7/2/2004 SSCC/NIMH 70
Smoothing data on surface models
¥Data smoothing (along the surface) is done with SurfSmooth
HThe difficulty in smoothing lies in calculating geodesic distances between node pairs.
HSmoothing can be performed by solving the diffusion equation on the surface. This can be achieved in a relatively rapid manner with an iterative algorithm (M.K. Chung et al. 2003)
¥Demo (close SUMA and afni)
HExecute: source run_SurfSmooth_data
åThe script will use 3dVol2Surf to map the delay data onto the surfaces (uses slightly different options from previous example)
åSUMA is then launched and the script waits for you to setup the recorder ON
åHit enter twice (in the shell) to launch the smoothing program
åWatch the smoothing progress with each iteration. You can play the whole sequence at the end.