Re: [HCP-Users] Two questions about surfaces & template spaces | MSMall & FS
On Tue, Jul 25, 2017 at 2:18 AM, Claude Bajadawrote: > Thanks Tim et al, > > I have some follow-up questions: > >- I am performing tractography by defining an individual coordinate >(in mm not voxels). If I use an XYZ that corresponds to one of the vertices >on the 'white.32k' surface, that should correspond to the same point in the >DWI data. Correct? >- Would the rotation affect this? ("just rotated and moved to the >usual orientation"). I was under the impression that the DWI and T1 were >also rotated into the usual orientation. > > You state: > > "The surfaces in T1w are generated first, as we run freesurfer on the > structural scans to generate them." > I assume that these are the ones living in T1w/Native/ > > "We then apply the FNIRT warpfield to them to get the MNINonLinear > versions." > These live in MNINonLinear/Native > > Then you downsample them to 32k... in MNINonLinear/fsaverage_LR32k > > The minimal processing pipeline publication (Glasser et al 2013) then > states: > "Finally, this 32k_fs_LR mesh [I'm assuming the one mentioned in the point > above] is transformed from MNI space back to the native volume space" > > This may have been a wording simplification in the paper, there is no need to use the volume warpfield. I think the MSMAll pipeline in fact resamples the T1w space native mesh midthickness surface to obtain the T1w space standard mesh midthickness surface, here: https://github.com/Washington-University/Pipelines/blob/master/MSMAll/scripts/MSMAll.sh#L1113 I'm not sure where the pipelines resample the other surfaces, but I would expect that we do not take these coordinates through a volume warpfield twice - using the coordinates from the existing native mesh surfaces already in that volume space is much simpler. > The question is: > >- Is this now a correct interpretation? > > Regards, > > Claude > > On 24.07.2017 22:38, Timothy Coalson wrote: > > On Mon, Jul 24, 2017 at 8:40 AM, Claude Bajada > wrote: > >> Dear all, >> >> I have a two questions about the surfaces that live in the HCP data >> folders: >> >>1. MNINonLinear/fsaverage/ >>2. T1w/fsaverageLR32k/ >> >> I assume you mean the fsaverage_LR32k folder within each of those folders. > >> If I have understood the minimal pipeline correctly: >> >>1. all the surfaces in MNINonLinear/fsaverage32k/ are the >>individual's surface that was warped into a template space (either FS or >>MSMAll). >>2. the surfaces in T1w/fsaverageLR32k/ are the surfaces mentioned in >>the above point that are warped back into the individual's native space >> >> Not exactly. Volume spaces are a completely orthogonal question to > surface registration. Except for some special files, everything in the > MNINonLinear folder aligns to the MNI template via FNIRT registration. > Everything in T1w similarly aligns to the subject's AC-PC rigid aligned > space (original size and shape of the subject's structural scans, just > rotated and moved to the usual orientation). > > MSMAll, freesurfer, MSMSulc, or any other surface registration does not > cause any anatomical deformations of the individual's brain. The standard > mesh anatomical surfaces you get after surface registration and resampling > align with the same volumes as the original surfaces. There is no > pre-defined anatomical coordinate template in our surface atlases, so we > don't need to work backward from any template coordinate system. Instead, > we have standard spheres that define the standard topology (triangle > relationships) - once we have the subject's sphere aligned to the standard > sphere via template data (sulc for MSMSulc or FS; resting state networks, > myelin, thickness, etc for MSMAll), we can combine the standard sphere's > topology with the subject's anatomical coordinate data (by resampling the > XYZ values), generating the subject's standard mesh surfaces. > > The surfaces in T1w are generated first, as we run freesurfer on the > structural scans to generate them. We then apply the FNIRT warpfield to > them to get the MNINonLinear versions. > > As a side note, group average surfaces ARE significantly deformed from the > individuals' brain shapes. Most notably, they contain much less folding, > and therefore surface area, as all the incompatible or non-corresponding > folding patterns (when you align based on function, folding becomes less > aligned, as function isn't always fixed with respect to folds) effectively > smooth each other out when averaged. This is why we have correction > methods for this when doing spatial operations on group average surfaces. > >> The two questions are: >> >>1. Given the above, am I right in assuming that any data that >>correspond to a vertex of a surface in T1w/fsaverageLR32k/ also >> corresponds >>to the surface in MNINonLinear/fsaverageLR32k/? >> >> Yes. > > > 2. Do you recommend that we the MSMAll surfaces
Re: [HCP-Users] Two questions about surfaces & template spaces | MSMall & FS
For tractography of HCP data you would use the surfaces in ${StudyFolder}/${Subject}/T1w/fsaverage_LR32k/ and the diffusion data in ${StudyFolder}/${Subject}/T1w/Diffusion, which have the same ACPC rigid registration to MNI space. If you want your tractography data to be aligned with MSMAll across subjects, use the surfaces with _MSMAll in the names. If you want to use MSMSulc, use the surfaces without _MSMAll in the names. Peace, Matt. From: <hcp-users-boun...@humanconnectome.org<mailto:hcp-users-boun...@humanconnectome.org>> on behalf of Claude Bajada <c.baj...@fz-juelich.de<mailto:c.baj...@fz-juelich.de>> Date: Tuesday, July 25, 2017 at 2:18 AM To: "hcp-users@humanconnectome.org<mailto:hcp-users@humanconnectome.org>" <hcp-users@humanconnectome.org<mailto:hcp-users@humanconnectome.org>> Subject: Re: [HCP-Users] Two questions about surfaces & template spaces | MSMall & FS Thanks Tim et al, I have some follow-up questions: * I am performing tractography by defining an individual coordinate (in mm not voxels). If I use an XYZ that corresponds to one of the vertices on the 'white.32k' surface, that should correspond to the same point in the DWI data. Correct? * Would the rotation affect this? ("just rotated and moved to the usual orientation"). I was under the impression that the DWI and T1 were also rotated into the usual orientation. You state: "The surfaces in T1w are generated first, as we run freesurfer on the structural scans to generate them." I assume that these are the ones living in T1w/Native/ "We then apply the FNIRT warpfield to them to get the MNINonLinear versions." These live in MNINonLinear/Native Then you downsample them to 32k... in MNINonLinear/fsaverage_LR32k The minimal processing pipeline publication (Glasser et al 2013) then states: "Finally, this 32k_fs_LR mesh [I'm assuming the one mentioned in the point above] is transformed from MNI space back to the native volume space" The question is: * Is this now a correct interpretation? Regards, Claude On 24.07.2017 22:38, Timothy Coalson wrote: On Mon, Jul 24, 2017 at 8:40 AM, Claude Bajada <c.baj...@fz-juelich.de<mailto:c.baj...@fz-juelich.de>> wrote: Dear all, I have a two questions about the surfaces that live in the HCP data folders: 1. MNINonLinear/fsaverage/ 2. T1w/fsaverageLR32k/ I assume you mean the fsaverage_LR32k folder within each of those folders. If I have understood the minimal pipeline correctly: 1. all the surfaces in MNINonLinear/fsaverage32k/ are the individual's surface that was warped into a template space (either FS or MSMAll). 2. the surfaces in T1w/fsaverageLR32k/ are the surfaces mentioned in the above point that are warped back into the individual's native space Not exactly. Volume spaces are a completely orthogonal question to surface registration. Except for some special files, everything in the MNINonLinear folder aligns to the MNI template via FNIRT registration. Everything in T1w similarly aligns to the subject's AC-PC rigid aligned space (original size and shape of the subject's structural scans, just rotated and moved to the usual orientation). MSMAll, freesurfer, MSMSulc, or any other surface registration does not cause any anatomical deformations of the individual's brain. The standard mesh anatomical surfaces you get after surface registration and resampling align with the same volumes as the original surfaces. There is no pre-defined anatomical coordinate template in our surface atlases, so we don't need to work backward from any template coordinate system. Instead, we have standard spheres that define the standard topology (triangle relationships) - once we have the subject's sphere aligned to the standard sphere via template data (sulc for MSMSulc or FS; resting state networks, myelin, thickness, etc for MSMAll), we can combine the standard sphere's topology with the subject's anatomical coordinate data (by resampling the XYZ values), generating the subject's standard mesh surfaces. The surfaces in T1w are generated first, as we run freesurfer on the structural scans to generate them. We then apply the FNIRT warpfield to them to get the MNINonLinear versions. As a side note, group average surfaces ARE significantly deformed from the individuals' brain shapes. Most notably, they contain much less folding, and therefore surface area, as all the incompatible or non-corresponding folding patterns (when you align based on function, folding becomes less aligned, as function isn't always fixed with respect to folds) effectively smooth each other out when averaged. This is why we have correction methods for this when doing spatial operations on group average surfaces. The two questions are: 1. Given the above, am I right in assuming that any data that correspond to a vertex of a surf
Re: [HCP-Users] Two questions about surfaces & template spaces | MSMall & FS
Thanks Tim et al, I have some follow-up questions: * I am performing tractography by defining an individual coordinate (in mm not voxels). If I use an XYZ that corresponds to one of the vertices on the 'white.32k' surface, that should correspond to the same point in the DWI data. Correct? * Would the rotation affect this? ("just rotated and moved to the usual orientation"). I was under the impression that the DWI and T1 were also rotated into the usual orientation. You state: "The surfaces in T1w are generated first, as we run freesurfer on the structural scans to generate them." I assume that these are the ones living in T1w/Native/ "We then apply the FNIRT warpfield to them to get the MNINonLinear versions." These live in MNINonLinear/Native Then you downsample them to 32k... in MNINonLinear/fsaverage_LR32k The minimal processing pipeline publication (Glasser et al 2013) then states: "Finally, this 32k_fs_LR mesh [I'm assuming the one mentioned in the point above] is transformed from MNI space back to the native volume space" The question is: * Is this now a correct interpretation? Regards, Claude On 24.07.2017 22:38, Timothy Coalson wrote: On Mon, Jul 24, 2017 at 8:40 AM, Claude Bajada> wrote: Dear all, I have a two questions about the surfaces that live in the HCP data folders: 1. MNINonLinear/fsaverage/ 2. T1w/fsaverageLR32k/ I assume you mean the fsaverage_LR32k folder within each of those folders. If I have understood the minimal pipeline correctly: 1. all the surfaces in MNINonLinear/fsaverage32k/ are the individual's surface that was warped into a template space (either FS or MSMAll). 2. the surfaces in T1w/fsaverageLR32k/ are the surfaces mentioned in the above point that are warped back into the individual's native space Not exactly. Volume spaces are a completely orthogonal question to surface registration. Except for some special files, everything in the MNINonLinear folder aligns to the MNI template via FNIRT registration. Everything in T1w similarly aligns to the subject's AC-PC rigid aligned space (original size and shape of the subject's structural scans, just rotated and moved to the usual orientation). MSMAll, freesurfer, MSMSulc, or any other surface registration does not cause any anatomical deformations of the individual's brain. The standard mesh anatomical surfaces you get after surface registration and resampling align with the same volumes as the original surfaces. There is no pre-defined anatomical coordinate template in our surface atlases, so we don't need to work backward from any template coordinate system. Instead, we have standard spheres that define the standard topology (triangle relationships) - once we have the subject's sphere aligned to the standard sphere via template data (sulc for MSMSulc or FS; resting state networks, myelin, thickness, etc for MSMAll), we can combine the standard sphere's topology with the subject's anatomical coordinate data (by resampling the XYZ values), generating the subject's standard mesh surfaces. The surfaces in T1w are generated first, as we run freesurfer on the structural scans to generate them. We then apply the FNIRT warpfield to them to get the MNINonLinear versions. As a side note, group average surfaces ARE significantly deformed from the individuals' brain shapes. Most notably, they contain much less folding, and therefore surface area, as all the incompatible or non-corresponding folding patterns (when you align based on function, folding becomes less aligned, as function isn't always fixed with respect to folds) effectively smooth each other out when averaged. This is why we have correction methods for this when doing spatial operations on group average surfaces. The two questions are: 1. Given the above, am I right in assuming that any data that correspond to a vertex of a surface in T1w/fsaverageLR32k/ also corresponds to the surface in MNINonLinear/fsaverageLR32k/? Yes. > 2. Do you recommend that we the MSMAll surfaces over the FS ones? Yes, they have considerably better cross subject functional correspondence than freesurfer. That is, if a given vertex index is in area MT in one subject, MSMAll will have a considerably higher percentage of other subjects that also have that vertex in MT. Regards, Claude Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH 52425 Juelich Sitz der Gesellschaft: Juelich Eingetragen im Handelsregister des Amtsgerichts Dueren Nr. HR B 3498 Vorsitzender des Aufsichtsrats: MinDir Dr. Karl Eugen Huthmacher
Re: [HCP-Users] Two questions about surfaces & template spaces | MSMall & FS
It is also worth noting that the HCP Pipelines output MSMSulc and MSMAll surfaces only (FreeSurfer is worse at aligning function than MSMSulc with more distortion). Matt. From: <hcp-users-boun...@humanconnectome.org<mailto:hcp-users-boun...@humanconnectome.org>> on behalf of Timothy Coalson <tsc...@mst.edu<mailto:tsc...@mst.edu>> Date: Monday, July 24, 2017 at 3:38 PM To: Claude Bajada <c.baj...@fz-juelich.de<mailto:c.baj...@fz-juelich.de>> Cc: "hcp-users@humanconnectome.org<mailto:hcp-users@humanconnectome.org>" <hcp-users@humanconnectome.org<mailto:hcp-users@humanconnectome.org>> Subject: Re: [HCP-Users] Two questions about surfaces & template spaces | MSMall & FS On Mon, Jul 24, 2017 at 8:40 AM, Claude Bajada <c.baj...@fz-juelich.de<mailto:c.baj...@fz-juelich.de>> wrote: Dear all, I have a two questions about the surfaces that live in the HCP data folders: 1. MNINonLinear/fsaverage/ 2. T1w/fsaverageLR32k/ I assume you mean the fsaverage_LR32k folder within each of those folders. If I have understood the minimal pipeline correctly: 1. all the surfaces in MNINonLinear/fsaverage32k/ are the individual's surface that was warped into a template space (either FS or MSMAll). 2. the surfaces in T1w/fsaverageLR32k/ are the surfaces mentioned in the above point that are warped back into the individual's native space Not exactly. Volume spaces are a completely orthogonal question to surface registration. Except for some special files, everything in the MNINonLinear folder aligns to the MNI template via FNIRT registration. Everything in T1w similarly aligns to the subject's AC-PC rigid aligned space (original size and shape of the subject's structural scans, just rotated and moved to the usual orientation). MSMAll, freesurfer, MSMSulc, or any other surface registration does not cause any anatomical deformations of the individual's brain. The standard mesh anatomical surfaces you get after surface registration and resampling align with the same volumes as the original surfaces. There is no pre-defined anatomical coordinate template in our surface atlases, so we don't need to work backward from any template coordinate system. Instead, we have standard spheres that define the standard topology (triangle relationships) - once we have the subject's sphere aligned to the standard sphere via template data (sulc for MSMSulc or FS; resting state networks, myelin, thickness, etc for MSMAll), we can combine the standard sphere's topology with the subject's anatomical coordinate data (by resampling the XYZ values), generating the subject's standard mesh surfaces. The surfaces in T1w are generated first, as we run freesurfer on the structural scans to generate them. We then apply the FNIRT warpfield to them to get the MNINonLinear versions. As a side note, group average surfaces ARE significantly deformed from the individuals' brain shapes. Most notably, they contain much less folding, and therefore surface area, as all the incompatible or non-corresponding folding patterns (when you align based on function, folding becomes less aligned, as function isn't always fixed with respect to folds) effectively smooth each other out when averaged. This is why we have correction methods for this when doing spatial operations on group average surfaces. The two questions are: 1. Given the above, am I right in assuming that any data that correspond to a vertex of a surface in T1w/fsaverageLR32k/ also corresponds to the surface in MNINonLinear/fsaverageLR32k/? Yes. > 2. Do you recommend that we the MSMAll surfaces over the FS ones? Yes, they have considerably better cross subject functional correspondence than freesurfer. That is, if a given vertex index is in area MT in one subject, MSMAll will have a considerably higher percentage of other subjects that also have that vertex in MT. Regards, Claude Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH 52425 Juelich Sitz der Gesellschaft: Juelich Eingetragen im Handelsregister des Amtsgerichts Dueren Nr. HR B 3498 Vorsitzender des Aufsichtsrats: MinDir Dr. Karl Eugen Huthmacher Geschaeftsfuehrung: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Wolfgang Marquardt (Vorsitzender), Karsten Beneke (stellv. Vorsitzender), Prof. Dr.-Ing. Harald Bolt, Prof. Dr. Sebastian M. Schmidt ___ HCP-Users mailing list HCP-Users@humanconnectome.org<mailto:HCP-Users@humanconnectome.org> http://lists.humanconnectome.org/mailman/listinfo/hcp-users ___
Re: [HCP-Users] Two questions about surfaces & template spaces | MSMall & FS
On Mon, Jul 24, 2017 at 8:40 AM, Claude Bajadawrote: > Dear all, > > I have a two questions about the surfaces that live in the HCP data > folders: > >1. MNINonLinear/fsaverage/ >2. T1w/fsaverageLR32k/ > > I assume you mean the fsaverage_LR32k folder within each of those folders. > If I have understood the minimal pipeline correctly: > >1. all the surfaces in MNINonLinear/fsaverage32k/ are the individual's >surface that was warped into a template space (either FS or MSMAll). >2. the surfaces in T1w/fsaverageLR32k/ are the surfaces mentioned in >the above point that are warped back into the individual's native space > > Not exactly. Volume spaces are a completely orthogonal question to surface registration. Except for some special files, everything in the MNINonLinear folder aligns to the MNI template via FNIRT registration. Everything in T1w similarly aligns to the subject's AC-PC rigid aligned space (original size and shape of the subject's structural scans, just rotated and moved to the usual orientation). MSMAll, freesurfer, MSMSulc, or any other surface registration does not cause any anatomical deformations of the individual's brain. The standard mesh anatomical surfaces you get after surface registration and resampling align with the same volumes as the original surfaces. There is no pre-defined anatomical coordinate template in our surface atlases, so we don't need to work backward from any template coordinate system. Instead, we have standard spheres that define the standard topology (triangle relationships) - once we have the subject's sphere aligned to the standard sphere via template data (sulc for MSMSulc or FS; resting state networks, myelin, thickness, etc for MSMAll), we can combine the standard sphere's topology with the subject's anatomical coordinate data (by resampling the XYZ values), generating the subject's standard mesh surfaces. The surfaces in T1w are generated first, as we run freesurfer on the structural scans to generate them. We then apply the FNIRT warpfield to them to get the MNINonLinear versions. As a side note, group average surfaces ARE significantly deformed from the individuals' brain shapes. Most notably, they contain much less folding, and therefore surface area, as all the incompatible or non-corresponding folding patterns (when you align based on function, folding becomes less aligned, as function isn't always fixed with respect to folds) effectively smooth each other out when averaged. This is why we have correction methods for this when doing spatial operations on group average surfaces. > The two questions are: > >1. Given the above, am I right in assuming that any data that >correspond to a vertex of a surface in T1w/fsaverageLR32k/ also corresponds >to the surface in MNINonLinear/fsaverageLR32k/? > > Yes. > 2. Do you recommend that we the MSMAll surfaces over the FS ones? Yes, they have considerably better cross subject functional correspondence than freesurfer. That is, if a given vertex index is in area MT in one subject, MSMAll will have a considerably higher percentage of other subjects that also have that vertex in MT. > Regards, > > Claude > > > > > > > > > Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH > 52425 Juelich > Sitz der Gesellschaft: Juelich > Eingetragen im Handelsregister des Amtsgerichts Dueren Nr. HR B 3498 > Vorsitzender des Aufsichtsrats: MinDir Dr. Karl Eugen Huthmacher > Geschaeftsfuehrung: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Wolfgang Marquardt (Vorsitzender), > Karsten Beneke (stellv. Vorsitzender), Prof. Dr.-Ing. Harald Bolt, > Prof. Dr. Sebastian M. Schmidt > > > > > > ___ > HCP-Users mailing list > HCP-Users@humanconnectome.org > http://lists.humanconnectome.org/mailman/listinfo/hcp-users > ___ HCP-Users mailing list HCP-Users@humanconnectome.org http://lists.humanconnectome.org/mailman/listinfo/hcp-users
[HCP-Users] Two questions about surfaces & template spaces | MSMall & FS
Dear all, I have a two questions about the surfaces that live in the HCP data folders: 1. MNINonLinear/fsaverage/ 2. T1w/fsaverageLR32k/ If I have understood the minimal pipeline correctly: 1. all the surfaces in MNINonLinear/fsaverage32k/ are the individual's surface that was warped into a template space (either FS or MSMAll). 2. the surfaces in T1w/fsaverageLR32k/ are the surfaces mentioned in the above point that are warped back into the individual's native space The two questions are: 1. Given the above, am I right in assuming that any data that correspond to a vertex of a surface in T1w/fsaverageLR32k/ also corresponds to the surface in MNINonLinear/fsaverageLR32k/? 2. Do you recommend that we the MSMAll surfaces over the FS ones? Regards, Claude Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH 52425 Juelich Sitz der Gesellschaft: Juelich Eingetragen im Handelsregister des Amtsgerichts Dueren Nr. HR B 3498 Vorsitzender des Aufsichtsrats: MinDir Dr. Karl Eugen Huthmacher Geschaeftsfuehrung: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Wolfgang Marquardt (Vorsitzender), Karsten Beneke (stellv. Vorsitzender), Prof. Dr.-Ing. Harald Bolt, Prof. Dr. Sebastian M. Schmidt ___ HCP-Users mailing list HCP-Users@humanconnectome.org http://lists.humanconnectome.org/mailman/listinfo/hcp-users