>
> I would focus your attention on the initial rigid alignment done in
> epi_reg (before BBR and the distortion correction).  This step we have
> found is sometimes not robust, particularly when acquisition protocols
> deviate from the recommended ones.  It isn’t BBR based and doesn’t yet have
> the data in rough alignment (generally pipeline failures occur at initial
> stages, if the initial stages work, generally everything else is more
> robust).
>
yes, this is where the problem occurs; more specifically, in the magnitude
fieldmap to structural registration with flirt, line 346 of epi_reg (I
realize now that "Scout_gdc_undistorted_" is the prefix for all files
output by epi_reg [because Scout_gdc_undistorted.nii.gz is the final output
of the epi_reg script], which is the info that I was missing to debug the
alignment). I'm all set now. Thanks for your help.

>
>  I understand you are working with legacy data, it’s just important to
> note that the amount of work required to make legacy data work with the HCP
> Pipelines is not indicative of the amount of work required when following
> the image acquisition guidelines.  We’re still willing to provide
> suggestions as to what to look at when getting the legacy data to work, but
> cannot fully support legacy data (e.g. you have to hack some on your own
> and figure it out).  Also, not all pipeline changes required when working
> with legacy data may be generally applicable to all data (so we’ll consider
> this when considering patches that come from trying to get legacy data to
> work).
>
Point taken, I will refrain from posting to this list about legacy data -
unless I think it is a more generic issue.

- Julien

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