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AFNI 3D Temporal Concatenate (3dTcat)

Library: AFNI | Docker Image: brainlife/afni

Function

Concatenates datasets along the time dimension or selects specific sub-bricks from 4D data.

Modality: 3D or 4D NIfTI/AFNI volumes.

Typical Use: Combining runs, removing initial steady-state volumes.

Key Parameters

-prefix (output), [selector] (input with optional sub-brick selector)

Key Points

Sub-brick selectors allow flexible volume selection: [0..5] for first 6, [0..$-3] to skip last 3.

Inputs

Name Type Required Label Flag
input File | File[] Yes Input dataset(s) to concatenate
prefix string Yes Output dataset prefix -prefix
session string No Output dataset session directory -session
glueto File No Append bricks to the end of this dataset -glueto
rlt boolean No Remove linear trends in each voxel time series -rlt
rlt_plus boolean No Remove trends while restoring individual dataset means -rlt+
rlt_plusplus boolean No Remove trends while restoring overall mean -rlt++
relabel boolean No Replace sub-brick labels with input dataset name -relabel
tpattern string No Timing pattern for output dataset -tpattern
tr double No Repetition time in seconds for output dataset -tr
verb boolean No Enable verbose output -verb
dry boolean No Test run without making changes -dry

Accepted Input Extensions

  • input: .nii, .nii.gz, +orig.HEAD, +orig.BRIK, +tlrc.HEAD, +tlrc.BRIK
  • glueto: .nii, .nii.gz, +orig.HEAD, +orig.BRIK, +tlrc.HEAD, +tlrc.BRIK

Outputs

Name Type Glob Pattern
concatenated File $(inputs.prefix)+orig.HEAD, $(inputs.prefix)+tlrc.HEAD
log File $(inputs.prefix).log

Output Extensions

  • concatenated: +orig.HEAD, +orig.BRIK, +tlrc.HEAD, +tlrc.BRIK

Docker Tags

Available versions: latest, 16.3.0

Categories

  • Utilities > AFNI > Dataset Operations

Documentation

Official Documentation