[Freesurfer] Fwd: questions about mri_normalize

2023-04-27 Thread John Anderson
External Email - Use Caution Dear experts, I have been using the mri_normalize in FSv7.3.2 to standardize the intensity of FLAIR images , and I've observed that increasing the sigma parameter up to 25 is effective in improving the quality of the normalized images for noisy datasets

[Freesurfer] Fwd: questions about mri_normalize

2023-04-28 Thread Fischl, Bruce R.,PHD
External Email - Use Caution Hi John 1. We empirically set it at 2, but that was a long time ago, but the optimal number is dependent on a lot of things, mostly image CNR. If the gray/white contrast is good enough you can run it for more, but you have to make sure that the