I have sent the attachment mentioned in the mail below via mail drop.

On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 4:28 PM, Blessy M <bles...@gmail.com> wrote:

> The skull stripped image using FS did not look very good, I am not sure if
> this was the result of skullt stripping or the fact that the volume was
> more than 256^3 (and used -cw256).
> So skull stripped it manually, and downsampled it (to be within 256^3mm).
>
> I am attaching the original image (nii format, is that okay?) with this
> mail,  I could really use some help with this.
>
>
>
> On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 11:21 AM, Bruce Fischl <fis...@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu
> > wrote:
>
>> have you checked the skull stripping? It looked like it might be cutting
>> off some brain. If you upload the subject I'll take a look (although we
>> will need the volume before skull stripping). Why are you not stripping
>> within FS? That might make life easier for you
>>
>> cheers
>> Bruce
>>
>> p.s. I think this defect is too large - it's about 1/3 of the cortical
>> surface
>>
>>
>> On Thu, 28 Feb 2013, Blessy M wrote:
>>
>>  The process is still running but nothing new written in the last 24 hrs.
>>>
>>> Excerpts from recon-all.log
>>>
>>> ......
>>>
>>>
>>> 77 defects to be corrected
>>> 0 vertices coincident
>>> reading input surface /home/#########/subjects/./**
>>> surf/lh.qsphere.nofix...
>>> reading brain volume from brain...
>>> reading wm segmentation from wm...
>>>
>>>
>>> .......
>>>
>>> CORRECTING DEFECT 20 (vertices=71, convex hull=55)
>>> After retessellation of defect 20, euler #=-3 (58272,166451,108176) :
>>> difference with theory (-54) = -51
>>>
>>> CORRECTING DEFECT 21 (vertices=17, convex hull=34)
>>> After retessellation of defect 21, euler #=-2 (58273,166465,108190) :
>>> difference with theory (-53) = -51
>>>
>>> CORRECTING DEFECT 22 (vertices=39536, convex hull=7215)
>>>
>>>
>>> Help!
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 11:37 AM, Blessy M <bles...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>       1. It is not contrast enhanced.
>>>
>>>       2. I am rerunning recon-all after giving it a manually skull
>>>       stripped image. Hopefully this will work.
>>>
>>>       So basically did this:
>>>
>>>       recon-all -subjid . -autorecon1 -noskullstrip -notal-check
>>>       cp T1.mgz brainmask.auto.mgz
>>>       ln -s brainmask.auto.mgz brainmask.mgz
>>>       recon-all -subjid . -autorecon2 -autorecon3
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>       On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 3:10 PM, Bruce Fischl
>>>       <fis...@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu> wrote:
>>>             thanks. I actually meant a tksurfer image, but this
>>>             might do. Two questions:
>>>
>>>             1. Is this a contrast-enhanced acquisition? That
>>>             will make things more difficult, although we have
>>>             processed them in the past.
>>>
>>>             2. I think the skull stripping removed some brain
>>>             tissue, which may be the source of your large
>>>             defects. Can you please check it and get back to us?
>>>             This also might be due to the contrast enhancement.
>>>
>>>             cheers
>>>             Bruce
>>>
>>>
>>>             On Tue, 26 Feb 2013, Blessy M wrote:
>>>
>>>                   I should have send it with an extension.
>>>                   But it is tiff, just as you asked.
>>>
>>>                   On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 3:03 PM, Bruce
>>>                   Fischl <fis...@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu>
>>>                   wrote:
>>>                         Hi Blessy
>>>
>>>                         what format is this? If you don't
>>>                   send it with an extension there is no
>>>                   way to know....
>>>                         Bruce
>>>                         On Tue, 26 Feb 2013, Blessy M
>>>                   wrote:
>>>
>>>                               Forgot the image. please
>>>                   find attached.
>>>
>>>
>>>                               On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 2:45
>>>                   PM, Blessy M <bles...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>                                     I ran this command,
>>>                   and got the attached image
>>>                                     tkmedit ./
>>>                   brainmask.mgz lh.inflated.nofix
>>>
>>>                                     For some reason
>>>                   tksurfer is not looking good/complete
>>>                                     tksurfer ./ lh
>>>                   inflated
>>>
>>>
>>>                                     On Tue, Feb 26, 2013
>>>                   at 11:53 AM, Bruce Fischl
>>>                   <fis...@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu> wrote:
>>>                                           you can save a
>>>                   tif of it and post it to the list
>>>                                           On Tue, 26 Feb
>>>                   2013, Blessy M wrote:
>>>
>>>                                                 Yes it is
>>>                   still at defect 32.
>>>
>>>                                                 The tail
>>>                   of the recon-all.log is as follows:
>>>
>>>                                                 CORRECTING
>>>                   DEFECT 30 (vertices=18, convex hull=22)
>>>                                                 After
>>>                   retessellation of defect 30, euler #=-7
>>>                   (59491,172395,112897) : difference with
>>>                               theory
>>>                                                 (-28) =
>>>                   -21
>>>
>>>                                                 CORRECTING
>>>                   DEFECT 31 (vertices=244, convex
>>>                   hull=142)
>>>                                                 After
>>>                   retessellation of defect 31, euler #=-6
>>>                   (59502,172495,112987) : difference with
>>>                               theory
>>>                                                 (-27) =
>>>                   -21
>>>
>>>                                                 CORRECTING
>>>                   DEFECT 32 (vertices=44865, convex
>>>                   hull=8969)
>>>
>>>
>>>                                                 Should I
>>>                   attach the lh.inflated.nofix in a
>>>                   separate email to you, Bruce?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>                                                 On Tue,
>>>                   Feb 26, 2013 at 10:08 AM, Bruce Fischl
>>>                   <fis...@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu> wrote:
>>>                                                       is
>>>                   it still on defect 32? What does the
>>>                   tail of the recon-all.log say? And can
>>>                               you
>>>                                                 send us an
>>>                   image of the
>>>
>>>                   lh.inflated.nofix (if it is the lh that
>>>                   is running)?
>>>
>>>                                                       On
>>>                   Tue, 26 Feb 2013, Blessy M wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>                     I verified lh.orig.nofix, and it looks
>>>                   fine. But, there has been no new
>>>                               files
>>>                                                 created
>>>                   since Saturday
>>>
>>>                     (2/23/2013).
>>>
>>>
>>>                     I am considering stopping the process.
>>>
>>>
>>>                     I was thinking, I had created a skull
>>>                   stripped image, and was giving that
>>>                               as
>>>                                                 input to
>>>                   recon-all in the
>>>
>>>                     command below:
>>>
>>>                     recon-all -subjid . -noskullstrip
>>>                   -autorecon1 -notal-check -autorecon2
>>>
>>>                                 -autorecon3
>>>
>>>
>>>                     Should -noskullstrip flag be after
>>>                   autorecon1?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>                     On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 3:35 PM, Bruce
>>>                   Fischl <fis...@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu>
>>>                                                 wrote:
>>>
>>>                           try looking at the
>>>                   lh.inflated.nofix or lh.orig.nofix (or
>>>                   rh,
>>>                               whichever
>>>                                                 one is
>>>                   running) and see if
>>>
>>>                     something is
>>>
>>>                           dramatically wrong (like skull
>>>                   attached to brain, or hemis
>>>                               connected,
>>>                                                 etc....)
>>>
>>>                           On Mon, 25 Feb 2013, Blessy M
>>>                   wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>                                 Recon is still running. I
>>>                   started the process on 2/21/2013.
>>>                               Its been
>>>                                                 4 days.
>>>
>>>
>>>                                 I ran this command, and
>>>                   viewed the aseg file, and that looks
>>>                                                 reasonable
>>>
>>>                                 tkmedit ./ brainmask.mgz
>>>                   -aux T1.mgz -surfs -aseg
>>>
>>>
>>>                                 Currently it is at this
>>>                   stage:
>>>
>>>
>>>                                 Correction of the Topology
>>>
>>>                                 Finding true center and
>>>                   radius of Spherical Surface...done
>>>
>>>                                 Surface centered at
>>>                   (0,0,0) with radius 100.0 in 13
>>>                   iterations
>>>
>>>                                 marking ambiguous
>>>                   vertices...
>>>
>>>                                 124766 ambiguous faces
>>>                   found in tessellation
>>>
>>>                                 segmenting defects...
>>>
>>>                                 ......
>>>
>>>
>>>                                 61 defects to be corrected
>>>
>>>                                 0 vertices coincident
>>>
>>>                                 ......
>>>
>>>                                 ......
>>>
>>>                                 CORRECTING DEFECT 31
>>>                   (vertices=244, convex hull=142)
>>>
>>>                                 After retessellation of
>>>                   defect 31, euler #=-6
>>>                               (59502,172495,112987)
>>>                                                 :
>>>                   difference with theory
>>>
>>>                     (-27) = -21
>>>
>>>
>>>                                 CORRECTING DEFECT 32
>>>                   (vertices=44865, convex hull=8969)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>                                 On Fri, Feb 22, 2013 at
>>>                   5:33 PM, Bruce Fischl
>>>
>>>                   <fis...@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu> wrote:
>>>
>>>                                       I don't think either
>>>                   one of these are errors, just
>>>                               warnings
>>>                                                 that occur
>>>                   pretty
>>>
>>>                     frequently and I
>>>
>>>                                 don't think should
>>>
>>>                                       impact the results.
>>>                   Does the recon finish? Do the
>>>                               results look
>>>                                                 ok?
>>>
>>>
>>>                                       On Fri, 22 Feb 2013,
>>>                   Blessy M wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>                                             I am getting
>>>                   the bottom two sets of errors while
>>>                               doing a
>>>                                                 simple
>>>                   recon-all.
>>>
>>>
>>>                                             More
>>>                   specifically while running this command:
>>>
>>>                                             recon-all
>>>                   -subjid . -noskullstrip -autorecon1
>>>
>>>                   -notal-check -autorecon2
>>>
>>>                                             -autorecon3
>>>
>>>
>>>                                             Has someone
>>>                   encountered this kind of errors? Is
>>>                               there a
>>>                                                 fix?
>>>
>>>
>>>                                             1)
>>>
>>>                                             Computing MAP
>>>                   estimate using 2772 samples...
>>>
>>>
>>>                   **********************************************
>>>
>>>                                             IFLAG= -1
>>>                   LINE SEARCH FAILED. SEE DOCUMENTATION
>>>                               OF
>>>                                                 ROUTINE
>>>                   MCSRCH ERROR
>>>
>>>                                             RETURN OF LINE
>>>                   SEARCH: INFO= 6 POSSIBLE CAUSES:
>>>                               FUNCTION
>>>                                                 OR
>>>                   GRADIENT ARE
>>>
>>>                                             INCORRECT OR
>>>                   INCORRECT TOLERANCESoutof
>>>                               QuasiNewtonEMA:
>>>                                                 011:
>>>                   -log(p) =
>>>
>>>                                             7296.5  tol
>>>                   0.000010
>>>
>>>                                             ...
>>>
>>>                                             ...
>>>
>>>
>>>                                             2)
>>>
>>>                                              unfolding
>>>                   failed - restoring original position
>>>
>>>                   --------------------
>>>
>>>                                             0146:
>>>                   dt=13.779160, rms=0.814 (0.000%), neg=0,
>>>
>>>                   invalid=766
>>>
>>>                                             blurring input
>>>                   image with Gaussian with
>>>                               sigma=0.500...
>>>
>>>                                             0000:
>>>                   dt=0.000, rms=0.814, neg=0, invalid=766
>>>
>>>
>>>                   gcamFindOptimalTimeStep: Complete in
>>>                   101542.133 ms
>>>
>>>                                             iter 0,
>>>                   gcam->neg = 801
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>                   ......................
>>>
>>>
>>>                                             unfolding
>>>                   failed - restoring original position
>>>
>>>                   --------------------
>>>
>>>                                             0158:
>>>                   dt=13.828393, rms=0.814 (-0.069%),
>>>                   neg=0,
>>>
>>>                   invalid=766
>>>
>>>                                             blurring input
>>>                   image with Gaussian with
>>>                               sigma=0.500...
>>>
>>>                                             0000:
>>>                   dt=0.000, rms=0.814, neg=0, invalid=766
>>>
>>>
>>>                   gcamFindOptimalTimeStep: Complete in
>>>                   100610.148 ms
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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