find_peaks

find local maxima (peaks) in a MINC volume

find_peaks [options] in.mnc out.tag

DESCRIPTION

find_peaks identifies local maxima and minima (peaks) in a MINC volume and writes their positions as tag points to an output tag file. Positive peaks are voxels above the positive threshold that are locally maximal, and negative peaks are voxels below the negative threshold that are locally minimal. Thresholds default to 80% and 20% of the full intensity range respectively.

OPTIONS

-quiet
Do not print out log messages.
-verbose
Print out log messages. This is the default.
-veryverbose
Print out a lot of log messages.
-exclude_edges
Exclude voxels at the edges of the volume. This is the default.
-include_edges
Include voxels at the edges of the volume.
-pos_threshold
Threshold for positive peaks. Defaults to 80% of the full range.
-neg_threshold
Threshold for negative peaks. Defaults to 20% of the full range.
-pos_only
Write out only positive peaks.
-neg_only
Write out only negative peaks.
-min_distance
Specify the minimum distance between peaks. Defaults to 0.

EXAMPLES

Find peaks with default settings:

find_peaks input.mnc peaks.tag

Find only positive peaks above a threshold of 100:

find_peaks -pos_only -pos_threshold 100 input.mnc peaks.tag

AUTHOR

David MacDonald - McConnell Brain Imaging Centre, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University.

COPYRIGHTS

Copyright © by David MacDonald

SEE ALSO

gaussian_blur_peaks mincstats