Lookup table of algorithm parameters

General algorithm parameters

algorParam.general. Description
isBET Logical value of performing brain extraction in SEPIA
fractional_threshold Corresponding to ‘-f’ option in FSL’s BET
gradient_threshold Corresponding to ‘-g’ option in FSL’s BET
isInvert Use conjugate of the complex-valued data for processing

Total field recovery and phase unwrapping algorithm parameters

algorParam.unwrap. Description
echoCombMethod Temporal phase unwrapping method
unwrapMethod Spatial phase unwrapping method
isEddyCorrect Logical value of performing phase correction on data acquired with bipolar readout gradient
excludeMaskThreshold Threshold on relative residual map to exclude unreliable voxels
excludeMethod Method of how the unreliable voxels to be excluded
isSaveUnwrappedEcho Logical value of saving unwrapped phase for all echoes

Background field removal algorithm parameters

algorParam.bfr. Description
refine_method Method of residual B1 field removal
refine_order Order of polynomial/spherical harmonic fitting
erode_radius Voxel to be removed from mask edges
method Method for background field removal

LBV

algorParam.bfr. Description
tol Iteration stopping criteria on the coarest grid
depth No. of length scales
peel No. of boundary layers to be peeled off

PDF

algorParam.bfr. Description
tol Iteration stopping criteria
iteration Maximum no. of iterations allowed
padSize Array size for zero padding

RESHARP

algorParam.bfr. Description
radius Radius of the spherical mean value operation
alpha Regularisation parameter used in Tikhonov regularisation

SHARP

algorParam.bfr. Description
radius Radius of the spherical mean value operation
threshold Threshold used in truncated SVD

VSHARP

algorParam.bfr. Description
radius Vector of radii of the spherical mean value operation in descending order

VSHARP (STI Suite)

algorParam.bfr. Description
radius Radius of the spherical mean value operation

iHARPERELLA

algorParam.bfr. Description
iteration Maximum no. of iterations allowed

QSM dipole field invevrsion algorithm parameters

algorParam.qsm. Description
reference_tissue Magnetic susceptibility map in ppm
method Method for dipole field inversion

TKD

algorParam.qsm. Description
threshold Threshold on the dipole kernel

Closed-form solution

algorParam.qsm. Description
lambda Regularisation parameter used in L2-norm regularisation
optimise Logical value of self-determination of regularisation parameter based on an L-curve approach

NDI

algorParam.qsm. Description
tol Iteration stopping criteria
maxiter Maximum no. of iterations allowed
stepSize Gradient step size of the optimizer for each iteration

STI suite iLSQR

algorParam.qsm. Description
threshold Threshold on the dipole kernel
maxiter Maximum no. of iterations allowed
tol1 Iteration stopping criteria at first level
tol2 Iteration stopping criteria at second level

iLSQR

algorParam.qsm. Description
tol Iteration stopping criteria
maxiter Maximum no. of iterations allowed
lambda Regularisation parameter used in L2-norm regularisation
optimise Logical value of self-determination of regularisation parameter based on an L-curve approach

FANSI

algorParam.qsm. Description
tol Iteration stopping criteria
maxiter Maximum no. of iterations allowed
lambda Gradient L1 penalty, regularisation weight
mu1 Gradient consistency weight
mu2 Fidelity consistency weight
solver Linear or non-linear algorithm for dipole inversion
constraint TV or TGV regularisation
gradient_mode Method for regularisation spatially variable weight
isWeakHarmonic Logical value of using weak harmonic regularisation
beta Harmonic constrain weight
muh Harmonic consistency weight

Star-QSM

algorParam.qsm. Description
padsize Array size for zero padding

MEDI

algorParam.qsm. Description
lambda Regularisation parameter
wData Method of data weighting
zeropad Array size for zero padding
percentage Percentage of voxels considered to be edges
isSMV Logical value of performing spherical mean value operator
radius Radius of the spherical mean value operation
merit Logical value of performing modal error reduction through iterative tuning
isLambdaCSF Logical value of performing automatic zero reference (MEDI+0)
lambdaCSF Regularisation parameter used on CSF mask