh.FSP10.white.mgz --meas area
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Then, as i need to register my the inflated cortex of myelin water
>>>>> image (MWI) to the surface_registered_on_fsaverage (could it be the
>>>>> output of command-line above?), should i use this output
>>>>> "lh.FSP10.white.mgz" and the output of mri_vol2surf (resampling
>>>>> myelin water image to lh.white of my subject FSP10 before
>>>>> registration to fsaverage) for mri_surf2surf (to resample the latter
>>>>> to the former, to have MWI to surface_fsaverage)
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Looking forward to answers
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>
>>>>> Reza
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>> *From:* freesurfer-boun...@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu 
>>>>> <mailto:freesurfer-boun...@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu>
>>> <mailto:freesurfer-boun...@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu>
>>>>> <freesurfer-boun...@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu 
>>>>> <mailto:freesurfer-boun...@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu>
>>> <mailto:freesurfer-boun...@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu>> on behalf of Reza
>>>>> Rahmanzadeh <reza.rahmanza...@unibas.ch 
>>>>> <mailto:reza.rahmanza...@unibas.ch>
>>> <mailto:reza.rahmanza...@unibas.ch>>
>>>>> *Sent:* Wednesday, July 17, 2019 9:56:00 AM
>>>>> *To:* Freesurfer support list
>>>>> *Cc:* dgr...@mgh.harvard.edu <mailto:dgr...@mgh.harvard.edu> 
>>>>> <mailto:dgr...@mgh.harvard.edu>
>>>>> *Subject:* Re: [Freesurfer] need for help
>>>>>         External Email - Use Caution
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks Tim,
>>>>>
>>>>> Then if i would resample my data to fsaverage and surfaces are of
>>>>> main importance to my work, what should i use for -meas ?
>>>>>
>>>>> Reza
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 17 Jul 2019, at 09:39, Tim Schäfer <ts...@rcmd.org 
>>>>>> <mailto:ts...@rcmd.org>
>>> <mailto:ts...@rcmd.org>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>         External Email - Use Caution
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I guess '-meas' expects a measure (like 'thickness' or 'area'), not
>>>>> a surface (like 'white').
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Best,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Tim
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On July 17, 2019 at 9:03 AM Reza Rahmanzadeh
>>>>> <reza.rahmanza...@unibas.ch <mailto:reza.rahmanza...@unibas.ch> 
>>>>> <mailto:reza.rahmanza...@unibas.ch>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>         External Email - Use Caution
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I removed the back slash and the command line i executed is:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> mris_preproc --target fsaverage --hemi lh --s FSP010 --out
>>>>> lh.FSP10.white.mgh --meas white
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> but i got the error:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Reading curvature file
>>>>> /usr/local/freesurfer/subjects/FSP010/surf/lh.white
>>>>>>> MRISreadBinaryCurvature: incompatible vertex number in file
>>>>> /usr/local/freesurfer/subjects/FSP010/surf/lh.white
>>>>>>> ERROR: reading curvature file
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I have added --srcfmt mgh as the last argument, but again i got
>>>>> the error:
>>>>>>> Reading source surface reg
>>>>> /usr/local/freesurfer/subjects/FSP010/surf/lh.sphere.reg
>>>>>>> Loading source data
>>>>>>> No such file or directory
>>>>>>> ERROR: could not read
>>>>> /usr/local/freesurfer/subjects/FSP010/surf/lh.white as type 3
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> What is wrong with my mris_prepoc command line?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Reza
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> ________________________________
>>>>>>> From: Greve, Douglas N.,Ph.D. <dgr...@mgh.harvard.edu 
>>>>>>> <mailto:dgr...@mgh.harvard.edu>
>>> <mailto:dgr...@mgh.harvard.edu>>
>>>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2019 10:01:15 PM
>>>>>>> To: Reza Rahmanzadeh; Freesurfer support list;
>>>>> gr...@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu <mailto:gr...@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu> 
>>>>> <mailto:gr...@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu>
>>>>>>> Subject: Re: need for help
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> don't include the back slash (ie, fsaverage not fsaverage/ same
>>>>> for FSP010)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 7/16/19 3:07 PM, Reza Rahmanzadeh wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>         External Email - Use Caution
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Thanks a lot Doug,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I started to proceed with FS group analysis wiki you sent to me.
>>>>>>>> Accordingly, i have to resample all my data (output of recon-all
>>>>> for a
>>>>>>>> given subject for example) into fsaverage using mris_preproc. My
>>>>>>>> commandline for a subject was:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> mris_preproc --target fsaverage/ --hemi lh --s FSP010/ --out
>>>>>>>> lh.FSP10.white.mgh --meas white
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> and i got the error:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> *
>>>>>>>> *
>>>>>>>> *Reading source surface reg
>>>>>>>>
>>> /usr/local/freesurfer/subjects/FSP010//surf/lh.fsaverage/.sphere.reg
>>>>>>>> No such file or directory
>>>>>>>> mri_surf2surf: could not read surface
>>>>>>>>
>>> /usr/local/freesurfer/subjects/FSP010//surf/lh.fsaverage/.sphere.reg
>>>>>>>> No such file or directory*
>>>>>>>> *
>>>>>>>> *
>>>>>>>> As there was no**lh.fsaverage/.sphere.reg* *folder, i found one
>>> file
>>>>>>>> in fsaverage/surf: lh.fsaverage_sym.sphere.reg. i created a folder
>>>>>>>> with the name lh.fsaverage and i copied/pasted the mentiomed file
>>>>> into
>>>>>>>> this folder and i changed the file name to: ./sphere.reg. I got the
>>>>>>>> error:
>>>>>>>> *
>>>>>>>> *
>>>>>>>> *Reading curvature file
>>>>>>>> /usr/local/freesurfer/subjects/FSP010//surf/lh.sphere
>>>>>>>> MRISreadBinaryCurvature: incompatible vertex number in file
>>>>>>>> /usr/local/freesurfer/subjects/FSP025//surf/lh.sphere*
>>>>>>>> *
>>>>>>>> *
>>>>>>>> *
>>>>>>>> *
>>>>>>>> What is the problem with my mris_preproc command-line?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Reza
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>>>>> *From:* freesurfer-boun...@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu 
>>>>>>>> <mailto:freesurfer-boun...@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu>
>>> <mailto:freesurfer-boun...@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu>
>>>>>>>> <freesurfer-boun...@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu 
>>>>>>>> <mailto:freesurfer-boun...@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu>
>>> <mailto:freesurfer-boun...@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu>> on behalf of Greve,
>>> Douglas
>>>>>>>> N.,Ph.D. <dgr...@mgh.harvard.edu 
>>>>>>>> <mailto:dgr...@mgh.harvard.edu> <mailto:dgr...@mgh.harvard.edu>>
>>>>>>>> *Sent:* Tuesday, July 16, 2019 7:01:30 PM
>>>>>>>> *To:* Reza Rahmanzadeh; Freesurfer@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu 
>>>>>>>> <mailto:Freesurfer@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu>
>>> <mailto:Freesurfer@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu>
>>>>>>>> *Subject:* Re: [Freesurfer] need for help
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On 7/16/19 12:57 PM, Reza Rahmanzadeh wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>         External Email - Use Caution
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> (I assume now we are discussing in FS list, if no please let
>>> me how
>>>>>>>>> possible?)
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Thanks Doug, now i could see the inflate surface, this means
>>> that my
>>>>>>>>> mri_vol2surf works well. As i would do GLM analysis over inflated
>>>>>>>>> cortex of patients and controls in Qdec,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> 1- should i input my surfaces to Qdec as inflated surface or just
>>>>>>>>> inputting the output_of_vol2surf.mgz to Qdec?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> if inflated one is the input, then how could i get them?
>>>>> mris_inflate
>>>>>>>>> gives error.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> QDEC is no longer being supported. Use the command line stream
>>>>>>>> (mri_surf2surf, mri_glmfit, mri_glmfit-sim).
>>>>>>>> https://surfer.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/fswiki/FsTutorial/GroupAnalysis
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> 2- should i input all patients and controls surfaces in standard
>>>>>>>>> surface before entering to Qdec?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> 3- I would like to resample whole cortex (whole cortical
>>>>> thickness, in
>>>>>>>>> other words: the average of all projfrac between 0 and 1), is it
>>>>>>>>> possible? or i am limited to resample one given depth of
>>> cortex into
>>>>>>>>> inflated surface only?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Run mri_vol2surf with --help and look for --projfrac-avg
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> thanks a lot,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Reza
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>>>>>> *From:* Greve, Douglas N.,Ph.D. <dgr...@mgh.harvard.edu 
>>>>>>>>> <mailto:dgr...@mgh.harvard.edu>
>>> <mailto:dgr...@mgh.harvard.edu>>
>>>>>>>>> *Sent:* Tuesday, July 16, 2019 6:22:56 PM
>>>>>>>>> *To:* Reza Rahmanzadeh; freesurfer@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu 
>>>>>>>>> <mailto:freesurfer@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu>
>>> <mailto:freesurfer@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu>
>>>>>>>>> *Subject:* Re: need for help
>>>>>>>>> The command should be something like
>>>>>>>>> tksurfer mysubject lh inflated -overlay output_of_vol2surf.mgz
>>>>>>>>> Also, tksurfer is also obsolete (but should work). You should be
>>>>> using
>>>>>>>>> freeview (or tksurferfv, a freeview front end that takes the same
>>>>>>>>> command line args as tksurfer)
>>>>>>>>> Also, please remember to respond to the fs list
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On 7/16/19 12:12 PM, Reza Rahmanzadeh wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>         External Email - Use Caution
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I got the mri_vol2surf output with .mgz:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> my tksurfer command:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> tksurfer FSP010/ (my subject) lh inflated_MWI.mgz (output of
>>>>>>>>>> mri_vol2surf was lh.inflated_MWI.mgz)
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> and the error i got:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> *freadFloat: fread failed**
>>>>>>>>>> No such file or directory*
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> To me, opening the surfer in tksurfer is only a way to get
>>> sure my
>>>>>>>>>> vol2surf worked well. the main problem is i got this error
>>> for all
>>>>>>>>>> mris_smooth, mris_inflate, mris_sphere ...
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Do you think that means the output of mri_vol2surf is not
>>>>> correct, or
>>>>>>>>>> otherwise i could proceed with that , even when tksurfer
>>> could not
>>>>>>>>>> open it, for GLM in Qdec?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Reza
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>>>>>>> *From:* Greve, Douglas N.,Ph.D. <dgr...@mgh.harvard.edu 
>>>>>>>>>> <mailto:dgr...@mgh.harvard.edu>
>>> <mailto:dgr...@mgh.harvard.edu>>
>>>>>>>>>> *Sent:* Tuesday, July 16, 2019 6:01:15 PM
>>>>>>>>>> *To:* Reza Rahmanzadeh
>>>>>>>>>> *Subject:* Re: need for help
>>>>>>>>>> what is your tksurfer command line? Also, the .w file is somewhat
>>>>>>>>>> obsolete (it should still work); instead you can use .mgz
>>> file (and
>>>>>>>>>> don't spec --paint)
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> On 7/16/2019 11:53 AM, Reza Rahmanzadeh wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>         External Email - Use Caution
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks Doug,
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> I used the one without --inflated also, again the tksurfer
>>>>> could not
>>>>>>>>>>> open it and i got the same error. Where is the problem with my
>>>>> cmd.?
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> In addition, i wanted to make the output of mri_vol2surf
>>> inflated
>>>>>>>>>>> using mris_inflate but i got the same error:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> *freadFloat: fread failed
>>>>>>>>>>> No such file or directory*
>>>>>>>>>>> *
>>>>>>>>>>> *
>>>>>>>>>>> *could you let me know what is the problem in registering my mwi
>>>>>>>>>>> volumes to surface that i getonly such errors.*
>>>>>>>>>>> *
>>>>>>>>>>> *
>>>>>>>>>>> *Thanks,*
>>>>>>>>>>> *reza
>>>>>>>>>>> *
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>>>>>>>> *From:* Greve, Douglas N.,Ph.D. <dgr...@mgh.harvard.edu 
>>>>>>>>>>> <mailto:dgr...@mgh.harvard.edu>
>>> <mailto:dgr...@mgh.harvard.edu>>
>>>>>>>>>>> *Sent:* Tuesday, July 16, 2019 5:37:17 PM
>>>>>>>>>>> *To:* Reza Rahmanzadeh; Freesurfer@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu 
>>>>>>>>>>> <mailto:Freesurfer@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu>
>>> <mailto:Freesurfer@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu>
>>>>>>>>>>> *Cc:* gr...@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu 
>>>>>>>>>>> <mailto:gr...@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu>
>>> <mailto:gr...@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu>
>>>>>>>>>>> *Subject:* Re: need for help
>>>>>>>>>>> Don't use --inflated. The inflated surface is not a biological
>>>>>>>>>>> surface. The default is the white surface, which is the one
>>>>> you want
>>>>>>>>>>> (--projfrac 0.5 will project it to the middle between the
>>>>> white and
>>>>>>>>> pial)
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> On 7/16/2019 11:34 AM, Reza Rahmanzadeh wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> External Email - Use Caution
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Dear Freesurfer,
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> I have a batch of myelin water image (MWI) from patients and
>>>>>>>>>>>> controls, and trying to have inflated cortex registered on
>>>>> standard
>>>>>>>>>>>> surface for GLM (Qdec).
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> With the commandlines below i get my inflated surface of MWI
>>>>> map of
>>>>>>>>>>>> my patients and controls.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> 1-using bbregister to put MWI into FS space and to calculate
>>>>>>>>>>>> register.dat:
>>>>>>>>>>>> bbregister --s FSP042/ --mov mwf.nii --init-fsl --reg
>>>>> register.dat
>>>>>>>>>>>> --o mwf_FS --t1
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> 2-using mri_vol2surf to extract inflated surface of MWI:
>>>>>>>>>>>> mri_vol2surf --mov mwf.nii --reg register.dat --projfrac 0.5
>>>>>>>>>>>> --interp nearest --hemi lh --o lh.inflated_MWI.w --out_type
>>>>>>>>>>>> paint--inflated (*or*--surf sphere)
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> However the tksurfer could not open the inflated surface
>>> and the
>>>>>>>>>>>> error message is:
>>>>>>>>>>>> *ERROR: MRISread: file 'inflated.lh.mwf.mgh' has 0 vertices!
>>>>>>>>>>>> Probably trying to use a scalar data file as a surface!*
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> I used the commandline below for #2:
>>>>>>>>>>>> mri_vol2surf --src mwf.nii --srcreg register.dat --hemi lh --o
>>>>>>>>>>>> mwf-lh.w --out_type paint
>>>>>>>>>>>> and i got the error:
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> *ERROR: MRISread: file
>>>>>>>>>>>> '/usr/local/freesurfer/subjects/FSP010//surf/lh.mwf-lh.w' has
>>>>> many
>>>>>>>>>>>> more faces than vertices!**
>>>>>>>>>>>> Probably trying to use a scalar data file as a surface!*
>>>>>>>>>>>> *
>>>>>>>>>>>> *
>>>>>>>>>>>> As tksurfer could not open my surfaces with errors above, i
>>> think
>>>>>>>>>>>> perhaps the vol2surf procedure is not done properly. Where
>>> is the
>>>>>>>>>>>> problem? i need to get the inflated cortex and then putting ob
>>>>>>>>>>>> sphere (using mris_sphere) and the registering to standard
>>>>> surface
>>>>>>>>>>>> using mris_register for GLM in Qdec, right?
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> It is two weeks i am struggling with these commands, any helps
>>>>>>>>>>>> highly appreciated. *
>>>>>>>>>>>> *
>>>>>>>>>>>> *
>>>>>>>>>>>> *
>>>>>>>>>>>> *
>>>>>>>>>>>> *
>>>>>>>>>>>> Best,
>>>>>>>>>>>> Reza
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>> Postdoc Computational Neuroimaging
>>>>>> Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and
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>>>>>> University Hospital Frankfurt, Goethe University Frankfurt am Main,
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