Hi,
I am trying to understand what exactly is happening with the data in the long script generated by afni_proc.py and I have a question regarding the align block.
I used uber_subject.py to generate an afni proc command. I chose among other blocks: align and volreg.
I don t understand a couple things:
- Why does the afni_proc command (generated by uber_subject) include the option ‘-volreg_align_e2a’ ?
I thought that by default align_epi_anat.py aligns the anatomical to the epi? And I did not have any additional option in uber_subject except of choosing a different cost function.
Then, when running this command I get for the alignment block in the long tcsh script:
for e2a: compute anat alignment transformation to EPI registration base
(new anat will be current anat_ns+orig)
align_epi_anat.py -anat2epi -anat anat_ns+orig
-suffix _al_junk
-epi vr_base_min_outlier+orig -epi_base 0
-epi_strip 3dAutomask
-volreg off -tshift off
here is my confusion: Is it going to align the anatomical image to the min_outlier volume? If so, why is there the "-epi_base 0? The min_outlier volume is not the volume no. 0. If I change in uber_subject that I want the volume registration base to be the third volume. It still says -epi_base 0? So what does this expression mean?
Thank you very much
Carolin