brain

tcpip connection with pnet

We use TCP/UDP/IP Toolbox 2.0.5 to read and write data from/to a TCPIP port. It’s fast and reliable. The version we use is 2.0.5. Below is a matlab sample script showing how to connect to another computer (called ETG-4000) with TCPIP : %Connect
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Noise removal in NIRS

Noise removal methods in NIRS can be divided into 4 categories: reducing noise based on its temporal characteristics: The instrument noise is usually in the high frequency band and thus can be removed by band pass filtering. Band pass filtering can a
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Reference slice in slice timing in SPM

I saw at least two web pages saying that the reference slice can be chosen during slice timing correction. For example, http://www.fil.ion.ucl.ac.uk/spm/doc/manual/spatial.htm. I disagree. Let’s take the first volume as example. Assume TR=2 and
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spm_get, spm_select, and char

The mostly used functions I use in SPM is spm_get (for spm2) and spm_select (spm5 and 8).  These two functions are used to get files (usually image files). Frankly speaking I like spm_get much better as it’s intuitive and easy to use. Here is h
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FSL environment setting

setenv FSLDIR /fs/quarry/cuixu/fsl41/fsl source ${FSLDIR}/etc/fslconf/fsl.csh setenv PATH ${FSLDIR}/bin:${PATH}
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Famous brains

Text source: http://imaging.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/imaging/MniTalairach Talairach brain (single) the brain dissected and photographed for the famous Talairach and Tournoux atlas. The atlas has Brodmann’s areas labelled, albeit in a rather approximat
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Conversion of coordinates between two images

Assume you have an image F and you identify a point (x,y,z) on this image (say with SPM’s display function). You then normalize this image F according to a template image G using SPM. Now you want to know that point’s corresponding coordi
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E-prime vs MatLab (+Psychophysics Toolbox)

Both E-prime and MatLab are popular tools for presenting stimuli for fMRI, NIRS and behavioral experiments. Here are a comparison between them. E-Prime MatLab + psychophysics toolbox price ~$1000 MatLab cost, $50-500 easy to use easy moderate need co
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Use serial port to trigger ETG 4000 with E-Prime

Open properties of the experiment, select tab “Devices” Add a serial port. Make sure the COM Port number is correct In your experiment flow, add inline function to where you want to trigger ETG4000 or put marker. In that function, enter t
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