[Mristudio-users] basic information

susumu mori susumu at mri.jhu.edu
Thu Feb 25 08:14:36 EST 2010


Hi Salman,

please read Clin Neurophysiol. 2004 Mar;115(3):589-95. to see if it is
related to your question.

For the data used in the totorial, please follow the instruction in
https://www.mristudio.org/wiki/Tutorial.

Susumu

On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 2:37 AM, Syed Salman Shahid <
SyedSalman.Shahid at usq.edu.au> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I would like to use DTI for White matter (anisotropic) conductivity tensor
> calculation for my project. I was wondering if i am at the correct path.
> My intention is to use DTI calculated eigen values and import it in FE head
> model!
> At this stage i am not sure if this procedure is viable when DTI is
> involved.
>
> BUT most importantly, i was watching the tutorial videos and i came across
> the major issue i.e. where to get the required data. If you look into the
> data archives there is a huge amount of data and deciding which one is the
> required one is impossible.
>
> Thank you
> salman
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mristudio-users-bounces at mristudio.org [mailto:
> mristudio-users-bounces at mristudio.org] On Behalf Of Xin Li
> Sent: Thursday, 18 February 2010 5:27 AM
> To: Yi Jiang; DTI Studio, ROI Editor, Landmarker Questions/Support
> Subject: Re: [Mristudio-users] apply transformation to landmarkers &
> command file
>
> Hello Yi,
>
> Thank you for your information. I am going to check and give you a reply
> later.
>
>
> Xin
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Yi Jiang <yj3 at duke.edu>
> Date: Wednesday, February 17, 2010 2:04 pm
> Subject: Re: [Mristudio-users] apply transformation to landmarkers &
> command file
> To: "DTI Studio, ROI Editor,    Landmarker Questions/Support" <
> mristudio-users at mristudio.org>
>
>
> > Hello Xin,
> >
> >  It is a combined matrix.
> >
> >  Yi
> >
> >
> >  ----- Original Message -----
> >  From: "Xin Li" <xli16 at jhmi.edu>
> >  To: "Yi Jiang" <yj3 at duke.edu>; "DTI Studio, ROI Editor, Landmarker
> >  Questions/Support" <mristudio-users at mristudio.org>
> >  Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2010 11:38 AM
> >  Subject: Re: [Mristudio-users] apply transformation to landmarkers &
> > command
> >  file
> >
> >
> >  Hello Yi,
> >
> >  How did you get the matrix that you are working on? Is it a lddmm
> > matrix or
> >  a combined matrix?
> >
> >
> >  Xin
> >
> >
> >
> >  ----- Original Message -----
> >  From: Yi Jiang <yj3 at duke.edu>
> >  Date: Wednesday, February 17, 2010 11:05 am
> >  Subject: Re: [Mristudio-users] apply transformation to landmarkers &
> > command
> >  file
> >  To: "DTI Studio, ROI Editor, Landmarker Questions/Support"
> >  <mristudio-users at mristudio.org>
> >
> >
> >  > Hello Xin,
> >  >
> >  >  Thank you! I looked at the transformation matrix. Overall it looks
> >  >  reasonable (i.e. I think my reading format of the matrix is correct.
> >  > I was
> >  >  able to use the vector information to reasonably map land marks I
> >  > chose).
> >  >  But I found the value of the vector somehow ranges from e.g.
> >  >  (-40~540)x(-30~270)x(-20~280) instead of (0-511)x(0-255)x(0-255) I
> >  > would
> >  >  expect. What do those out of range (out of (0-511)x(0-255)x(0-255)
> >  )
> >  > values
> >  >  mean?
> >  >
> >  >  Best,
> >  >  Yi
> >  >
> >  >
> >  >  ----- Original Message -----
> >  >  From: "Xin Li" <xli16 at jhmi.edu>
> >  >  To: "Yi Jiang" <yj3 at duke.edu>; "DTI Studio, ROI Editor, Landmarker
> >  >  Questions/Support" <mristudio-users at mristudio.org>
> >  >  Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2010 10:01 AM
> >  >  Subject: Re: [Mristudio-users] apply transformation to landmarkers
> > &
> >  > command
> >  >  file
> >  >
> >  >
> >  >  Hello Yi,
> >  >
> >  >  If your image size is 512x256x256, the vector should be
> >  >  (0-511)x(0-255)x(0-255)
> >  >
> >  >
> >  >  Xin
> >  >
> >  >
> >  >
> >  >
> >  >  ----- Original Message -----
> >  >  From: Yi Jiang <yj3 at duke.edu>
> >  >  Date: Wednesday, February 17, 2010 8:44 am
> >  >  Subject: Re: [Mristudio-users] apply transformation to landmarkers
> > &
> >  > command
> >  >  file
> >  >  To: "DTI Studio, ROI Editor, Landmarker Questions/Support"
> >  >  <mristudio-users at mristudio.org>
> >  >
> >  >
> >  >  > Hello, Xin,
> >  >  >
> >  >  >  Thank you very much for the information.
> >  >  >
> >  >  >  I have one more question: does the vector indicating new location
> >  >  > start from
> >  >  >  0 or 1? That is: if my image size is 512x256x256, the vector
> should
> >  >  > be
> >  >  >  (0-511)x(0-255)x(0-255) or (1-512)x(1-256)x(1-256)?
> >  >  >
> >  >  >  Thank you!
> >  >  >
> >  >  >  Best,
> >  >  >  Yi
> >  >  >
> >  >  >
> >  >  >  ----- Original Message -----
> >  >  >  From: "Xin Li" <xli16 at jhmi.edu>
> >  >  >  To: "susumu mori" <susumu at mri.jhu.edu>; "Yi Jiang" <yj3 at duke.edu
> >;
> >  >  > "DTI
> >  >  >  Studio, ROI Editor, Landmarker Questions/Support"
> >  >  >  <mristudio-users at mristudio.org>; "Jiangyang Zhang" <
> jzhang3 at jhmi.edu>
> >  >  >  Sent: Monday, February 01, 2010 10:22 AM
> >  >  >  Subject: Re: [Mristudio-users] apply transformation to landmarkers
> >  > &
> >  >  > command
> >  >  >  file
> >  >  >
> >  >  >
> >  >  >  Hello Yi,
> >  >  >
> >  >  >  As Susumu said, transformation matrices contain vectors at each
> >  >  > coordinate,
> >  >  >  indicating where is the new location. The structure is Vector (x,
> >  > y,
> >  >  > z) x
> >  >  >  X-dimension x Y-dimension x Z-dimension. You may write matlab code
> >  > to
> >  >  >
> >  >  >  extract the vector information.
> >  >  >
> >  >  >
> >  >  >  Xin
> >  >  >
> >  >  >
> >  >  >
> >  >  >
> >  >  >
> >  >  >  ----- Original Message -----
> >  >  >  From: susumu mori <susumu at mri.jhu.edu>
> >  >  >  Date: Saturday, January 30, 2010 8:29 am
> >  >  >  Subject: Re: [Mristudio-users] apply transformation to landmarkers
> >  > &
> >  >  > command
> >  >  >  file
> >  >  >  To: Yi Jiang <yj3 at duke.edu>, "DTI Studio, ROI Editor, Landmarker
> >  >  >  Questions/Support" <mristudio-users at mristudio.org>, Xin Li
> >  >  > <xli16 at jhmi.edu>,
> >  >  >  Jiangyang Zhang <jzhang3 at jhmi.edu>
> >  >  >
> >  >  >
> >  >  >  > Hi Yi,
> >  >  >  >
> >  >  >  >  On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 5:25 PM, Yi Jiang <yj3 at duke.edu>
> wrote:
> >  >  >  >
> >  >  >  >  >  Hello, dear all,
> >  >  >  >  >
> >  >  >  >  >
> >  >  >  >  >
> >  >  >  >  > I have two questions and am wondering if someone can help.
> >  >  >  >  >
> >  >  >  >  >
> >  >  >  >  >
> >  >  >  >  >    1. I have already had a transformation matrix to map
> > the
> >  > subject
> >  >  >  > image
> >  >  >  >  >    onto the template image, which was generated by combining
> >  > AIR
> >  >  >  > rigid, AIR
> >  >  >  >  >    affine, and LDDMM matrix. I want to define some
> >  > landmarkers on
> >  >  >  > the subject
> >  >  >  >  >    image, and apply the transformation matrix to the
> landmarkers
> >  >  >  > (to see their
> >  >  >  >  >    corresponding location on the template image). How can
> > I
> >  > do that?
> >  >  >  >  >
> >  >  >  >  >
> >  >  >  >  I think this is exactly what the K and H maps are. I need
> >  >  >  > confirmation from
> >  >  >  >  Xin, but in my understanding, these transformation matrices
> >  >  > contain
> >  >  >  > vectors
> >  >  >  >  at each coordinate, indicating where is the new location. If
> >  > I'm not
> >  >  >  >  mistaken, it is Vector (x, y, z) x X-dimension x Y-dimension
> > x
> >  >  >  > Z-dimension.
> >  >  >  >  There must be a way to extarct the "Vector" information at the
> >  >
> >  >  > specified
> >  >  >  >  coordinate.
> >  >  >  >
> >  >  >  >  >
> >  >  >  >  >
> >  >  >  >  >    1. I would like to use the "load command file"
> > function. I
> >  > will
> >  >  >  > do AIR
> >  >  >  >  >    linear rigid transformation, AIR linear affine
> transformation,
> >  >  >  > image format
> >  >  >  >  >    change to byte, automatic intensity correction by
> histogram,
> >  >  > and
> >  >  >  > 2-channel
> >  >  >  >  >    LDDMM. Is it possible to put all these into one command
> > file?
> >  >  > If
> >  >  >  > yes, can
> >  >  >  >  >    anyone give me an example file?
> >  >  >  >  >
> >  >  >  >  > I believe the command file is only for the functions
> > within the
> >  >  >  > same box,
> >  >  >  >  including byte-integer-float conversion, axial-sagittal-coronal
> >  >  >  > conversion,
> >  >  >  >  resampling, etc. They don't include transformation functions.
> >  > We are
> >  >  >  > working
> >  >  >  >  on automation, which will take several months. Meanwhile, I
> > believe
> >  >  >  > it is
> >  >  >  >  good idea to use the current way, which forces you to check
> > the
> >  >  >  > result after
> >  >  >  >  each step. Transformation sometimes does silly things. Some
> > images
> >  >  >  > may have
> >  >  >  >  quality problems. You may want compare different methods (e.g.
> >  > Mutual
> >  >  >  > Info
> >  >  >  >  linear transformation vs AIR, intensity correction methods,
> >
> >  > contrast
> >  >  >  > of
> >  >  >  >  choice). I think it's very important to get a feel about
> > your data
> >  >  >  > and each
> >  >  >  >  transformation step. Also, depending on pathology, the
> >  > transformation
> >  >  >  >  strategy may change. Some disease groups have severe intensity
> >  >  >  > changes (e.g.
> >  >  >  >  stroke), some have severely enlarged ventricles. You may
> > find the
> >  >  > same
> >  >  >  >  methods may work for one but not the other. Automation is still
> >  > a
> >  >  >
> >  >  >  > difficult
> >  >  >  >  matter for transformation-based analysis.
> >  >  >  >
> >  >  >  >
> >  >  >  >  >
> >  >  >  >  >
> >  >  >  >  > Thank you very much!
> >  >  >  >  >
> >  >  >  >  >
> >  >  >  >  >
> >  >  >  >  > Have a nice weekend!
> >  >  >  >  >
> >  >  >  >  >
> >  >  >  >  >
> >  >  >  >  > Best
> >  >  >  >  >
> >  >  >  >  > Yi
> >  >  >  >  >
> >  >  >  >  >
> >  >  >  >  >
> >  >  >  >  >
> >  >  >  >  >
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