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FSL Image Statistics (fslstats)

Library: FSL | Docker Image: brainlife/fsl

Function

Computes various summary statistics from image data, optionally within a mask region.

Modality: 3D or 4D NIfTI volume, optional mask.

Typical Use: Extracting summary statistics from ROIs or whole-brain.

Key Parameters

-k (mask image), -m (mean), -s (standard deviation), -r (min max), -V (volume in voxels and mm3), -p (nth percentile)

Key Points

Apply -k mask before other options. Use -t for per-volume stats on 4D data. Outputs to stdout for easy scripting.

Inputs

Name Type Required Label Flag
split_4d boolean No Generate separate statistics for each 3D volume -t
input File Yes Input image
mask File No Mask image for statistics -k
index_mask File No Generate separate statistics for each integer label -K
robust_range boolean No Output robust min and max (2nd and 98th percentiles) -r
absolute_range boolean No Output absolute min and max -R
mean boolean No Output mean -m
mean_nonzero boolean No Output mean of non-zero voxels -M
std boolean No Output standard deviation -s
std_nonzero boolean No Output standard deviation of non-zero voxels -S
volume boolean No Output number of voxels -v
volume_nonzero boolean No Output number of non-zero voxels -V
entropy boolean No Output entropy of image -e
entropy_nonzero boolean No Output entropy of non-zero voxels -E
histogram int No Output histogram with specified number of bins -h
percentile double No Output nth percentile value -p
abs_percentile double No Output nth percentile of absolute values -P
cog_voxels boolean No Output center of gravity in voxel coordinates -c
cog_mm boolean No Output center of gravity in mm coordinates -C
lower_threshold double No Set lower threshold -l
upper_threshold double No Set upper threshold -u

Accepted Input Extensions

  • input: .nii, .nii.gz
  • mask: .nii, .nii.gz
  • index_mask: .nii, .nii.gz

Outputs

Name Type Glob Pattern
stats_output File fslstats_output.txt
log File fslstats.log

Output Extensions

  • stats_output: .txt

Docker Tags

Available versions: latest, 6.0.4-patched2, 6.0.4-patched, 6.0.4, 6.0.4-xenial, 5.0.11, 6.0.0, 6.0.1, 5.0.9

Categories

  • Utilities > FSL > Image Math

Documentation

Official Documentation