AFNI program: fat_proc_decmap
Output of -help
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This program makes a "directionally encoded color" (DEC) map for DTI
results. Basically, the directionality of the tensor's major axis
provides the color information, and the FA value weights the
brightness (higher FA is brighter).
red : left <-> right
blue : inferior <-> superior
green : anterior <-> posterior
This program uses the first eigenvector ("V1" file, from 3dDWItoDT),
takes its absolute value and multiplies each component by the
voxel's FA value. That makes a 3-vector of numbers between [0,1],
which is turned into RGB coloration.
This is basically a simple wrapper script for 3dcalc and
3dThreetoRGB.
REQUIRES: AFNI.
Ver. 3.31 (PA Taylor, Sep 27, 2021)
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RUNNING:
This script has two *required* arguments ('-in_fa ...' and '-in_v1 ...'),
and the rest are optional:
fat_proc_decmap \
-in_fa IFA \
-in_v1 IV1 \
{-mask MASK} \
-prefix PREFIX \
{-fa_thr FFF} \
{-fa_sca SSS} \
{-workdir WWW} \
{-no_clean} \
{-qc_prefix QCPREF} \
{-no_cmd_out} \
{-no_qc_view}
where:
-in_fa IFA :input FA (scalar) map.
-in_v1 IV1 :input first eigenvector (3-vector) map.
-mask MASK :optional mask for pickout out a region;
otherwise, only places with FA>0 are
given coloration (which just makese sense,
anyways, since FA>=0?).
-prefix PPP :set prefix (and path) for output DWI data; required.
-fa_thr FFF :for QC1 type of DEC images, use FFF to threshold
where DEC values are calculated (def: FFF = 0.2).
-fa_sca SSS :for QC2 type of DEC images, use SSS to scale the
FA weighting of what would otherwise be a 'classical'
DEC map (where |V1|*FA); this is added because
sometimes the DEC map can be kind of dim when
weighting by FA only; instead, in this map, RGB values
are given by '|V1|*FA/SSS' (def: SSS = 0.7).
-no_qc_view :by default, a set of QC snapshots are made and
output. To turn these off (why?), use this
switch
-qc_prefix QCP :by default, the QC snapshots carry the same output
name as the final output: PREFIX_*. You
can change this to be QCP_*, if you want.
-workdir WWW :specify a working directory, which can be removed;
(default name = '__WORKING_decmap').
-no_clean :a couple temporary files are created whilst
making the DEC map. This switch tells the
program to *not* delete them when finishing
(default is to do so). The default prefix of
working dir is '__WORKING_decmap'.
-qc_prefix QCPREF :can set the prefix of the QC image files separately
(default is 'DEC').
-no_qc_view :can turn off generating QC image files (why?)
-no_cmd_out :don't save the command line call of this program
and the location where it was run (otherwise, it is
saved by default in the ODIR/).
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OUTPUTS:
PREFIX_dec.nii.gz
a single file of type 'rgb' that AFNI knows how to
display with RGB coloration when viewed as underlay:
made by using V1 as RGB and weighting by FA values
PREFIX_dec_unwt_thr.nii.gz
a single file of type 'rgb' that AFNI knows how to
display with RGB coloration when viewed as underlay:
made by using V1 as RGB, *not* weighting by FA, but using FA
to threshold where DEC values are calculated (def: FA>0.2).
PREFIX_dec_sca*.nii.gz
A similar file to PREFIX_dec.nii.gz, but additionally
scaled by a value (such as 0.7; see "-sca_fa SSS" option
above); this can 'brighten' the DEC map for clarity.
PREFIX_qc_dec*.png
a set cor, axi and sag images (each a 5x3 montage) of the
PREFIX_dec.nii.gz data set.
PREFIX_qc_dec_unwt_thrx*.png
a set cor, axi and sag images (each a 5x3 montage) of the
PREFIX_dec_unwt_thr.nii.gz data set.
PREFIX_qc_dec_sca*.png
a set cor, axi and sag images (each a 5x3 montage) of the
PREFIX_dec_sca.nii.gz data set.
(working directory of temp files: these can be deleted, as desired.)
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EXAMPLE:
fat_proc_decmap \
-in_fa DTI/DT_FA+orig. \
-in_v1 DTI/DT_V1+orig. \
-mask mask_DWI+orig \
-prefix DEC
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