Data Organization

In the server, the nomenclature for file naming is as follows. This will allow for ease in adapting to the naming structures within Freesurfer, but also will provide a stable system by which we can keep all of the longitudinal data organized and clear.

MRI

Within /mnt/diskArray/projects/MRI:
NLR_###_FL —Parent

YYYYMMDD:::—Scan Date

• .PAR:::—Raw data
  
• .REC
  
• .nii :::—Converted nifty images
  
• MSE.nii.gz:::—Root mean squared image
  

Anatomy:

NLR_###_FL —AC-PC aligned, longitudinal average t1_acpc.nii.gz NLR_###_FL_MR# —AC-PC aligned, individual scan t1_acpc.nii.gz

Freesurfer:

NLR_###_FL_MR# —Individual Segmentation NLR_###_FL_MR#.long.NLR_###_FL_MRbase —Longitudinal base comp for ea scan NLR_###_FL_MRbase —Base average segmentation qdec —Longitudinal data storage long.qdec.table.dat —data table