AFNI program: ap_run_simple_rest.tcsh
Output of -help
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Overview ~1~
ap_run_simple_rest.tcsh - run a quick afni_proc.py analysis for QC
usage: ap_run_simple_rest.tcsh [options] -anat ANAT -epi EPI1 EPI2 EPI3 ...
This program is meant to run a moderately quick single subject analysis,
treating the EPI as resting state data.
Overview:
0. This program will change over time. Do not rely on a fixed version.
See "ap_run_simple_rest.tcsh -ver" for the current version number.
1. Output files are placed in the current directory, so it is suggested
to run from a "clean" location, generally away from the raw inputs.
2. Template registration is merely affine, to be fast.
3. By default, the first 2 time points are removed as pre-steady state.
It is a good idea to set -nt_rm appropriately.
inputs : anat (optional), EPI
controls : recommended opts: -subjid, -nt_rm
outputs : run_ap_SUBJID - afni_proc.py command script
: proc.SUBJID -_proc script (if AP is run)
: SUBJID.results - proc results dir (if run)
: out.* - text output files from AP and proc scripts
This program may be devoured by afni_proc.py itself, at some point.
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Options ~1~
This program is designed to be run with minimal options
ap_run_simple_rest.tcsh -epi epi.nii [-anat anat.nii] [...]
required parameters:
-epi EPI_r1 EPI_r2 ... : specify a list of EPI datasets
optional parameters:
-anat ANAT : specify single anatomical dataset
-nt_rm NT : num time points to remove from starts of runs
def: 2
-run_ap : actually run the afni_proc.py command
def: do not, just generate AP command script
-run_proc : do the processing (run the proc script from AP)
def: do not run AP or proc script
-subjid SUBJ_ID : specify subject ID for file names
def: SUBJ
-template TEMPLATE : specify template for standard space
def: MNI152_2009_template_SSW.nii.gz
-anat_has_skull AHS : specify whether the anatomy (if used) has a skull
def: yes
-compressor COMP : control automatic compression of *.BRIK files.
'COMP' must be one of the allowed keywords for
the AFNI_COMPRESSOR environment variable:
GZIP COMPRESS BZIP2 PIGZ
and you must have the associated program for
compression installed (e.g., 'gzip')
def: not set here
-verb VERB : specify verbosity level (3 == -echo)
def: 1
-echo : set 'echo' in the shell, as if run via 'tcsh -x'
(same as '-verb 3')
terminal options:
-help : show this help
-hist : show the program history
-ver : show the version number
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Examples ~1~
example 0: just create an afni_proc.py script, run_ap_SUBJ, no data required
ap_run_simple_rest.tcsh -anat anat.nii -epi epi.nii
example 1: quickly process EPI (no anat, so no align/tlrc blocks)
ap_run_simple_rest.tcsh -epi epi.nii -run_proc
example 2: preferred - run an analysis from a clean directory
cd AFNI_data7/task_demo_ap
mkdir test.ap
cd test.ap
ap_run_simple_rest.tcsh \
-epi ../sub-000/func/sub-000_*bold.nii.gz \
-anat ../sub-000/anat/sub-000_T1w.nii.gz \
-subjid sub-000 \
-nt_rm 2 \
-run_proc
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version 0.7
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