Yale NMR fMRI Instruction Manual Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION

Notes for interpreting these instructions
Types of UNIX computers in the NMR lab
Basic UNIX commands
Starting MATLAB
TRANSFERRING DATA FROM SIGNA 3
Functional Data Transfer
Anatomical Data Transfer
SETUP FILES
Creating a setup file
Line by Line description of setup file
Image File Formats
Postprocessing Commands
USING TRY SETUP

USING READ FMRI

Checking for motion
Motion criteria
Checking for ghosting
BATCH JOB FILES
What is a batch job?
How to edit a batch job
Motion Correction portion of a batch job
T-map generation of a batch job
Running a batch job
Checking output files
CHECKING MOTION CORRECTION RESULTS
Checking realign output parameters
Motion Criteria from realign output parameters
Checking top and bottom slices for out of volume motion
TRANSFORMING SINGLE SUBJECT IMAGES INTO TALAIRACH SPACE
Using tal_define to determine in-plane parameters
Using zScale6 to determine through-plane parameters
Check individual subject transformation
CREATING GROUP COMPOSITE CONTRASTS

VIEWING OUTPUT T-MAPS IN MATLAB

Usage for viewing t-maps for individual subjects
Usage for viewing t-maps for a list of subjects
Usage for viewing t-maps from composite contrasts
Setting the maximum and minimum in a ViewRes image
Setting images so they appear in their appropriate dimensions
Viewing individual subjects in 3D Talairach space
Getting Talairach Coordinates from ViewRes images
Creating TIFF files from ViewRes images
Printing t-maps
RUNNING STATISTICAL ANALYSES
The "single subject" approach: Tracing regions of interest on individual subjects
The "group composite" approach: Tracing regions of interest on composite anatomicals
The "group composite" approach: defining regions of interest using Talairach boxes
DoRegions program
Advice for ROI analysis
USING OPTICAL DISKS AND BURNING CDRS

EXAMPLE PROGRAMS (can be found in /boreas1/fmri_data/templates/)

Setup file for the RUN_export_all format
Setup file for the APD2 format
Setup file for the PRISM format
Setup file for the LX format
Batch file for the RUN_export all format
Batch file for the APD2 format
Batch file for the PRISM format
Batch file for the LX format
Talairach file
Contrast file
DoRegions program - "single subject" approach: Tracing regions on individual subjects
DoRegions program - "group composite" approach: Tracing regions on composite anatomicals
DoRegions program - "group composite" approach: defining regions using Talairach boxes
DoRegions output ASCII file