Splitting ROI into thirds along anterior posterior axis

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Hello everyone,

I am trying to take a previously defined ROI and split it into 3 even sub-divisions along the anterior-posterior axis. Splitting the ROI in half is straightforward with 3dCM but I am having trouble figuring out how I could divide it into thirds.

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How about the following? It uses integer division, so you have to decide how you want to round things.


#!/bin/tcsh

set dset_roi = THE_DATASET_NAME

# get the 6 extents in terms of IJK slice indices
set extent = `3dAutobox -extent_ijk "${dset_roi}"`

# select out the min/max along the AP axis
set apmin = ${extent[3]}
set apmax = ${extent[4]}

set div1 = `echo "scale=0; ${apmin} + (${apmax} - ${apmin}) / 3" | bc`
set div2 = `echo "scale=0; ${apmin} + 2*(${apmax} - ${apmin}) / 3" | bc`

# report results in terminal
cat << EOF
Slice values are:
${apmin}
${div1}
${div2}
${apmax}
EOF

# apply results
3dcalc                                  \
    -overwrite                          \
    -a "${dset_roi}"                    \
    -expr "step(a)*(1+ispositive(j-${div1})+ispositive(j-${div2}))" \
    -prefix TRIPLE_ROI.nii.gz
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Here is a little different variation that works based on euclidean distance instead of distance along the A-P axis.
https://afni.nimh.nih.gov/afni/community/board/read.php?1,157456,157474#msg-157474

4

Both of the posted solutions worked. Thank you for your help