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Dear AFNI users-

We are very pleased to announce that the new AFNI Message Board framework is up! Please join us at:

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The current Message Board discussion threads have been migrated to the new framework. The current Message Board will remain visible, but read-only, for a little while.

Sincerely, AFNI HQ

History of AFNI updates  

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October 15, 2020 08:37PM
Hi, Yuni-

I don't think editing masks is a common procedure. I am not sure of a way to remove voxels without possible biasing or changing of results, and without a heavy degree of arbitrariness.

Instead, as Daniel noted, you could intersect your large clusters with an anatomical map, to identify regions usefully.
-> as a supplement to this, you can also note where major peaks fall in the anatomical regions, but I wouldn't use this as the *only* information in your results: a peak is just one voxel, whereas your cluster is a much larger area. 3dExtrema points out local peaks (but what counts as a "peak" is also not always clear-- this also involves subjectivity, so that is why this should be descriptive and not definitive.)

Even when you threshold, it is good to consider the translucent thresholding in AFNI, described in this post:
[afni.nimh.nih.gov]
with links to both tutorials on the AFNI website and the AFNI Academy online Bootcamp lectures. Basically, all thresholds are arbitrary, and these viewing options help show more of your data.

--pt
Subject Author Posted

ROI Masks Edit

yuni October 12, 2020 06:48PM

Re: ROI Masks Edit

ptaylor October 13, 2020 10:05AM

Re: ROI Masks Edit

Daniel Glen October 14, 2020 09:51AM

Re: ROI Masks Edit

yuni October 15, 2020 05:44PM

Re: ROI Masks Edit

Daniel Glen October 15, 2020 05:52PM

Re: ROI Masks Edit

ptaylor October 15, 2020 08:37PM