Hi Kasper,

> On May 17, 2016, at 10:05 , Kasper Jessen <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> I would like to know the following:
> 
> a) what is the differences between the 3T Atlas (schwartz atlas) and the 
> standard atlas?
> b) what does the 3T-specific NU intensity correction parameters do 
> differently than the standard?

        If I recall correctly this is based on 
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1053811909006703:
Improvement of brain segmentation accuracy by optimizing non-uniformity 
correction using N3

Type    Journal Article
Author  Weili Zheng
Author  Michael W. L. Chee
Author  Vitali Zagorodnov
URL     http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1053811909006703
Volume  48
Issue   1
Pages   73-83
Publication     NeuroImage
ISSN    1053-8119
Date    October 15, 2009
Journal Abbr    NeuroImage

So most likely it reduces the N# smoothing distance from the default 200 to 50

Here is the relevant part from recon-all (v5.3):
  if ($DoNuIntensityCor3T) then
    # params from Zheng, Chee, Zagorodnov 2009 NeuroImage paper
    # "Improvement of brain segmentation accuracy by optimizing
    # non-uniformity correction using N3"
    set NuIterations = 1;
    set cmd = ($cmd --proto-iters 1000 --distance 50)
  endif

A somewhat wrong, but intuitive rationale is with array coils the loops are 
smaller and hence the coil sensitivity profiles as well and these modulate the 
intensity inhomogeneity. But again that is probably wrong…

Best Regards
        Sebastian

> 
> Best
> Kasper
> 
> 2016-05-10 8:09 GMT+02:00 Kasper Jessen <[email protected]>:
> Dear FreeSurfer group,
> 
> Our subject sample has been obtained on a 3 Tesla MR scanner. For this reason 
> we used the -3T flag to enable the 3T-specific NU intensity correction 
> parameters and usage of the special 3T atlas for Talairach alignment. 
> 
> However, where can i find the documentation for the above? 
> 
> Best regards,
> Kasper
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Kasper Jessen, 
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