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3.1.2.1 Sample Data Description File

<!-- DTI data properties file-->
<!-- do not remove the above comment line -->

<!--***************************************************************************-->
<!-- Path to the PROCBASE. The folder containing the data, list files, path file and bmatrix file-->
<PROCBASE>/home/username/main_data_folder/specific_data_folder/</PROCBASE>

<!--***************************************************************************-->
<!-- Path to the structural filename->
<STRUCTURAL_FILENAME>/home/username/main_data_folder/specific_data_folder/structural_image.img</STRUCTURAL_FILENAME>

<!--***************************************************************************-->
<!-- Path to the template filename. OPTIONAL.. If not provided, the software will look for -->
<!-- a file with listfile name with _b0_orig_crop or _ b0_orig at the end. -->
<!-- <TEMPLATE_FILENAME></TEMPLATE_FILENAME>

<!--***************************************************************************-->
<!-- Root name of the list file. It has to be in PROCBASE folder
<list_root_filename>sample.list</list_root_filename>

<!--***************************************************************************-->
<!--A tag for specifying if the data is brain or a phantom/other type of data -->
<!--If it's not brain data, skull stripping will be omited in various functions of the code. -->
<!--Values are yes/no -->
<is_brain_data>yes</is_brain_data>

<!--***************************************************************************-->
<!-- Name of the registration file to be used -->
<registration_filename>sample_registration_settings.dmc</registration_filename>

<!--***************************************************************************-->
<!-- Upsampled images name. If automatic upsampling is used and the user wants to anonymize the data, enter a name here-->
<!-- Not mandatory. Currently commented out to use the automatically generated name -->
<! -- <upsample_name>upsampled_</upsample_name>

<!--***************************************************************************-->
<!-- B0 noise mean -->
<B0_noise_mean>0.0</B0_noise_mean>

<!--***************************************************************************-->
<!-- B0 noise standard deviation -->
<B0_noise_stdev>0.0</B0_noise_stdev>

<!--***************************************************************************-->
<!-- Structural noise mean -->
<structural_noise_mean>0.0</structural_noise_mean>

<!--***************************************************************************-->
<!-- Structural noise standard deviation -->
<structural_noise_stdev>0.0</structural_noise_stdev>