The volumes look okay in AFNI, which doesn't warn about it being oblique.  They 
look like the captures.

They are in what AFNI calls AIL orientation.  Here is the nifti_tool header 
output:

it:/upload> nifti_tool -disp_hdr -infiles OrigT1w.nii.gz

header file 'OrigT1w.nii.gz', num_fields = 43

all fields:
  name                offset  nvals  values
  ------------------- ------  -----  ------
  sizeof_hdr             0      1    348
  data_type              4     10    
  db_name               14     18    ?TR:7.412 TE:3.00
  extents               32      1    0
  session_error         36      1    0
  regular               38      1    r
  dim_info              39      1    0
  dim                   40      8    3 256 256 192 1 1 1 1
  intent_p1             56      1    0.0
  intent_p2             60      1    0.0
  intent_p3             64      1    0.0
  intent_code           68      1    0
  datatype              70      1    4
  bitpix                72      1    16
  slice_start           74      1    0
  pixdim                76      8    -1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.007412 1.0 1.0 1.0
  vox_offset           108      1    352.0
  scl_slope            112      1    1.0
  scl_inter            116      1    0.0
  slice_end            120      1    0
  slice_code           122      1    0
  xyzt_units           123      1    10
  cal_max              124      1    0.0
  cal_min              128      1    0.0
  slice_duration       132      1    0.0
  toffset              136      1    0.0
  glmax                140      1    255
  glmin                144      1    0
  descrip              148     80    
  aux_file             228     24    
  qform_code           252      1    1
  sform_code           254      1    1
  quatern_b            256      1    0.5
  quatern_c            260      1    -0.5
  quatern_d            264      1    -0.5
  qoffset_x            268      1    -97.6138
  qoffset_y            272      1    150.709
  qoffset_z            276      1    -122.544998
  srow_x               280      4    0.0 0.0 1.0 -97.6138
  srow_y               296      4    -1.0 0.0 0.0 150.709
  srow_z               312      4    0.0 1.0 0.0 -122.544998
  intent_name          328     16    
  magic                344      4    n+1

it:/upload> nifti_tool -disp_hdr -infiles T2w.nii.gz

header file 'T2w.nii.gz', num_fields = 43

all fields:
  name                offset  nvals  values
  ------------------- ------  -----  ------
  sizeof_hdr             0      1    348
  data_type              4     10    
  db_name               14     18    
  extents               32      1    0
  session_error         36      1    0
  regular               38      1    r
  dim_info              39      1    0
  dim                   40      8    3 256 256 192 1 1 1 1
  intent_p1             56      1    0.0
  intent_p2             60      1    0.0
  intent_p3             64      1    0.0
  intent_code           68      1    0
  datatype              70      1    4
  bitpix                72      1    16
  slice_start           74      1    0
  pixdim                76      8    -1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
  vox_offset           108      1    352.0
  scl_slope            112      1    1.0
  scl_inter            116      1    0.0
  slice_end            120      1    0
  slice_code           122      1    0
  xyzt_units           123      1    10
  cal_max              124      1    0.0
  cal_min              128      1    0.0
  slice_duration       132      1    0.0
  toffset              136      1    0.0
  glmax                140      1    0
  glmin                144      1    0
  descrip              148     80    FSL4.1
  aux_file             228     24    
  qform_code           252      1    1
  sform_code           254      1    1
  quatern_b            256      1    0.5
  quatern_c            260      1    -0.5
  quatern_d            264      1    -0.5
  qoffset_x            268      1    -97.6138
  qoffset_y            272      1    150.709
  qoffset_z            276      1    -122.544998
  srow_x               280      4    0.0 0.0 1.0 -97.6138
  srow_y               296      4    -1.0 0.0 0.0 150.709
  srow_z               312      4    0.0 1.0 0.0 -122.544998
  intent_name          328     16    
  magic                344      4    n+1


On Nov 15, 2012, at 4:38 AM, Yuichiro Shimizu <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> In my previous mail, I attached six pieces of screenshots. But their
> file sizes are too big and received a message from
> caret-users-bounces.
> Then, I uploaded the original T1w (OrigT1w.nii.gz), the original T2w
> (OrigT2w.nii.gz), and the converted T2w data (T2w.nii.gz) to the web
> site that Donna mentioned.
> Please examine them and tell me what is the problem.
> 
> Thank you,
> 
> Yuichiro Shimizu
> 
> 2012/11/15 Donna Dierker <[email protected]>
>> 
>> Hi Yuichiro,
>> 
>> I think the most efficient thing is for you to upload your T1 & T2 NIFTI 
>> volumes here:
>> 
>> http://pulvinar.wustl.edu/cgi-bin/upload.cgi
>> 
>> Just the original T1/T2.  We can look at the header and see if Matt's hunch 
>> was right.
>> 
>> Donna
>> 
>> 
>> On Nov 14, 2012, at 3:45 AM, Yuichiro Shimizu <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>>> Thank you for your reply.
>>> 
>>> I did the Caret Operation process for the downloaded data from NAMIC again.
>>> Then I found a typing error of file extension in the process.
>>> Correcting it, I could finally obtain the same figure as the Fig. 3 
>>> (Glasser et al. 2011).
>>> I'm very sorry for my careless mistake.
>>> 
>>> myelin capture (file name: downloadeddata_myelin)
>>> thickness capture (file name: downloadeddata_thickness)
>>> 
>>> But there still is a problem.
>>> When I analyzed the data that were taken in our MRI scanner in the same 
>>> manner,
>>> the resultant MyelinMapping.metric files contain only the number, zero.
>>> (while thickness.metric contains plausible values)
>>> 
>>> myelin capture (file name: mydata_myelin)
>>> thickness capture (file name: mydata_thickness)
>>> 
>>> I compared all the resultant images in the process, i.e., T1w, OrigT2w, 
>>> OrigT2w_conform_RAS, T2w_conform_RAS2T1wbb...
>>> Only one difference that I found is the direction of T1w, T2w images in 
>>> FSLview.
>>> 
>>> T1w FSLview / NAMIC (file name: downloadeddata_originalT1w)
>>> T2w FSLview / NAMIC (file name: downloadeddata_T2w)
>>> 
>>> T1w FSLview / our data (file name: mydata_originalT1w)
>>> T2w FSLview / our data (file name: mydata_T2w)
>>> 
>>> I wonder if the phase/frequency encoding caused the difference.
>>> Is there any other point I have to check or change?
>>> 
>>> Sincerely.
>>> 
>>> Yuichiro Shimizu
>>> 
>>> 2012/11/13 Matt Glasser <[email protected]>
>>> I wonder if your sform has obliques in it.  I agree that a screenshot
>>> would be helpful, together with verifying that the surfaces and T1w and
>>> T2w volumes are well aligned in some other screenshots.
>>> 
>>> Peace,
>>> 
>>> Matt.
>>> 
>>> On 11/12/12 8:42 AM, "Donna Dierker" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Okay, if you're using a down sampled map (which might be in the myelin
>>>> mapping pipeline -- just not sure), then all bets are off.  I would think
>>>> you'd need a downsampled spec file.  Maybe one exists in sumsdb.  Try
>>>> searching for the number of nodes you have.  Use the "Show Parent"
>>>> feature from the sumsdb drop-down menu, if needed.
>>>> 
>>>> It's not clear to me whether you did "File: Open Data File: Metric file"
>>>> at any point.  After adding the file to the spec file, and clicking open,
>>>> it should have the same effect, but that was still hazy for me.  But it
>>>> is probably the resolution issue, as you say.
>>>> 
>>>> There is variability in myelin maps, but your result sounds suspicious.
>>>> Attach a capture.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On Nov 12, 2012, at 6:56 AM, 清水祐一郎 <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Thank you for a quick reply.
>>>>> 
>>>>> I found and downloaded the files that you mentioned.
>>>>> Using the files, I've tried mapping.
>>>>> I added R.MyelinMapping.metric to the
>>>>> Fig4_fsaverage_Conte-69.164k_fs_LR.spec, and in the Display Control,
>>>>> tried to set the metric file.
>>>>> But, I couldn't find the metric file and overlay the
>>>>> R.MyelinMapping.metric onto the FIDUCIAL
>>>>> fsaverage.L.midthickness_mni.mws_flip-x.164k_fs_LR.coord.gii.
>>>>> 
>>>>> On the other hand, I also tried mapping L.MyelinMapping.metric onto the
>>>>> left fiducial coordinates.
>>>>> 
>>>>> I completely obeyed the process described in the website,
>>>>> CaretOperation, using the downloaded data.
>>>>> And then, I made a spec file below.
>>>>> First, I added the topo and coord files.
>>>>> There were topo.gii and coord.gii files so I renamed the files eraseing
>>>>> .gii.
>>>>> Then I changed the spec file's resolution. I set the number of nodes,
>>>>> 2562.
>>>>> Finally, I overlayed L.MyelinMapping.metric
>>>>> 
>>>>> But, the myelin mapping pattern is different from the Figure 3 (Glasser
>>>>> et al. 2011).
>>>>> In Fig.3, the regions around the central sulcus and occipital lobe are
>>>>> strongly mylinated.
>>>>> But, the result that I obtained showed the pattern that the middle and
>>>>> upper part of
>>>>> the brain is myelinated.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Is there any wrong procedure?
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Furthermore, I analyzed other images that were taken in our MRI scanner.
>>>>> 
>>>>> MRI scanner (3 Tesla GE Healthcare Signa HDxt)
>>>>> T1w images: SPGR TR 7400 ms, TE 3 ms, TI 600 ms, FA = 10, FOV = 256 x
>>>>> 256, 1 mm slice
>>>>> T2w images: CUBE(XETA) TR 2500 ms, TE 80 ms, FOV = 256 x 256, 1 mm
>>>>> slice
>>>>> 
>>>>> I obtained plausible thickness maps, but the intensity in myelin.metric
>>>>> are all zero!
>>>>> Although the scanning condition seems to be the same as the paper, the
>>>>> results are apparently wrong.
>>>>> I'm at a loss what is wrong.
>>>>> 
>>>>> I appreciate your kindful instruction.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Yuichiro Shimizu
>>>>> 
>>>>> 2012/11/9 Donna Dierker <[email protected]>
>>>>> Matt might get to this, but here are some clues based on how I'd
>>>>> proceed in your shoes:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Find a figure in one of our papers like the one I want to make, e.g.:
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> http://sumsdb.wustl.edu/sums/archivelist.do?archive_id=8288739&archive_na
>>>>> me=Fig4_fsaverage_Conte-69.164k_fs_LR.spec
>>>>> 
>>>>> (I couldn't find the sumsdb dir for Matt's myelin paper, but I think
>>>>> David's paper will work for the purposes of jumpstarting you into a
>>>>> visualization spec.)
>>>>> 
>>>>> Fig 4D from the drop-down menu could just as easily have a myelin map
>>>>> overlaid on it.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Download that spec and overlay your maps on the Conte69 inflated
>>>>> surface.
>>>>> 
>>>>> This is probably not as step-by-step as you would like, but this
>>>>> happens to be a very busy time for everyone.  If you run into trouble,
>>>>> post again.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Nov 9, 2012, at 12:31 AM, 清水祐一郎 <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Hello
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> According to the web page Caret operation:MyelinMapping, I've
>>>>> obtained the final results: L.MyelinMapping.metric,
>>>>> R.MyelinMapping.metric, T1wdividedbyT2w.nii.gz, and
>>>>> T1wdividedbyT2w_ribbon.nii.gz.
>>>>>> The detail condition is described below.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> -information about my analysis procedure
>>>>>> individual MRI data: downloaded from NAMIC
>>>>>> recon-all by FreeSurfer(stable5-20110522) in CentOS5.5 64 bit
>>>>>> myelinmapping by Caret5 ver.5.65 in Windows7 64 bit
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Through the processes, no error message was displayed.
>>>>>> Furthermore, I confirmed that the T1wdividedbyT2w.nii.gz image is
>>>>> comparable with an other result image, the original T1w image divided by
>>>>> the registered T2w imageby by ImCalc in spm8.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> However, I have trouble in viewing the result of MyelinMapping.metric
>>>>> on the inflated surface as shown in the paper (Glasser et al. 2012)
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> When I try to open the L.MyelinMapping.metric, 'Creat Spec File'
>>>>> window is open.
>>>>>> I don't know how to make a spec file.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Tentatively, I set the subject name and chose 'left' as the structure.
>>>>>> Next, I pushed the OK button for 'creat new column' for left smoothed
>>>>> corrected myelin map.
>>>>>> Finally, I got an error message, Error: L.MyelinMapping.metric:
>>>>> Contains different number of nodes than.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> In addition to this, I tried 'Add Document File to Spec File'.
>>>>>> I added a topo.file, a coord.file, and a structural 3D image.
>>>>>> It did not work, too.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Because I'm a newcomer as Caret user, I'd like detailed information.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Thank you in advance.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Yuichiro Shimizu
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