AFNI Message Board

Dear AFNI users-

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

https://discuss.afni.nimh.nih.gov

Existing user accounts have been migrated, so returning users can login by requesting a password reset. New users can create accounts, as well, through a standard account creation process. Please note that these setup emails might initially go to spam folders (esp. for NIH users!), so please check those locations in the beginning.

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 30, 2003 06:42PM
Hi Ben,

As of now, in AFNI, there is no difference between a functional
dataset and an anatomical one. There was a difference (a small
one) up to a few weeks ago.

In any case, you must choose your 3d+time dataset as the
anatomical underlay in order to use the Graph window.

In the past, a functional dataset was one that came from some
computation (e.g. a statistical output dataset), while an
anatomical dataset was one that was based on (perhaps warped
or resampled) raw data (e.g. an SPGR dataset, or an EPI 3d+time
dataset).

If you are using an older version of afni, you will not be able to
select a 3d+time "anatomical" dataset as the functional overlay.
You could use "3drefit -fbuc -prefix new_dset old3dtime+orig" to
tell afni to consider it as a functional dataset, but changing it
to a bucket dataset may cause you some other problems.

At any rate, just update your AFNI distribution. That will enable
you to choose any dataset as the anat underlay, and any as the
func overlay. Though again, you need to select the dataset as an
anatomical underlay in order to view it in the Graph window.

- rick

Subject Author Posted

Why can't I make a functional 3D+time dataset?

Ben Cipollini October 30, 2003 06:09PM

Re: Why can't I make a functional 3D+time dataset?

rick reynolds October 30, 2003 06:42PM

Re: Why can't I make a functional 3D+time dataset?

bob cox October 31, 2003 08:49AM