[caret-users] problem with flattening - last step

[Donna Dierker]

The problem is that you're just getting too good at flattening.

On 01/17/2008 03:20 PM, Erin Reid wrote:
> Hi Akiko,
> You are actually not running into a problem at all.  The 
> flat_cycle5_overlap_smooth is not always created if the surface 
> doesn't need that extra little attention at the end.  If CARET is 
> happy with the surface that is created by flat_cycle5 then it will 
> stop processing at that point.  A flat_cycle5_overlap_smooth.coord 
> will be generated if there is a section on the flat surface that is 
> overlapped (for example) on another.  So it will massage the surface 
> until the overlap is no longer present.   So sorry for the confusion.  
> You can continue with the rest of the flattening steps using the 
> flat_cycle5 surface.
> Erin
>
> Akiko Ikkai wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I have been baving problem with the last step of surface flattening; 
>> flat_cycle5_overlap_smooth.coord is not created (flat_cycle5.coord is 
>> there). I'm following the manual ("Caret5 Tutorial Segmentation and 
>> Flattening version 5.2, April 2005") to do all steps from "Surface 
>> Flattening" to "Aligning the Surfaces to Standard Orientation", and 
>> often encounter this problem. For now, I'm going back to the very 
>> beginning to redo all, and it seems to work on the second round. 
>> 1. What would be the cause of this problem (not creating 
>> flat_cycle5_overlap_smooth.coord)?
>> 2. Is it possible to create flat_cycle5_overlap_smooth.coord from 
>> flat_cycle5.coord without going back all the way to the first step? 
>> 3. Is there a new manual that covers this section?
>>
>> Thanks in advance, Akiko
>>
>> Akiko Ikkai
>> PhD Candidate
>> Department of Psychology
>> New York University
>> 6 Washington Place
>> New York NY, 10003
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