Hi Henry,
The most details are in the example usage in the -help
(example 15a).
The option is meant to calculate the maximum difference
in the subject's head locations across all pairs of time
points. If there were only 1 motion parameter, it would be
the difference between the min and the max. With 6 motion
parameters, it is the euclidean norm (sqrt(sum squares)) of
the differences between the 6 pairs of numbers.
See example 15a of the help for more details.
- rick