Can you send your mri_glmfit and mri_surfcluster command-lines?

doug

James Porter wrote:
> Sorry, I mistyped. To clarify, the original qdec analyses were run on 
> the 10mm smoothed data from qcache, and the sims were then run with 
> and without passing the value from fwhm.dat into the FWHM flag in 
> mri_glmfit.
>
> ---------
> Jim Porter
> Graduate Student
> Clinical Science & Psychopathology Research
> University of Minnesota
>
> James Porter wrote:
>> I have recently run simulations with and without the FWHM flag, and 
>> the results were 100% identical, in both the mgh output and cluster 
>> summary files. From what is below, I would think that the results 
>> should have changed in at least some way. The original qdec analysis 
>> was run with 10mm smoothing, and the sims (mc-full, 10k) were run 
>> with and without 10mm smoothing.
>>
>> Is there a certain point at which one would not expect smoothing in 
>> the simulations to not matter?
>>
>> ---------
>> Jim Porter
>> Graduate Student
>> Clinical Science & Psychopathology Research
>> University of Minnesota
>>
>> Douglas N Greve wrote:
>>> <div class="moz-text-flowed" style="font-family: -moz-fixed">1) The 
>>> smoother the data, the more likely a cluster will be found by 
>>> chance. When the data are created, they start with some smoothness 
>>> level. When you smooth them you add more. So you need to match the 
>>> total level of smoothing when you do the simulations, otherwise your 
>>> clusters will be way too significant. mri_glmfit creates a fwhm.dat 
>>> file with an estimate of the total smoothness.
>>>
>>> 2) Just if they are nearest neighbors. There is no option to tinker 
>>> with this.
>>>
>>> 3) Vertices in the maps created by the simulation are thresholded at 
>>> the level you pass. This is what defines the cluster.
>>>
>>> doug
>>>
>>> Dankner, Nathan (NIH/NIMH) [F] wrote:
>>>> Hello all,
>>>>
>>>> I have a couple of questions regarding the way the cluster 
>>>> correction simulation in freesurfer works.  I've read the wiki 
>>>> pages on the subject, but if I've missed something and any of this 
>>>> is answered elsewhere please let me know.  My technical knowledge 
>>>> of these things is not great so I am just trying to get some 
>>>> background.  First of all, how does smoothing the data prior to 
>>>> running the simulation affect the results?  I've run corrections on 
>>>> the same data smoothed with a 10mm FWHM, and also on completely 
>>>> unsmoothed data, and the cluster results were different.  Secondly, 
>>>> what determines whether vertices are neighbors or not?  Is there an 
>>>> option to tinker with this or is it predetermined?  Lastly, how do 
>>>> the p values of individual vertices factor into the simulation?  
>>>> Are they taken into account when the determination of the max 
>>>> cluster size under the null hypothesis is performed?  Thanks in 
>>>> advance,
>>>>
>>>> Nate
>>>>
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>>
>
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