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NIHDMCS_V2.0.3

Please follow the following steps to upgrade to the newest version of the software.

  1. Open ~/.aliases in a text editor. Add the following line, or if this alias already exists, please edit it to match the following:
alias nihdmcs 'cd /raid3/STBBapps/NIH_DMC_source_v2.0.3'
  1. Once this alias has been updated, open a new terminal and type nihdmcs. Make sure that your present working directory is correct
pwd
/raid3/STBBapps/NIH_DMC_source_v2.0.3

The following changes have been made to the code.

  1. The nihdmc_gui has been updated to include a GUI for the registration settings file. Now you can either specify an existing registration settings .dmc file, or you can create a new one with your desired new settings. When you click on the new "registration settings" button indicated by the top red arrow on the figure below, it opens a second GUI for specifying your new settings.
  2. You are now able to specify a separate image for your final reorientation. In this way, one could specify a common template or atlas type image for reorientation. This is set by providing a file in the "final reorientation file" field in the main nihdmc_gui (indicated by the bottom red arrow in the figure below). If this optional field is not specified, then the normal structural target image is still used for the reorientation
NIH DMC GUI Registration settings
  1. A few small bugs were fixed in the upsampling algorithms.
  2. Non-integer upsampling factors are now supported.