Hi Bruce,
> 
> Just want to follow up on the error issue:
> 
> It seems that using the stable version for two of the subjects will always 
> give incomplete surface output....and if using the dev version, it seems to 
> require updating the entire binaries to avoid the error.
> 
> I was thinking that if it is ok to use stable version for most of the 
> subjects and use dev version for the two subjects that have problems, and 
> finally run group analysis with the whole data set?
> 
> Thanks,
> Catherine
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Feb 19, 2013, at 10:32 AM, Rongxiang Tang <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> I have total of 46 subjects with pre and post scans....44 subjects were OK 
>> using the stable version. 
>> 
>> Catherine
>> 
>> 
>> From: Bruce Fischl <[email protected]>
>> To: Rongxiang Tang <[email protected]> 
>> Cc: Nick Schmansky <[email protected]>; Zeke Kaufman 
>> <[email protected]> 
>> Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2013 10:27 AM
>> Subject: Re: [Freesurfer] talairach transformation troubleshooting problem
>> 
>> oh, we had this problem briefly. Maybe the .m3z format changed? Can't 
>> remember. How many subjects do you have?
>> 
>> On Tue, 19 Feb 2013, Rongxiang Tang wrote:
>> 
>> > Hi Bruce,
>> > 
>> > The error is :
>> > 
>> > #@# SubCort Seg Tue Feb 19 03:30:54 EST 2013
>> > 
>> >  mri_ca_label -align -nobigventricles norm.mgz transforms/talairach.m3z
>> > /home/virtualuser/apps/freesurfer/average/RB_all_2008-03-26.gca
>> > aseg.auto_noCCseg.mgz
>> > 
>> > MatrixAsciiReadFrom: could not scanf parms
>> > renormalizing sequences with structure alignment, equivalent to:
>> >        -renormalize
>> >        -renormalize_mean 0.500
>> >        -regularize 0.500
>> > not handling expanded ventricles...
>> > reading 1 input volumes...
>> > reading classifier array from
>> > /home/virtualuser/apps/freesurfer/average/RB_all_2008-03-26.gca...
>> > reading input volume from norm.mgz...
>> > average std[0] = 6.9
>> > reading transform from transforms/talairach.m3z...
>> > zcat transforms/talairach.m3z
>> > Segmentation fault
>> > Linux FreeSurfer 2.6.28-19-generic #66-Ubuntu SMP Sat Oct 16 17:39:04 UTC
>> > 2010 i686 GNU/Linux
>> > 
>> > recon-all -s 1452 exited with ERRORS at Tue Feb 19 03:31:25 EST 2013
>> > 
>> > Thanks,
>> > Catherine
>> > 
>> > 
>> > ____________________________________________________________________________
>> > From: Bruce Fischl <[email protected]>
>> > To: Rongxiang Tang <[email protected]>
>> > Cc: Nick Schmansky <[email protected]>; Zeke Kaufman
>> > <[email protected]>
>> > Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2013 9:02 AM
>> > Subject: Re: [Freesurfer] talairach transformation troubleshooting problem
>> > 
>> > Hi Catherine
>> > 
>> > you need to tell us what the error is. The command line you specify below
>> > will run autorecon2 since you told it to. Try -make all instead of the rest
>> > and see if it works. It's supposed to only recreate what is needed.
>> > 
>> > cheers
>> > Bruce
>> > 
>> > On Tue, 19 Feb 2013, Rongxiang Tang wrote:
>> > 
>> > > Hi Nick,
>> > >
>> > > The new downloads worked, however I ran into some new problems....
>> > > I only replaced the three binaries and when I ran autorecon2, there is
>> > > always error message with mri_rmneck...so I replaced that binary with the
>> > > dev version and the error disappeared. But then for the subsequent steps 
>> > > I
>> > > ran into more error.
>> > > My guess is that I have to replace all binaries with the dev version? My
>> > > worry is that since there are only four subjects that need the dev 
>> > > version
>> > > to run, and the rest of the subjects were all proceesed with the stable
>> > > v.5.0.0...would updating all binaries to the dev version cause
>> > inconsistency
>> > > with the results?
>> > >
>> > > another question about the command line...since the recon-all was killed
>> > at
>> > > mri_rmneck...if I want to rerun the analysis right from where it was
>> > > stopped, how do i do that?
>> > > I have tried to use recon-all -rmneck -autorecon2 -autorecon3....but
>> > somehow
>> > > it just ran from the beginning of autorecon2...
>> > >
>> > > Thanks,
>> > > Catherine
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >___________________________________________________________________________
>> > _
>> > > From: Nick Schmansky <[email protected]>
>> > > To: Rongxiang Tang <[email protected]>
>> > > Cc: Bruce Fischl <[email protected]>; Zeke Kaufman
>> > > <[email protected]>
>> > > Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2013 10:26 AM
>> > > Subject: Re: [Freesurfer] talairach transformation troubleshooting 
>> > > problem
>> > >
>> > > for the virtual box ubuntu, you'll want the centos4 build (not the
>> > > centos4_x86_64 build, which is 64b).
>> > >
>> > > Nick
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > > Hi Bruce,
>> > > >
>> > > > Thanks for the advice. I'm running the recon-all with the new files...
>> > > > About updating the binaries...I'm currently using the VirtualBox Ubuntu
>> > > > 32b on windows to run the analysis. The version of free surfer I'm 
>> > > > using
>> > > > is v5.0.0. I actually downloaded the
>> > > > freesurfer-Linux-centos4_x86_64-dev.tar.gz from the website, and update
>> > > > the 3 binaries you mentioned...however when I ran the recon-all, the
>> > > > terminal notifies me that these three binaries file are not executable.
>> > > >
>> > > > I was wondering if I need to update the entire binaries?
>> > > >
>> > > > Thank you,
>> > > > Catherine
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > > ________________________________
>> > > >  From: Bruce Fischl <[email protected]>
>> > > > To: Rongxiang Tang <[email protected]>
>> > > > Cc: Nick Schmansky <[email protected]>; Zeke Kaufman
>> > > > <[email protected]>
>> > > > Sent: Friday, February 15, 2013 5:04 PM
>> > > > Subject: Re: [Freesurfer] talairach transformation troubleshooting
>> > problem
>> > > >
>> > > > Hi Catherine
>> > > >
>> > > > I'm not entirely sure what went wrong, but running the current dev
>> > > > versions of mri_em_register/mri_ca_normalize/mri_ca_register fixes the
>> > > > problem. I'll attach the relevant files. Put the talairach.lta and
>> > > > talairach.xfm in the mri/transforms dir, and the norm.mgz and
>> > > > aseg.auto_noCCseg.mgz in the mri dir, and try running recon-all -make
>> > all
>> > > > -s <subject name>
>> > > >
>> > > > actually the talairach.m3z is too big. Maybe the best thing to do is to
>> > > > update your binaries and try it with the new ones and see if that fixes
>> > it
>> > > > for you. What hardware/software env are you using? Nick or Zeke can get
>> > > > you the right versions. I'll filedrop the .m3z
>> > > >
>> > > > cheers
>> > > > Bruce
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > > On Thu, 14 Feb 2013, Rongxiang Tang wrote:
>> > > >
>> > > >> Hi Bruce,
>> > > >>
>> > > >> The aseg is also problematic for several slices....I uploaded the
>> > > >> subject dir on the Matinos center file drop...since the
>> > > >> file is too big, I separated into two parts.
>> > > >>
>> > > >> Thanks,
>> > > >> Catherine
>> > > >>
>> > >>>_________________________________________________________________________
>> > __
>> > > ________________________________________________
>> > > >> From: Bruce Fischl <[email protected]>
>> > > >> To: Rongxiang Tang <[email protected]>
>> > > >> Cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
>> > > >> Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2013 2:42 PM
>> > > >> Subject: Re: [Freesurfer] talairach transformation troubleshooting
>> > > >> problem
>> > > >>
>> > > >> probably not, although it's hard to say. If you upload the whole
>> > subject
>> > > >> dir I'll take a look. How does the aseg look?
>> > > >> On Thu, 14 Feb 2013, Rongxiang Tang wrote:
>> > > >>
>> > > >> > Hi Bruce,
>> > > >> >
>> > > >> > I checked the skullstrip stage using this command:
>> > > >> >
>> > > >> > tkmedit subjectid brainmask.mgz -aux T1.mgz -surfs....
>> > > >> > and both of the brainmask and T1 images look fine.... the wm.mgz is
>> > > >> problema
>> > > >> > tic, with some area missing..... I was wondering if I need to
>> > manually
>> > > >> adding control points to solve the pro
>> > > >> > blem.
>> > > >> > Thanks,
>> > > >> > Catherine
>> > > >> >
>> > > >>>__________________________________________________________________________
>> > _
>> > > _
>> > > >> > From: Bruce Fischl <[email protected]>
>> > > >> > To: Rongxiang Tang <[email protected]>
>> > > >> > Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2013 2:03 PM
>> > > >> > Subject: Re: [Freesurfer] talairach transformation troubleshooting
>> > > >> problem
>> > > >> >
>> > > >> > Hi Catherine
>> > > >> >
>> > > >> > that looks like something went wrong in the surface recon, not in 
>> > > >> > the
>> > > >> > talairaching. Maybe a skullstrip problem? You need to investigate.
>> > > >> Also,
>> > > >> > please cc the list so that others can answer!
>> > > >> >
>> > > >> > thanks
>> > > >> > Bruce
>> > > >> > On Thu, 14 Feb 2013, Rongxiang Tang wrote:
>> > > >> >
>> > > >> > > Hi Bruce,
>> > > >> > >
>> > > >> > > I attached two images...one is the target view and the other is 
>> > > >> > > the
>> > > >> > moveable
>> > > >> > > view.
>> > > >> > >
>> > > >> > > Thanks,
>> > > >> > > Catherine
>> > > >> > >
>> > > >> > >
>> > > >>>>_________________________________________________________________________
>> > _
>> > > _
>> > > >> > _
>> > > >> > > From: Bruce Fischl <[email protected]>
>> > > >> > > To: Rongxiang Tang <[email protected]>
>> > > >> > > Cc: "[email protected]"
>> > > >> <[email protected]>
>> > > >> > > Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2013 1:33 PM
>> > > >> > > Subject: Re: [Freesurfer] talairach transformation troubleshooting
>> > > >> problem
>> > > >> > >
>> > > >> > > Hi Catherine
>> > > >> > >
>> > > >> > > can you send us an image of what you are looking at?
>> > > >> > >
>> > > >> > > thanks
>> > > >> > > Bruce
>> > > >> > > On Thu, 14 Feb 2013,
>> > > >> > > Rongxiang Tang wrote:
>> > > >> > >
>> > > >> > > > Dear All,
>> > > >> > > >
>> > > >> > > > When I was checking the talairach transformation output, I
>> > noticed
>> > > >> that
>> > > >> > > some of the white matter was not included inside
>> > > >> > > > the green line. Instead of drawing the green line to include all
>> > > >> of the
>> > > >> > > white matter of the whole brain, it somehow only
>> > > >> > > > includes the bottom half of the white matter of the brain.
>> > > >> > > >
>> > > >> > > > Is there a way to fix that? 
>> > > >> > > >
>> > > >> > > > Thanks,
>> > > >> > > > Catherine
>> > > >> > > >
>> > > >> > > >
>> > > >> > >
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