Would that be the *.dInPlaneRot value for each slice in the CSA header?

From: Harms, Michael [mailto:mha...@wustl.edu]
Sent: Monday, December 15, 2014 10:11 AM
To: Book, Gregory; hcp-users@humanconnectome.org
Subject: Re: [HCP-Users] spin echo phase encoding direction


The value of "PhaseEncodingDirectionPositive" in the shadow field (0029,1020) 
reflects the combination of both "Phase enc. dir." on the Routine tab (e.g., 
"A>>P" vs. "P>>A") AND the setting of "Invert RO/PE Polarity" on the 
Sequence/Special tab.

As long as you have one of each polarity, you can use the spin echo field map 
correction.   I highly recommend that you purposely try both possible 
assignments, and visually confirm which one is giving the correct results.  
That's because the correct setting for PhaseEncodeList (e.g., "y-" vs. "y+") 
can in theory even be dependent on which DICOM to NIFTI converter you use.  
(e.g., if one converter returns a +LAS orientation, while another returns a 
+LPS orientation, then the proper settings for PhaseEncodeList may be swapped).

cheers,
-MH

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From: <Book>, Gregory 
<gregory.b...@hhchealth.org<mailto:gregory.b...@hhchealth.org>>
Date: Monday, December 15, 2014 8:38 AM
To: "hcp-users@humanconnectome.org<mailto:hcp-users@humanconnectome.org>" 
<hcp-users@humanconnectome.org<mailto:hcp-users@humanconnectome.org>>
Subject: [HCP-Users] spin echo phase encoding direction

I have another question about the spin echo images, hopefully this will be my 
last question!

It turns out that we've been collecting our spin echo images with the "Invert 
RO/PE Polarity" option selected, which apparently inverts the phase encoding 
direction 180deg, but does not record this to the DICOM header. We've been 
collecting the EPI images without this inversion.
So, for our data:
EPI is A>>P
"A>>P" SE is actually P>>A
"P>>A" SE is actually A>>P

Would we be able to use the spin echo correction if we simply switched the 
positive and negative images? So, would this work for our data?
TaskList="task1"
PhaseEncodeList="y-"
...
SpinEchoPositiveImage="the P>>A labeled image (actually acquired A>>P)"
SpinEchoNegativeImage="the A>>P labeled image (actually acquired P>>A)"

-G

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Gregory Book
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Olin Neuropsychiatry Research Center, Institute of Living, Hartford Hospital
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Hartford, CT 06106
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