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AFNI 3D Resting State Functional Connectivity (3dRSFC)

Library: AFNI | Docker Image: brainlife/afni

Function

Computes resting-state frequency-domain metrics including ALFF, fALFF, mALFF, and RSFA from bandpass-filtered data.

Modality: 4D resting-state fMRI NIfTI/AFNI time series plus brain mask.

Typical Use: Amplitude of low-frequency fluctuations analysis in resting-state fMRI.

Key Parameters

(frequency range), -prefix (output), -input (4D data), -mask (brain mask)

Key Points

Computes ALFF (amplitude of low-frequency fluctuations), fALFF (fractional ALFF), and RSFA.

Inputs

Name Type Required Label Flag
input File Yes Input 3D+time dataset
prefix string Yes Output dataset prefix -prefix
fbot double Yes Lowest frequency in passband (Hz)
ftop double Yes Highest frequency in passband (Hz)
band string No Alternative passband specification (fbot ftop) -band
despike boolean No Despike each time series before processing -despike
nodetrend boolean No Skip quadratic detrending before FFT -nodetrend
notrans boolean No Skip initial transient checking -notrans
ort File No Orthogonalize input to columns in 1D file -ort
dsort File No Orthogonalize each voxel to matching voxel in dataset -dsort
dt double No Set time step in seconds (default from header) -dt
nfft int No FFT length -nfft
mask File No Mask dataset -mask
automask boolean No Create mask from input dataset -automask
blur double No Blur filter width FWHM in mm -blur
localPV double No Replace vectors with local principal vector (radius in mm) -localPV
norm boolean No Make output time series have L2 norm = 1 -norm
no_rs_out boolean No Skip time series output, calculate parameters only -no_rs_out
un_bp_out boolean No Output un-bandpassed series -un_bp_out
no_rsfa boolean No Skip RSFA parameter calculation -no_rsfa
bp_at_end boolean No Perform bandpassing as final step -bp_at_end
quiet boolean No Suppress informational messages -quiet

Accepted Input Extensions

  • input: .nii, .nii.gz, +orig.HEAD, +orig.BRIK, +tlrc.HEAD, +tlrc.BRIK
  • ort: .1D, .txt
  • dsort: .nii, .nii.gz, +orig.HEAD, +orig.BRIK, +tlrc.HEAD, +tlrc.BRIK
  • mask: .nii, .nii.gz, +orig.HEAD, +orig.BRIK, +tlrc.HEAD, +tlrc.BRIK

Outputs

Name Type Glob Pattern
filtered File $(inputs.prefix)_LFF+orig.HEAD, $(inputs.prefix)_LFF+tlrc.HEAD
alff File $(inputs.prefix)_ALFF+orig.HEAD, $(inputs.prefix)_ALFF+tlrc.HEAD
falff File $(inputs.prefix)_fALFF+orig.HEAD, $(inputs.prefix)_fALFF+tlrc.HEAD
rsfa File $(inputs.prefix)_RSFA+orig.HEAD, $(inputs.prefix)_RSFA+tlrc.HEAD
log File $(inputs.prefix).log

Output Extensions

  • filtered: +orig.HEAD, +orig.BRIK, +tlrc.HEAD, +tlrc.BRIK
  • alff: +orig.HEAD, +orig.BRIK, +tlrc.HEAD, +tlrc.BRIK
  • falff: +orig.HEAD, +orig.BRIK, +tlrc.HEAD, +tlrc.BRIK
  • rsfa: +orig.HEAD, +orig.BRIK, +tlrc.HEAD, +tlrc.BRIK

Docker Tags

Available versions: latest, 16.3.0

Categories

  • Functional MRI > AFNI > Connectivity

Documentation

Official Documentation