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===== Running CIGAL for background recording ===== | ===== Running CIGAL for background recording ===== | ||
- | In the folder you set up for running | + | To start CIGAL in background |
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+ | Double-click the **CIGAL_Physio** shortcut to launch CIGAL in background mode. | ||
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+ | The only command you are likely to need will be in the " | ||
+ | It has 3 options: | ||
+ | * Show behavior - this will let you see all the physiological (and eye-position if you have it on) signals simultaneously. You can choose to see the live real-time signals or to redisplay previously recorded data. You should | ||
+ | * Record physiological signals (or something like that) - this will start a CIGAL real-time paradigm that just records the physiological data. It is set up to run for 15 minutes, but you will be able to stop it as soon as your task ends (see below). When you are ready to start CIGAL in the background (i.e. __after__ the MRTech has "prepped" | ||
+ | * Reconfigure display - this option allows you to change your CIGAL display configuration. | ||
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+ | To record data:\\ | ||
+ | * select Physio -> Record physiological signals | ||
+ | * wait until the Tech has prepped the scanner | ||
+ | * press ' | ||
+ | * switch to your other program' | ||
+ | * when the task is done, go back to CIGAL' | ||
+ | * < | ||
+ | * in the data saving window, enter the scanner' | ||
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+ | CIGAL will put all the data it records in one session in a folder named with the __Exam number__ you entered in the saving data dialog. You will see separate text files for each channel of recorded data for each scan series. Each text file has 2 columns of numbers: time (in secs) and the analog signal value. Time=0 is the time that the first MR image was acquired (make sure your __disdaq__ and __TR__ settings in CIGAL match your scan protocol settings (see those parameters in menu: Settings -> Scan settings). | ||
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+ | The other important output file is a " | ||
+ | * Physio -> Show behavior -> Saved pdigm file | ||
**See Also:**\\ | **See Also:**\\ | ||
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