FYI, it was the error correction removing a large 'handle'; who needs the
inferior temporal lobe anyway.  Slight adjustments to the GM/WM peaks was
enough to rectify the problem.  Thanks again.

Matt

On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 12:18 PM, Matthew Ward <[email protected]>wrote:

> I believe you are right, John.  As I'm running it again, the initial
> surface generated and displayed (prior to error correction) does not contain
> the truncation, so it is most likely the error correction.  I will  run it
> again without error correction to confirm and then try adjusting my peaks; I
> won't waste anyone's time (Donna) looking at the data if I can correct it
> based on the advice given. Thanks so much, Donna and John, for your help and
> prompt responses.
>
> Best,
>
> Matt
>
>
> On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 11:48 AM, John Harwell <[email protected]>wrote:
>
>> Matt,
>>
>> On the Segmentation Operations page, try either unchecking the Volume
>> Error Correction Method or setting it to SUREFIT.  It is possible that there
>> is a large topological defect and the GRAPH (based on Automated graph-based
>> analysis and correction of cortical volume topology DW Shattuck, RM Leahy -
>> IEEE Trans. Med. Imaging, 2001) algorithm is removing a large handle rather
>> than filling a large hole (possibly the gyri that appear to touch in the
>> left side of your image).
>>
>> -----------------------------------
>> John Harwell
>> [email protected]
>>
>> Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology
>> Washington University School of Medicine
>> 660 S. Euclid Ave   Box 8108
>> Saint Louis, MO 63110
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Jan 26, 2010, at 10:31 AM, Matthew Ward wrote:
>>
>> > Good morning, everyone.  I've recently encountered a problem I haven't
>> experienced before (attached).  I've segmented this brain several times
>> before (but not in a good while) with great results, but I cannot for the
>> life of me figure out why my segmentation volume is truncated about 2/3s out
>> from the midline.  I did not run a full segmentation, just a quick check on
>> the GM/WM settings (turned off 'fill ventricles', 'generate inflated/very
>> inflated/ellipsoid/cerebral hull and curvature...attributes). Any ideas on
>> why this truncation is occurring?  When setting the GM/WM cutoffs, the
>> segmentation overlay did not show this truncation.  Thanks for any help.
>> >
>> > Best,
>> >
>> > --
>> > Matt
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Research Associate, Vision Sciences
Center for the Development of Functional Imaging
University of Alabama at Birmingham
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