Re: [Freesurfer] TRACULA: 20% default threshold

2016-07-27 Thread Anastasia Yendiki


Yes, same thing!

On Wed, 27 Jul 2016, Harms, Michael wrote:



Thanks for clarifying.  Is the same true for the --pthr option of
dmri_pathstats as well?
i.e., --pthr is specifying the portion of the 99th percentile, not the
strict maximum?

thx,
--
Michael Harms, Ph.D.

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Washington University School of Medicine
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660 South Euclid Ave.Tel: 314-747-6173
St. Louis, MO  63110Email: mha...@wustl.edu




On 7/26/16, 11:40 PM, "freesurfer-boun...@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu on behalf of
Anastasia Yendiki"  wrote:


Hi Dillan - Thank you for your support!

Because the maximum value can sometimes be an outlier, we use the values
of the 99th percentile instead. In the absence of an outlier this would be
very close to the maximum.

Best,

a.y

On Tue, 26 Jul 2016, Newbold, Dillan wrote:


Hi everyone,

I’m having a little trouble understanding the exact meaning of the 20%
default threshold used in the freeview -tv option and dmri_pathstats
--pthr. I’ve seen multiple threads where Anastasia said that it is 20% of
the maximum value in the probability distribution—which corresponds to
the maximum number of sample paths intersecting a single voxel—but the
default thresholds I’ve seen set by the -tv option are generally lower
than that. For example, I have one subject in whom the right CST has a
maximum value in its path.pd.nii.gz file of 300. I would expect based on
what I’ve read in the mail archives that the threshold would be set at
60, but when I open the merged file with the -tv option the default
threshold for the right CST is 35.

My current best guess is that the default threshold is set to produce a
volume that has a probability sum equal to 20% of the sum of the
pre-threshold volume. (That is, the sum of intensities of all voxels in
the path.pd.nii.gz file should be 5 times the sum of the voxels above the
default threshold.) Is that accurate?

Thanks for all you’ve done to develop this tool. It’s brilliant and I
want to understand as much of it as I can.

-Dillan

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Re: [Freesurfer] TRACULA: 20% default threshold

2016-07-27 Thread Harms, Michael

Thanks for clarifying.  Is the same true for the --pthr option of
dmri_pathstats as well?
i.e., --pthr is specifying the portion of the 99th percentile, not the
strict maximum?

thx,
--
Michael Harms, Ph.D.

---
Conte Center for the Neuroscience of Mental Disorders
Washington University School of Medicine
Department of Psychiatry, Box 8134
660 South Euclid Ave.Tel: 314-747-6173
St. Louis, MO  63110Email: mha...@wustl.edu




On 7/26/16, 11:40 PM, "freesurfer-boun...@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu on behalf of
Anastasia Yendiki"  wrote:


Hi Dillan - Thank you for your support!

Because the maximum value can sometimes be an outlier, we use the values
of the 99th percentile instead. In the absence of an outlier this would be
very close to the maximum.

Best,

a.y

On Tue, 26 Jul 2016, Newbold, Dillan wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> I’m having a little trouble understanding the exact meaning of the 20%
>default threshold used in the freeview -tv option and dmri_pathstats
>--pthr. I’ve seen multiple threads where Anastasia said that it is 20% of
>the maximum value in the probability distribution—which corresponds to
>the maximum number of sample paths intersecting a single voxel—but the
>default thresholds I’ve seen set by the -tv option are generally lower
>than that. For example, I have one subject in whom the right CST has a
>maximum value in its path.pd.nii.gz file of 300. I would expect based on
>what I’ve read in the mail archives that the threshold would be set at
>60, but when I open the merged file with the -tv option the default
>threshold for the right CST is 35.
>
> My current best guess is that the default threshold is set to produce a
>volume that has a probability sum equal to 20% of the sum of the
>pre-threshold volume. (That is, the sum of intensities of all voxels in
>the path.pd.nii.gz file should be 5 times the sum of the voxels above the
>default threshold.) Is that accurate?
>
> Thanks for all you’ve done to develop this tool. It’s brilliant and I
>want to understand as much of it as I can.
>
> -Dillan
>
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Re: [Freesurfer] TRACULA: 20% default threshold

2016-07-26 Thread Anastasia Yendiki


Hi Dillan - Thank you for your support!

Because the maximum value can sometimes be an outlier, we use the values 
of the 99th percentile instead. In the absence of an outlier this would be 
very close to the maximum.


Best,

a.y

On Tue, 26 Jul 2016, Newbold, Dillan wrote:


Hi everyone,

I’m having a little trouble understanding the exact meaning of the 20% default 
threshold used in the freeview -tv option and dmri_pathstats --pthr. I’ve seen 
multiple threads where Anastasia said that it is 20% of the maximum value in 
the probability distribution—which corresponds to the maximum number of sample 
paths intersecting a single voxel—but the default thresholds I’ve seen set by 
the -tv option are generally lower than that. For example, I have one subject 
in whom the right CST has a maximum value in its path.pd.nii.gz file of 300. I 
would expect based on what I’ve read in the mail archives that the threshold 
would be set at 60, but when I open the merged file with the -tv option the 
default threshold for the right CST is 35.

My current best guess is that the default threshold is set to produce a volume 
that has a probability sum equal to 20% of the sum of the pre-threshold volume. 
(That is, the sum of intensities of all voxels in the path.pd.nii.gz file 
should be 5 times the sum of the voxels above the default threshold.) Is that 
accurate?

Thanks for all you’ve done to develop this tool. It’s brilliant and I want to 
understand as much of it as I can.

-Dillan

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[Freesurfer] TRACULA: 20% default threshold

2016-07-26 Thread Newbold, Dillan
Hi everyone,

I’m having a little trouble understanding the exact meaning of the 20% default 
threshold used in the freeview -tv option and dmri_pathstats --pthr. I’ve seen 
multiple threads where Anastasia said that it is 20% of the maximum value in 
the probability distribution—which corresponds to the maximum number of sample 
paths intersecting a single voxel—but the default thresholds I’ve seen set by 
the -tv option are generally lower than that. For example, I have one subject 
in whom the right CST has a maximum value in its path.pd.nii.gz file of 300. I 
would expect based on what I’ve read in the mail archives that the threshold 
would be set at 60, but when I open the merged file with the -tv option the 
default threshold for the right CST is 35.

My current best guess is that the default threshold is set to produce a volume 
that has a probability sum equal to 20% of the sum of the pre-threshold volume. 
(That is, the sum of intensities of all voxels in the path.pd.nii.gz file 
should be 5 times the sum of the voxels above the default threshold.) Is that 
accurate?

Thanks for all you’ve done to develop this tool. It’s brilliant and I want to 
understand as much of it as I can.

-Dillan

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