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fScan Reference Manual, Chapter 2 (CmdLineOptions): clusters

ROI -- Define and manipulate Cluster Regions of Interest

usage:

  • -roi CLUSTER refimage flag name
  • -roi MERGE refimage flag name minval minsize mindist

Creating cluster ROIs

The CLUSTER type ROI assumes that the current data set is an ROI mask image (in which regions are defined by voxels with the same intensity value). The CLUSTER command uses the input mask image to create an ROI list (name=NAME) of CLUSTER type ROIs where each cluster is defined by its mask value. For each CLUSTER, the center-of-mass location and the radius along the 3 principal axes are stored. By default, the new ROI list is attached to the input mask data set.

  • REFIMAGE, find peak intensity value and voxel location.
  • FLAG: (no values yet)
  • NAME: name of ROI list. If omitted, the list is linked to input mask images.

Manipulating cluster ROIs

The ROI command can also be used to manipulate existing ROI's.

-roi CLUSTER refimage flag name

This assumes roi mask image as input. It creates an ROI list (name=NAME) of clusters where each cluster is defined by its mask value. For each cluster, store center-of-mass and radius along principal axes.

REFIMAGE: If specified, find peak intensity values and voxel locations in REFIMAGE.
If FLAG & 1, REFIMAGE is another ROI mask data set,
If FLAG & 2, REFIMAGE is another dataset with Cluster list; otherwise REFIMAGE is used to find peak intensity values and voxel location.

By default, ROI list is attached to input mask images.

FLAG (values 1-7 specify MODE, values above 7 are flags that can be added to MODE):

* 1 - create a new cluster list; 1 cluster for each group of contiguous voxels
* 2 - compare 2 cluster lists
* 8 - assign cluster ROIs new VALUEs based on REFIMAGE ROIs. For each cluster ROI with peak/center inside a REF ROI, the new cluster ROI value is:
REF_ROI_value * 10 + Clus_within_REF_num For multiple cluster ROIs within the same REF ROI, the Clus_within_REF_num is assigned a value 0-9. If(FLAG&48)==0 these are in first-come order;
* 16 - sort Cluster values LPI → RAS
* 32 - sort Cluster values by cluster size (biggest → smallest)

NAME: name of ROI list. If omitted, list is linked to input mask images.

Merging Cluster ROIs

-roi MERGE mode refimage flag name arg1 arg2 opflag

The ROI MERGE command assumes input data set is roi mask image with an ROI cluste list (usually made with ROI CLUSTER command). The ROI MERGE command allows you to modify the input data set and/or its Cluster list.

Merge can be used in different ways depending on the MODE.

MODE is specifed by name as: 
(none) - don't modify clusters themselves, just do FLAG>=8 options
peaks  - Merge adjacent clusters if:
    1) distance (in mm) bet peaks < ARG2 (default 40mm)
    2) REFIMAGE value in valley between peaks is within ARG1 percent 
       (default 60%) of lower peak (iff REFIMAGE specified)
lists 2 - Compare input cluster list to REFIMAGE cluster list.
  ARG1 is flag:
    0 - default
    1 - compare based on cluster center locs, otherwise compare peak locs 
    2 - assume cluster lists already compared (idims[7]s)
    4 - don't change cluster values for matched pairs, otherwise change 
        cluster values so matched clusters have same values; unmatched clusters have unique values.
    8 - remove unmatched clusters from list					  
  Matches closest clusters if distance < ARG2 (mindist)
        Sets clusters ival[7] to index of the matched cluster.
        Sets vals[8] to distance between cluster peaks (or ctrs)
map   3 - Compare input cluster list to mask ROIs in REFIMAGE.
  If ARG1 > 0, new cluster voxel value is:
    REFVALUE * ARG1 + I
      where I starts at 1 and increments to ensure each cluster has unique index.
  If ARG2==0, compare based on cluster center locations, 
    otherwise compare peak locations.
small 4 - Delete clusters smaller than ARG1 size
big   5 - Keep only ARG1 biggest clusters (delete the rest)
pairs 6 - filter pairs based on size or distance
  If ARG1==0, filter based on distance (in mm) between pair peaks
  If ARG1==1, filter based on distance (in mm) between pair COMs
  For ARG1 0/1, vals[8] for kept clusters are reset to this distance
  If ARG1==2, filter based on size (in voxels) of smaller in pair
  If ARG1==3, filter based on size (in voxels) of larger in pair
  If ARG1==4, filter based on size (in voxels) summed for pair
  ARG2 is minimum size/distance to keep.  Pairs that are less than the
    minumum value are unpaired (cluster remain in lists)
  (To remove unpaired clusters use "merge lists 0 10" in each list).

REFIMAGE is the reference data set; the type of data depends on the MODE:
  peaks - REFIMAGE is a voxel intensity map (e.g. tval map)
  lists - REFIMAGE is another mask image with attached cluster list.
  map  - REFIMAGE contains ROI images, typically an Atlas ROI map.
  pairs - REFIMAGE is another mask image with attached cluster list.
  REFIMAGE is omitted if mode is SMALL, BIG, or none.

As noted above, the meaning of the ARG1, ARG2 options depends on the MODE.
			 
Other FLAG values:
   8 - do not modify input mask image values when editting ROI list; 
       by default when ROI clusters are merged or cluster VALUEs are changed, 
       the corresponding image voxel values are also changed to match the new cluster VALUEs.
  32 - sort cluster list by cluster size (largest to smallest)
  64 - sort cluster list by cluster value (smallest to largest)
  96 - sort cluster list by peak magnitude
 128 - sort cluster list by peak location (LPI -> RAS)
				
NAME: name of ROI list. If omitted, list is linked to input mask images.
MINVAL: (default= 60% of lower peak maximum)\\
MINSIZE: (default= 5 voxels)\\
MINDIST: (default= 40 mm)\\

  	

See Also:
ROIs, Create ROIs, Create ROIs, Edit ROIs, ROI Stats

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