Difference between revisions of "Freesurfer"

Latest revision as of 20:09, 12 August 2022

Description

Freesurfer is a set of automated tools for reconstruction of the brain’s cortical surface from structural MRI data, and overlay of functional MRI data onto the reconstructed surface.

Environment Modules

Run module spider freesurfer to find out what environment modules are available for this application.

System Variables

HPC_FREESURFER_DIR - installation directory

Additional Information

Starting with freesurfer/6.0.0 the software is available as a Singularity container. To run any executable use the 'launch_freesurfer' wrapper after loading the module.

E.g.

launch_freesurfer dcmunpack

NOTE:

Freesurfer comes with Freeview software. Freeview is a completely separate software from Freesurfer and is used purely for data visualization. Freesurfer 6 includes Freeview 2.0.

Citation

If you publish research that uses freesurfer you have to cite it as follows:

See [1] in the Freesurfer wiki on how to correctly cite Freesurfer tools.

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-==Description==
+[[Category:Software]][[Category:Neuroscience]][[Category:Biology]][[Category:Imaging]]
-FreeSurfer is a set of automated tools for reconstruction of the brain’s cortical surface from structural MRI data, and overlay of functional MRI data onto the reconstructed surface.
+{|<!--CONFIGURATION: REQUIRED-->
+|{{#vardefine:app|freesurfer}}
+|{{#vardefine:url|http://surfer.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/}}
+<!--CONFIGURATION: OPTIONAL (|1}} means it's ON)-->
+|{{#vardefine:conf|}}           <!--CONFIGURATION-->
+|{{#vardefine:exe|1}}            <!--ADDITIONAL INFO-->
+|{{#vardefine:pbs|}}            <!--PBS SCRIPTS-->
+|{{#vardefine:policy|}}         <!--POLICY-->
+|{{#vardefine:testing|}}       <!--PROFILING-->
+|{{#vardefine:faq|}}             <!--FAQ-->
+|{{#vardefine:citation|1}}       <!--CITATION-->
+|{{#vardefine:installation|}} <!--INSTALLATION-->
+|}
+<!--BODY-->
+<!--Description-->
+{{#if: {{#var: url}}|
+{{App_Description|app={{#var:app}}|url={{#var:url}}|name={{#var:app}}}}|}}
-[http://surfer.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/fswiki FreeSurfer Website]
+Freesurfer is a set of automated tools for reconstruction of the brain’s cortical surface from structural MRI data, and overlay of functional MRI data onto the reconstructed surface.<!--Modules-->
+==Environment Modules==
+Run <code>module spider {{#var:app}}</code> to find out what environment modules are available for this application.
+==System Variables==
+* HPC_{{uc:{{#var:app}}}}_DIR - installation directory
-==Environment Variables==
+<!--Configuration-->
-In order for Freesurfer to work, the followings environment variables need to be set:
+{{#if: {{#var: conf}}|==Configuration==
+See the [[{{PAGENAME}}_Configuration]] page for {{#var: app}} configuration details.
+|}}
+<!--Run-->
+{{#if: {{#var: exe}}|==Additional Information==
+Starting with freesurfer/6.0.0 the software is available as a Singularity container. To run any executable use the 'launch_freesurfer' wrapper after loading the module.
-In bash:
+E.g.
-<pre>
-$ export FREESURFER_HOME=/apps/freesurfer
-$ source $FREESURFER_HOME/SetUpFreeSurfer.sh
-</pre>
-In tcsh:
-<pre>
-$ setenv FREESURFER_HOME /apps/freesurfer
-$ source $FREESURFER_HOME/SetUpFreeSurfer.csh
-</pre>
-In fact, you are going to have to grab the SetUpFreeSurfer script and copy it to your home directory so that it can be modified, as we do not have space in the installation area of the software for you to copy your image files to.
+ launch_freesurfer dcmunpack
-It is recommended that you copy your image files over to /scratch/hpc/$username and work on the files there, as that is where the fastest filesystem is located.
+'''NOTE:'''
-==Optional Configuration Settings==
+Freesurfer comes with Freeview software. Freeview is a completely separate software from Freesurfer and is used purely for data visualization. Freesurfer 6 includes Freeview 2.0.
-The defaults declared in the SetUpFreeSurfer.csh script should work for most installations. However, users should feel free to edit this file to customize certain environment variables:
-. Your declaration of the FREESURFER_HOME variable could be moved within the SetUpFreeSurfer.csh script.
+|}}
+<!--PBS scripts-->
+{{#if: {{#var: pbs}}|==PBS Script Examples==
+See the [[{{PAGENAME}}_PBS]] page for {{#var: app}} PBS script examples.
+|}}
+<!--Policy-->
+{{#if: {{#var: policy}}|==Usage Policy==
+WRITE USAGE POLICY HERE (Licensing, usage, access).
+|}}
+<!--Performance-->
+{{#if: {{#var: testing}}|==Performance==
+WRITE_PERFORMANCE_TESTING_RESULTS_HERE
+|}}
+<!--Faq-->
+{{#if: {{#var: faq}}|==FAQ==
+*'''Q:''' **'''A:'''|}}
+<!--Citation-->
+{{#if: {{#var: citation}}|==Citation==
+If you publish research that uses {{#var:app}} you have to cite it as follows:
-. The default SUBJECTS_DIR, which is $FREESURFER_HOME/subjects, is most likely the first variable that you will want to customize, as you may keep different groups of subjects in different directories. You may include the following either directly in the SetUpFreeSurfer.csh script, or prior to calling it:
+See [http://surfer.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/fswiki/FreeSurferMethodsCitation] in the Freesurfer wiki on how to correctly cite Freesurfer tools.
+|}}
-      setenv SUBJECTS_DIR <full path to subject dir>
+<!--Installation-->
+{{#if: {{#var: installation}}|==Installation==
-. If you do NOT intend to use the functional tools, then add the following line to the additional configuration section:
+See the [[{{PAGENAME}}_Install]] page for {{#var: app}} installation notes.|}}
+<!--Turn the Table of Contents and Edit paragraph links ON/OFF-->
-      setenv NO_FSFAST
+__NOTOC____NOEDITSECTION__
-If you do intend to use the functional tools, then add these lines to your ~/matlab/startup.m file:
-      fsfasthome = getenv('FSFAST_HOME');
-      fsfasttoolbox = sprintf('%s/toolbox',fsfasthome);
-      path(path,fsfasttoolbox);
-. You may also wish to declare a path to an FSL installation you might have:
-      setenv FSL_DIR /usr/local/fsl
-. Save the file. You will need to source this file (SetUpFreeSurfer.csh) every time you want to use Freesurfer.
-==Sample PBS Job Script==
-The sample PBS script can now be found on the [[PBS Sample Job Scripts#Freesurfer|PBS Sample Job Scripts]] page.