# # dmrirc.example # # This example sets up a TRACULA analysis for a cross-sectional study where # there is a single diffusion scan for each subject. # - If you have multiple diffusion scans per session, see *.multiscan.*example # - If you have longitudinal data, see *.long.*example # # This file contains commands that will be run by trac-all before an analysis. # It is used to set all parameters needed for the analysis. # # Remove a parameter from your dmrirc file if you want use the default value. # Parameters that don't have default values must be specified. # # Any other commands that you might want to run before an analysis can be added # to this file. # # Original Author: Anastasia Yendiki # # Copyright © 2021 The General Hospital Corporation (Boston, MA) "MGH" # # Terms and conditions for use, reproduction, distribution and contribution # are found in the 'FreeSurfer Software License Agreement' contained # in the file 'LICENSE' found in the FreeSurfer distribution, and here: # # https://surfer.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/fswiki/FreeSurferSoftwareLicense # # Reporting: freesurfer@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu # # # FreeSurfer SUBJECTS_DIR # T1 images and FreeSurfer segmentations are expected to be found here # setenv SUBJECTS_DIR /path/to/recons/of/ducks # Output directory where trac-all results will be saved # Default: Same as SUBJECTS_DIR # set dtroot = /path/to/tracts/of/ducks # Subject IDs # set subjlist = (huey dewey louie) # In case you want to analyze only Huey and Louie # Default: Run analysis on all subjects # set runlist = (1 3) # Input diffusion DICOMs (file names relative to dcmroot) # If original DICOMs don't exist, these can be in other image format # but then the gradient table and b-value table must be specified (see below) # set dcmroot = /path/to/dicoms/of/ducks set dcmlist = (huey/day1/XXX-1.dcm dewey/day1/XXX-1.dcm louie/day2/XXX-1.dcm) # Diffusion gradient tables (file names can be relative to dcmroot) # Must be specified only if they cannot be read from the DICOM headers # The tables must have either three columns, where each row is a gradient vector # or three rows, where each column is a gradient vector # There must be as many gradient vectors as volumes in the diffusion data set # Default: Read from DICOM header # set bveclist = (/path/to/huey/bvecs.txt \ /path/to/dewey/bvecs.txt \ /path/to/louie/bvecs.txt) # Diffusion b-value tables (file names can be relative to dcmroot) # Must be specified only if they cannot be read from the DICOM headers # There must be as many b-values as volumes in the diffusion data set # Default: Read from DICOM header # set bvallist = (/path/to/huey/bvals.txt \ /path/to/dewey/bvals.txt \ /path/to/louie/bvals.txt) # Perform correction for B0 inhomogeneity distortions? # 0: No correction (default) # 1: Perform correction based on a field map # Requires additional inputs (see below): b0mlist, b0plist, echospacing, dTE # 2: Perform correction based on reverse-polarity images # Requires additional inputs (see below): echospacing, pedir, epifactor # set dob0 = 1 # Input B0 field map magnitude DICOMs (file names can be relative to dcmroot) # Only used if dob0 = 1 # Default: None # set b0mlist = (huey/fmag/XXX-1.dcm dewey/fmag/XXX-1.dcm louie/fmag/XXX-1.dcm) # Input B0 field map phase DICOMs (file names can be relative to dcmroot) # Only used if dob0 = 1 # Default: None # set b0plist = (huey/fphas/XXX-1.dcm dewey/fphas/XXX-1.dcm louie/fphas/XXX-1.dcm) # Field mapping TE difference (this is found in the scanner protocol printout) # Only used if dob0 = 1 # Default: Read from field mapping phase DICOM # set dTE = 0.0025 # Echo spacing (this is found in the scanner protocol printout) # Only used if dob0 = 1 or 2 # Default: None # set echospacing = 0.7 # Perform correction for eddy-current distortions? # 0: No correction # 1: Perform registration-based correction with eddy_correct # 2: Perform model-based correction with eddy (default) # set doeddy = 2 # Rotate diffusion gradient vectors to match eddy-current compensation? # Only used if doeddy = 1 or 2 # Default: 1 (yes) # set dorotbvecs = 1 # Intra-subject (diffusion-to-T1) registration method # 1: Affine with a correlation ratio cost # 2: Affine with a mutual information cost # 3: Affine with a boundary-based cost (default) # set intrareg = 3 # Degrees of freedom for intra-subject registration # Can be 6 (rigid), 9 (rigid+scaling), or 12 (full affine) # Default: 6 for infants, 9 otherwise # set intradof = 6 # Maximum rotation angle (degrees) for intra-subject registration # Default: 3 for infants, 90 otherwise # set intrarot = 90 # Inter-subject registration method # 1: Affine T1-to-T1 with a correlation ratio cost # 2: Affine T1-to-T1 with a mutual information cost # 3: Affine T1-to-T1 with a robust cost (default for infants) # 4: Nonlinear T1-to-T1 with CVS # 5: Nonlinear FA-to-FA with SyN (default) # set interreg = 5 # Target brain for inter-subject registration # Default for affine T1-to-T1: # $FSLDIR/data/standard/MNI152_T1_1mm_brain.nii.gz # Default for nonlinear T1-to-T1: # $FREESURFER_HOME/subjects/cvs_avg35/ # Default for nonlinear FA-to-FA: # $FREESURFER_HOME/trctrain/hcp/MGH35_HCP_FA_template.nii.gz # set intertrg = /path/to/a/duck/template.nii.gz # Whole-brain segmentation used to extract the anatomical neighborhood priors # of the pathways of interest # Must exist in each subject's FreeSurfer recon directory, under: # $SUBJECTS_DIR/$subjid/mri/$segname.mgz # Default: aparc+aseg # set segname = aparc+aseg # Use the thalamic nuclei segmentation? # This is highly recommended to use for any pathways that terminate in # or neighbor the thalamus # When used, it is merged with the whole-brain segmentation above # Must exist in each subject's FreeSurfer recon directory, under: # $SUBJECTS_DIR/$subjid/mri/ThalamicNuclei.v12.T1.FSvoxelSpace.mgz # Default: 1 (yes) # set usethalnuc = 1 # Use brain mask extracted from T1 image instead of low-b diffusion image? # Has no effect if there is no T1 data # Default: 1 (yes) # set usemaskanat = 1 # Fractional intensity threshold for BET mask extraction from low-b images # This mask is used only if usemaskanat = 0 # Default: 0.3 # set thrbet = 0.5 # Paths to reconstruct # Default: All paths in $FREESURFER_HOME/trctrain/hcp/pathlist.txt # set pathlist = ( lh.uf rh.uf cc.rostrum ) # Number of path control points # It can be a single number for all paths or a different number for each of the # paths specified in pathlist (recommended, with more points for longer paths) # Default: As in $FREESURFER_HOME/trctrain/hcp/pathlist.txt # set ncpts = ( 7 7 5 ) # List of training subjects # This text file lists the locations of training subject directories # Default: $FREESURFER_HOME/trctrain/hcp/trainlist.txt # set trainfile = $FREESURFER_HOME/trctrain/hcp/trainlist.txt # Number of "sticks" (anisotropic diffusion compartments) in the bedpostx # ball-and-stick model # Default: 2 # set nstick = 2 # Number of MCMC burn-in iterations # (Path samples drawn initially by MCMC algorithm and discarded) # Default: 200 # set nburnin = 200 # Number of MCMC iterations # (Path samples drawn by MCMC algorithm and used to estimate path distribution) # Default: 7500 # set nsample = 7500 # Frequency with which MCMC path samples are retained for path distribution # Default: 5 (keep every 5th sample) # set nkeep = 5 # Reinitialize path reconstruction? # This is an option of last resort, to be used only if one of the reconstructed # pathway distributions looks like a single curve. This is a sign that the # initial guess for the pathway was problematic, perhaps due to poor alignment # between the individual and the atlas. Setting the reinit parameter to 1 and # rerunning "trac-all -prior" and "trac-all -path", only for the specific # subjects and pathways that had this problem, will attempt to reconstruct them # with a different initial guess. # Default: 0 (do not reinitialize) # set reinit = 0