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Synopsis
isxconcat-sess sf <subjectfilename> -df <srchdirfile> -analysis <your_analysisname> -c <your_contrastname> -o <outdir>
Arguments
Required Arguments:
-analysis <your_analysisname>  | 
  session-level functional analysis name  | 
-sf <subjectfilename>  | 
  text file list of subjects  | 
-df <srchdirfile>  | 
  text file list of directories where subjects can be found  | 
-d <srchdir>  | 
  use instead of df if specifying only one dir  | 
-c <your_contrast_name>  | 
  use instead of df if specifying only one dir  | 
-o <outdir>  | 
  top group output directory  | 
Optional Arguments:
Volume-based options:
-talres res  | 
  1 or 2 mm (default 2)  | 
Surface-based options:
-hemis  | 
  surface-based, both lh and rh  | 
-hemi <hemisphere>  | 
  for surface-based analysis (lh or rh)  | 
-subject <subject>  | 
  sample to subject's surface (default fsaverage)  | 
Outputs
In the output directory, you will see a series of files that start with "tal":
- tal.meanfunc.nii (a stack where each "time point" is the mean functional image of each  
- subject sampled in the MNI305 space)
 
 - tal.masks.nii (the binary masks for all the subjects)
 - tal.fsnr.nii (the functional SNR maps from each subject)
 - tal.mask.nii (a single binary mask made from the intersection of the individuals)
 - ffxdof.dat (the fixed-effects DOF across all subjects)
 - sessid.txt (the list of sessions, the corresponding freesurfer subject name, and the  
- DOF contributed by each subject)
 
 
In the your_contrast_name folder, you will see:
- tal.ces.nii (the contrast maps for each of the subjects)
 - tal.cesvar.nii (the variance of the contrast for each subject (i.e., the square of the  
- standard error). This variance is needed for fixed-effects and weighted random-effects analysis.)
 
 - "osgm" directory (one-sample-group-mean corresponds to a group design matrix that is  
- simply a column of 1s. This will be used later in group analysis (i.e. in mri_gmfit))
 
 
Description
This command will go through each session in the sessid file and find the your_contrastname contrast in the your_analysisname analysis. It will use the register.dat for that session to resample to MNI305/fsaverage space. Then concatenate all subjects' data into one file.
General Description
Resamples a group of FS-FAST first-level analyses into a common space,either volume- or surface-based, and concatenates all the sessions together into one multi-frame file suitable for use with mri_glmfit.
Bugs
none
See Also
mkanalysis-sess -gui selxavg3-sess mri_glmfit
Links
Methods Description
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References
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Reporting Bugs
Report bugs to <analysis-bugs@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu>
