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AFNI 3D Whole-Brain Correlation Map (3dTcorrMap)

Library: AFNI | Docker Image: brainlife/afni

Function

Computes various whole-brain voxelwise correlation metrics including average correlation and global connectivity.

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

Typical Use: Global connectivity metrics, whole-brain correlation exploration.

Key Parameters

-input (4D data), -mask (brain mask), -Mean (mean correlation map), -Hist (histogram outputs)

Key Points

Computes every-voxel-to-every-voxel correlations. Memory intensive.

Inputs

Name Type Required Label Flag
input File Yes Input 3D+time dataset -input
seed File No Seed 3D+time dataset for cross-correlation -seed
mask File No Voxel mask for processing -mask
automask boolean No Create mask from input dataset -automask
polort int No Remove polynomial trends (-1 to 19, default 1) -polort
bpass string No Bandpass frequencies L H in Hz -bpass
ort File No Remove reference time series via regression -ort
Gblur double No Gaussian blur kernel width in mm -Gblur
Mseed double No Average seed over radius in mm -Mseed
Mean string No Save average correlations prefix -Mean
Zmean string No Save Fisher-transformed mean prefix -Zmean
Qmean string No Save RMS correlation prefix -Qmean
Thresh string No Count voxels exceeding threshold (tt pp) -Thresh
CorrMap string No Output complete correlation map prefix -CorrMap
Aexpr string No Average custom correlation expression (expr ppp) -Aexpr
Hist string No Generate correlation histogram (N ppp) -Hist

Accepted Input Extensions

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

Outputs

Name Type Glob Pattern
mean_corr File $(inputs.Mean)+orig.HEAD, $(inputs.Mean)+tlrc.HEAD
zmean_corr File $(inputs.Zmean)+orig.HEAD, $(inputs.Zmean)+tlrc.HEAD
corrmap File $(inputs.CorrMap)+orig.HEAD, $(inputs.CorrMap)+tlrc.HEAD
log File 3dTcorrMap.log

Output Extensions

  • mean_corr: +orig.HEAD, +orig.BRIK, +tlrc.HEAD, +tlrc.BRIK
  • zmean_corr: +orig.HEAD, +orig.BRIK, +tlrc.HEAD, +tlrc.BRIK
  • corrmap: +orig.HEAD, +orig.BRIK, +tlrc.HEAD, +tlrc.BRIK

Docker Tags

Available versions: latest, 16.3.0

Categories

  • Functional MRI > AFNI > Connectivity

Documentation

Official Documentation