I have used 3dmerge to spatially blur an individual dataset using this command:
3dmerge -1blur_fwhm 5 -datum float -doall -prefix blur_RTS RTS+orig
Even though I force it to be a float dataset, I don't see any fractional values (I get all integers) within the data. I have assumed that this type of blurring would results in some time points that were fractional. Am I just misunderstanding the algorithm for the -1blur_fwhm (and, therefore, I should expect only integer values anyway) or is something else going on?
(The RTS+orig dataset consists of integer values only. If I input a dataset that consists of fractions, and use the same 3dmerge command to spatially blur, I *do* end up with fractional output.)