diff --git a/doc/index.html b/doc/index.html index 8319c3e4e826126d8e658953ff5d5d2828d81f7c..d4e7d914bf068f48d014cf464d62239e189a168d 100644 --- a/doc/index.html +++ b/doc/index.html @@ -4,16 +4,19 @@ <TITLE>SIENA - Structural Brain Change Analysis</TITLE> </HEAD><BODY BACKGROUND="../images/fsl-bg.jpg"> <hr><TABLE BORDER=0 WIDTH="100%"><TR> -<TD ALIGN=CENTER><H1>SIENA Structural Brain Change Analysis<br>User -Guide<br></H1>(SIENA - Structural Image Evaluation, using -Normalisation, of Atrophy - Version 2.2) +<TD ALIGN=CENTER><H1>SIENA Structural Brain Change Analysis</H1> +SIENA - Structural Image Evaluation, using Normalisation, of Atrophy - Version 2.3<br><br> + +<a href="#intro">intro</a> - <a href="#tools">tools used</a> - <a href="#siena">SIENA</a> - <a +href="#sienax">SIENAX</a> - <a href="#sienar">voxelwise SIENA statistics</a> + <TD ALIGN=RIGHT><a href="../index.html"><IMG BORDER=0 SRC="../images/fsl-logo.jpg"></a> </TR></TABLE> <!-- }}} --> <!-- {{{ Introduction --> -<hr><H2>Introduction</H2> +<a name="intro"></a><p><hr><H2>Introduction</H2> <p>SIENA is a package for both single-time-point ("cross-sectional") and two-time-point ("longitudinal") analysis of brain change, in @@ -50,7 +53,7 @@ references listed there. <!-- }}} --> <!-- {{{ FSL Tools used --> -<hr><H2>FSL Tools used</H2> +<a name="tools"></a><p><hr><H2>FSL Tools used</H2> This section lists the generic FSL programs that SIENA uses. @@ -83,9 +86,9 @@ important to choose the right option here, depending on whether there is or is not reasonable grey-white contrast in the image. <!-- }}} --> -<!-- {{{ Two-Time-Point Estimation --> +<!-- {{{ SIENA - Two-Time-Point Estimation --> -<hr><H2>Two-Time-Point Estimation</H2> +<a name="siena"></a><p><hr><H2>SIENA - Two-Time-Point Estimation</H2> <h3>Usage</h3> @@ -94,9 +97,9 @@ href="siena_usage">usage</a>) is run simply by typing <p><b>siena <input1_fileroot> <input2_fileroot></b> -<p>where the two input fileroots are analyze images without the .hdr -or .img extensions. Note that the input fileroot must not contain -directory names - i.e. all must be done within a single directory. +<p>where the two input fileroots are images without any filename +extensions. Note that the input fileroot must not contain directory +names - i.e. all must be done within a single directory. <p>Other options are: @@ -109,6 +112,8 @@ and vice versa <p><b>-2</b> : two-class segmentation (don't segment grey and white matter separately) - use this if there is poor grey/white contrast +<p><b>-t2</b>: tell FAST that the input images are T2-weighted and not T1 + <p><b>-m</b> : use Talairach-space masking as well as BET (e.g. if it is proving hard to get reliable brain segmentation from BET, for example if eyes are hard to segment out) - register to Talairach space @@ -200,7 +205,7 @@ images are called "A" and "B"): <LI>A_to_B.siena the output information from the <b>siena</b> script. -<LI>A_halfwayto_B_render.hdr a colour rendered image of edge motion +<LI>A_halfwayto_B_render a colour rendered image of edge motion superimposed on the halfway A image. <LI>B_regto_A.gif a gif image showing the results of the registration, @@ -219,9 +224,9 @@ the images to the halfway positions. </UL> <!-- }}} --> -<!-- {{{ Single-Time-Point Estimation --> +<!-- {{{ SIENAX - Single-Time-Point Estimation --> -<hr><H2>Single-Time-Point Estimation</H2> +<a name="sienax"></a><p><hr><H2>SIENAX - Single-Time-Point Estimation</H2> <h3>Usage</h3> @@ -230,9 +235,9 @@ href="sienax_usage">usage</a>) is run simply by typing <p><b>sienax <input_fileroot></b> -<p>where the input fileroot is an analyze image without the .hdr or -.img extension. Note that the input fileroot must not contain -directory names - i.e. all must be done within a single directory. +<p>where the input fileroot is an image without any filename +extension. Note that the input fileroot must not contain directory +names - i.e. all must be done within a single directory. <p>Other options are: @@ -246,6 +251,8 @@ and vice versa <p><b>-2</b> : two-class segmentation (don't segment grey and white matter separately) - use this if there is poor grey/white contrast +<p><b>-t2</b>: tell FAST that the input images are T2-weighted and not T1 + <p><b>-t <t></b>: ignore from t (mm) upwards in Talairach space - if you need to ignore the top part of the head (e.g. if some subjects have the top missing and you need consistency across @@ -253,6 +260,12 @@ subjects) <p><b>-b <b></b>: ignore from b (mm) downwards in Talairach space; b should probably be -ve +<p><b>-r</b>: tell FAST to estimate "regional" volumes as well as +global; this produces peripheral cortex GM volume (3-class +segmentation only) and ventricular CSF volume + +<p><b>-lm <mask></b>: use a lesion (or lesion+CSF) mask to +remove incorrectly labelled "grey matter" voxels <h3>What the script does</h3> @@ -311,12 +324,40 @@ image is called "A"): <LI>A.sienax the output information from the <b>sienax</b> script. -<LI>A_render.hdr a colour rendered image showing the segmentation +<LI>A_render a colour rendered image showing the segmentation output superimposed on top of the original image. <LI>A2tal.mat the transformation that takes the input image into standard space. +</UL> + +<!-- }}} --> +<!-- {{{ Voxelwise SIENA Statistics --> + +<a name="sienar"></a><p><hr><H2>Voxelwise SIENA Statistics</H2> + +<p>We have recently extended SIENA to allow the voxelwise statistical +analysis of atrophy across subjects. This takes a SIENA-derived edge +flow image for each subject, warps these to align with a +standard-space edge image and then carries out voxelwise cross-subject +statistical analysis to identify brain edge points which, for example, +are signficantly atrophic for the group of subjects as a whole, or +where atrophy correlates significantly with age or disease +progression. + +<p>In order to carry out voxelwise SIENA statistics, do the following: + +<UL> + +<LI> Run <b>siena <A>: <B>:</b> on all subjects. + +<LI> + + + + + </UL> <!-- }}} --> @@ -383,7 +424,7 @@ standard space. <!-- }}} --> <!-- {{{ end --> -<p><HR><FONT SIZE=1>Copyright © 2000, University of +<p><HR><FONT SIZE=1>Copyright © 2000-2004, University of Oxford. Written by <A HREF="http://www.fmrib.ox.ac.uk/~steve/index.html">S. Smith</A>.</FONT>