On 4/25/19 10:54 AM, Zhi Li wrote:
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> Dear FreeSurfer experts,
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> I am reading your work 'False positive rates in surface-based 
> anatomical analysis' and having several questions about multiple test 
> correction in mri_glmfit-sim:
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> 1. The permutation is permuting the design matrix, but how to permute 
> it in a one-sample t-test? According to my understanding, all the 
> subjects are listed as one group in the design matrix.
In that case, the signs are flipped (ie, instead of having a column of 
ones, you get a column of +1 and -1, the sign being randomly permuted).
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> 2. What's the difference between clustering-forming thresholds (CFT) 
> and cluster-wise p value (CWP)? Whether the clustering-forming 
> thresholds is set to the p map from the permutation test? Then how the 
> CWP is calculated?
As the name implies, the CFT is used to form the cluster. Think of you 
sig map as a landscape with mountains and valleys. If you were to fill 
the landscape with water, you'd get some islands. The number and size 
would depend on how high the water was. If you think of each island as a 
cluster, then the water level is the CFT. In a purely random landscape, 
some islands would form purely by chance. The propbablility of getting 
an island (cluster) of a certain size or bigger is the CWP. You have to 
choose the CFT. The CWP is computed from permutation.
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> 3. In the paper ''False positive rates in surface-based anatomical 
> analysis, you suggested ''For surface area, one would need CFT 0.001 
> and FWHM>10 mm". Whether I could understand this as "the bigger smooth 
> kernel the better"? The default smooth kernel in FSFAST is 5mm, which 
> one should I use?
If you use permutation, then you can set the FWHM to anything. The 
optimal size depends on the size of your blobs.
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> 4. For the quality assurance in 'tkregister-sess', if I can use the QA 
> value as a exclude criteria during analysis? If so is there any 
> reference I can cite?
There is no reference. Usually, I look at the worst data sets and work 
my way to the better data sets to determine where the threshold should be.
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> Looking forward to your kind suggestions.
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> Best regards,
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> Lizhi
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