CSPM manual co-registration
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The goal is to find the 6 parameters that align the scan with the template, and save these in the database, linked with the study. CSPM then applies the reorientation (coregistration) using these database parameters at the project “Copy and Coreg”.
Steps
Open MATLAB, select “SPM12 and CSPM option” (if available)
If CSPM does not start automatically after 30 seconds:
Type: >> spm fmri
Select CSPM toolbox
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In the next window, select ‘Projects’:
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cspm_project_coreg2mni (48)
In the next window, select a subject, then a scan (either the T1 or the resting state scan in this case).
Click the orange button ‘SPM – Open MNI (reference)’ to open the standard brain in SPM
Then open the subject’s scan (here resting state scan)
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Details:
The text ‘MNI (ref) “single_subj_t1.nii” ….’ Is the path to the MNI standard brain.
If you hover over the text, it shows the path.
If you right-click, you get the options to either
Open the MNI file; or
Open the folder where the MNI file is stored on the C-drive
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Open the MNI scan in SPM by clicking the top orange button (~30 seconds):
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This window then opens; the MNI file is named single_subj_t1.nii
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Next, open the subject image you want to register to standard space using the second orange button “SPM – Open raw (match to MNI)”, named “XXXX_raw.nii”
If you select the T1 image in the left window under “HCP MRI’s”, the T1 will open when you hit this orange button; if you select the resting state on the left, it will open the resting state scan.
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Using the coordinate box on the left bottom, we want to adjust the position of the brain relative to the MNI brain, including the position and alignment with respect to the cross-hairs.
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When you think you have matched the subject’s scan as closely as possible to the MNI position/orientation, return to the project window and click the orange button “Copy from SPM”
This copies the parameters from the SPM window to the GUI, saving you from typing them in. It does not save them in the database yet.
Do not “Reorient”! CSPM applies the reorientation when the files are copied to the project folder (“rawimages”)
Check the box “overwrite existing”
Click “Save to Database” (old: “Save to Selected Study”)
NOTE:
The bottom coordinates are retrieved from copying them from the SPM window.
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White buttons open files in MRICRON (shown here), orange buttons in SPM:
Nifti – MNI
Nifti – Raw
Nifti - Project
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The project scan gets copied and co-registered only when the "Copy and Coreg" button is clicked for that project. If that has not been done once, then there will be no project file. If the coreg parameters are changed, they will not be applied until the "Copy and Coreg" is clicked again.
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