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4.2.2 (2020-02-28)

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ENHANCEMENT

  • sct_deepseg_gm,sct_deepseg_lesion,sct_deepseg_sc: build(deps): bump tensorflow from 2.0.0 to 2.0.1. View pull request
  • Added more functions to the FSLeyes plugin. View pull request

DOCUMENTATION

4.2.1 (2020-01-14)

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  • sct_utils: Changed default open command for Linux. View pull request
  • sct_deepseg_sc,sct_label_vertebrae: Better error handling if installation files are missing and clarified help. View pull request

INSTALLATION

  • Added gcc as installation pre-requisite with useful instructions. View pull request

4.2.0 (2019-12-19)

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ENHANCEMENT

  • sct_register_multimodal,sct_register_to_template: New method for detecting rotation in centermassrot. View pull request

FEATURE

  • sct_register_to_template: Spinal-level-based registration to the PAM50. WARNING: Breaks compatibility with previous versions of SCT. View pull request

DOCUMENTATION

INSTALLATION

  • Now using requirements-freeze.txt for installing stable releases. View pull request
  • install/sct_changelog: Fixed bug when fetching previous release tag. View pull request
  • Removed Darwin=15 case in requirements.txt and added OS checks during installation. View pull request

4.1.1 (2019-11-28)

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  • sct_apply_transfo: Added an option for keypoints transformation. View pull request
  • sct_label_utils: Now possible to add existing label from an external file in the create-viewer option. View pull request

DOCUMENTATION

INSTALLATION

  • sct_viewer: PyQt5 version downgrade to fix GUI on Debian 8.11 distros. View pull request
  • sct_check_dependencies: Increased sensitivity of dependency testing. View pull request

4.1.0 (2019-10-26)

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BUG

  • sct_compute_mtr: Fixed aberrant mtr values. View pull request
  • sct_process_segmentation: Fixed wrong orientation with new version of scikit-image. View pull request
  • sct_maths: Fixed deprecation with adaptative thresholding. WARNING: Breaks compatibility with previous versions of SCT. View pull request
  • sct_deepseg_sc: Fixed segmentation issue that mostly appeared on DWI data. WARNING: Breaks compatibility with previous versions of SCT. View pull request
  • sct_qc,sct_resample: QC report: Fixed shift along slice direction between image and overlay. View pull request
  • sct_straighten_spinalcord: Fixed shape mismatch during straightening. View pull request
  • sct_denoising_onlm: Fix index error and display fsleyes command. View pull request

ENHANCEMENT

  • sct_resample: Raise error if trying to resampling to size zero. View pull request
  • sct_deepseg_sc: Fix deepseg threshold (again). View pull request
  • sct_deepseg_sc: Fine-adjustment of threshold for binarization of soft segmentation. View pull request
  • sct_qc: Fixed up/down dysfunction in the qc report . View pull request
  • sct_crop_image: Improved CLI, fixed bug with the GUI and refactored into module. WARNING: Breaks compatibility with previous versions of SCT. View pull request
  • sct_deepseg_sc: Remove isolated voxels at the edge of the output segmentation. View pull request
  • sct_download_data: Check if folder already exists by checking its actual name, not the name of the entry to -d flag. View pull request

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DOCUMENTATION

  • Better management of CLI syntax in case mandatory arguments are missing. View pull request

INSTALLATION

  • sct_download_data: Fixed issue that appeared when trying to remove temporary folder from different file systems. View pull request

4.0.2 (2019-09-04)

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4.0.1 (2019-08-17)

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BUG

  • sct_dmri_compute_dti: Fixed flag '-evecs' not detecting input as of type int. View pull request
  • sct_image: Fixed -setorient-data giving wrong results. View pull request
  • sct_image: Proper handling of int arguments contained in list type input. View pull request
  • sct_process_segmentation: Fixed wrong morphometric measures with anisotropic in-plane resolution. View pull request
  • Change canvas axes for image placement.. View pull request

ENHANCEMENT

INSTALLATION

4.0.0 (2019-08-04)

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BUG

  • sct_crop_image: Fixed bug when using GUI (flag -g). View pull request
  • sct_label_vertebrae: Fixed misplaced label in non-RPI data for initializing vertebral labeling. View pull request
  • sct_qc: Fixed corruption of QC json file when running parallel jobs. View pull request
  • sct_label_vertebrae: Fixed bug that appeared when inputing uncompressed nifti file. View pull request
  • sct_label_vertebrae: Fixed bug in the post processing of detect_c2c3. View pull request
  • sct_propseg: Fixed ignored -init flag and minor improvements. View pull request
  • sct_deepseg_lesion,sct_deepseg_sc: Fixed bug and clarified usage of -centerline viewer. View pull request
  • sct_dmri_moco,sct_fmri_moco: Work around "too many open files" by slurping the data. View pull request
  • sct_straighten_spinalcord: Fixed crash caused by wrong estimation of centerline length in case of incomplete segmentation. View pull request
  • sct_extract_metric: Fixed bug in method max. View pull request
  • sct_flatten_sagittal: Fix bugs related to image scaling. View pull request
  • sct_label_vertebrae: Fixed path issue when using -initlabel flag. View pull request
  • sct_get_centerline: Convert data to float before intensity rescaling (in optic). View pull request
  • sct_deepseg_lesion,sct_deepseg_sc: Fixed ValueError and IndexError. View pull request
  • sct_register_to_template: Fixed regression bugs. View pull request

ENHANCEMENT

  • batch_processing.sh: Replaced propseg by deepseg_sc. View pull request
  • batch_processing.sh: QC report is now generated locally. View pull request
  • msct_parser: Conversion from msct_parser to argparse. View pull request
  • sct_qc: Allow the possibility to discard column of choice on the output html QC report. View pull request
  • sct_process_segmentation,sct_straighten_spinalcord: Improve quality of straightening. View pull request
  • sct_deepseg_lesion,sct_deepseg_sc: Output segmentation in uint8 when input is float. View pull request
  • sct_qc: Added automatic data sorting in the QC report. View pull request
  • sct_fmri_moco: Enabling the extraction of fMRI motion correction parameters. View pull request
  • sct_qc,sct_resample: Fixed resampling method with reference image and improved speed for generating QC report. View pull request
  • sct_compute_mtr: Added output file and/or folder flag. View pull request
  • sct_compute_snr: Make consistent STD calculation between sct_fmri_compute_tsnr and sct_compute_snr. View pull request
  • Clarify handling of logger, error and exceptions. View pull request
  • msct_register,sct_register_multimodal,sct_register_to_template: Refactoring to allow use of im AND seg in the registration process. View pull request
  • sct_get_centerline,sct_straighten_spinalcord: Increased smoothness of default bspline centerline fitting algorithm . View pull request
  • sct_get_centerline: Remove Optic temp files by default. View pull request
  • sct_qc: Lock qc report during generation. View pull request
  • sct_process_segmentation: Major modifications to simplify usage and fix various issues with shape analysis. View pull request
  • sct_process_segmentation: Minor fix in usage and csv output. View pull request
  • sct_warp_template: Faster execution and other minor improvements. View pull request
  • sct_qc: Various improvements on the QC report and resampling module. View pull request
  • sct_process_segmentation: Major refactoring of centerline routine. WARNING: Breaks compatibility with previous versions of SCT. View pull request
  • sct_label_vertebrae: Removed support for -initc2 flag because there is an alternative approach with sct_label_utils. WARNING: Breaks compatibility with previous versions of SCT. View pull request
  • sct_extract_metric: Expose aggregate_slicewise() API and various improvements. WARNING: Breaks compatibility with previous versions of SCT. View pull request
  • sct_register_to_template: Updated PAM50 template header to be in the same coordinate system as the MNI template. WARNING: Breaks compatibility with previous versions of SCT. View pull request
  • sct_qc: Various improvements. View pull request
  • sct_deepseg_lesion,sct_deepseg_sc: deepseg_sc: Speed processing up . View pull request
  • sct_qc: QC now scales images based on physical dimensions (previously based on voxels). View pull request
  • sct_process_segmentation: Major refactoring to bring few improvements. WARNING: Breaks compatibility with previous versions of SCT. View pull request

FEATURE

  • sct_qc: Add CSA results on QC report . View pull request
  • sct_extract_metric: Added flag to combine all labels. View pull request
  • sct_dmri_compute_dti: Output DTI Eigenvalues. View pull request
  • sct_qc: New API to generate QC reports. View pull request
  • sct_label_vertebrae: Added possibility to rescale intervertebral disc distance and various improvements. View pull request
  • sct_register_to_template: Now possible to specify the type of algorithm used for cord straightening. View pull request
  • sct_label_vertebrae: spinalcordtoolbox/vertebrae/detect_c2c3 -- New module. View pull request
  • sct_compute_snr: Now possible to output SNR map, removed requirement for inputing mask, and few other improvements. WARNING: Breaks compatibility with previous versions of SCT. View pull request
  • sct_dmri_separate_b0_and_dwi: sct_dmri_separate_b0_and_dwi: Now append suffix to input file name to prevent conflicts. WARNING: Breaks compatibility with previous versions of SCT. View pull request
  • sct_smooth_spinalcord: Enable to set smoothing parameters in all axes. WARNING: Breaks compatibility with previous versions of SCT. View pull request

DOCUMENTATION

  • sct_label_vertebrae: Updated documentation on how to create vertebral and disc labels. View pull request
  • sct_changelog: Few improvements on automatic Changelog generation. View pull request

INSTALLATION

TESTING

v3.2.7 (2018-10-29)

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v3.2.6 (2018-10-16)

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v3.2.4 (2018-08-24)

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v3.2.3 (2018-07-21)

This release notably brings a useful feature, which now makes it possible to use single-label with -l flag for registration to the template. This feature was required by the recently-introduced analysis pipeline for multi-parametric data when FOV is systematically centered at a particular disc or mid-vertebral level. View detailed changelog

BUG

  • sct_register_multimodal: Fixed bug when using partial mask with algo=slicereg View pull request

ENHANCEMENT

  • sct_propseg: Labels and centerline are now output with correct header if -rescale is used View pull request
  • Adding a batch size of 4 for all deep learning methods. View pull request

FEATURE

v3.2.2 (2018-07-08)

Major changes to this release include a fix to SCT installation on OSX laptops with non-English encoding language. Another important fix is the inclusion of the link in sct_download_data for downloading the Paris'18 SCT course material. A nice enhancement is the possibility to calculate metrics slice-wise or level-wise in sct_extract_metric. View detailed changelog View detailed changelog

BUG

ENHANCEMENT

  • sct_deepseg_gm: Lazy loading module: now faster when calling usage View pull request
  • sct_propseg: Now possible to rescale data header to be able to segment non-human spinal cord (mice, rats, etc.) View pull request
  • sct_deepseg_gm: Adding TTA (test-time augmentation) support for better segmentation results View pull request
  • sct_deepseg_gm: Removed restriction on the network input size (small inputs): Fixes bug that appeared when inputting images with small FOV View pull request
  • sct_deepseg_sc: Reducing TensorFlow cpp logging verbosity level View pull request
  • sct_extract_metric: Now possible to calculate metrics slice-wise or level-wise View pull request

DOCUMENTATION

  • Added documentation for installing SCT on Windows using Docker View pull request
  • Added information on the README about how to update SCT from git install View pull request
  • Updated documentation and added link to the data for the SCT course in Paris View pull request

INSTALLATION

TESTING

  • Removed sct_register_graymatter (obsolete old code) from sct_testing functions View pull request
  • Implemented multiprocessing and argparse in sct_testing, and other improvements related to Sentry View pull request

3.2.1 (2018-06-12)

This release fixes a few bugs, notably one related to template registration when using disc-based alignment. It also features an improved version of sct_deepseg_sc with the introduction of 3D kernel models, as well as a more accurate segmentation on T1-weighted scans. The main documentation now includes a link to a new collection of repositories: sct-pipeline, which gathers examples of personalized analysis pipelines for processing spinal cord MRI data with SCT. View detailed changelog

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3.2.0 (2018-05-29)

This release includes: a new example dataset (now includes T2*-w and fMRI data) with an updated batch_processing.sh, a new function to compute MT-saturation effect (sct_compute_mtsat), an improved straightening that can account for inter-vertebral disc positions to be used alongside sct_register_to_template for more accurate registration, and few improvements on sct_pipeline and quality control (QC) report generation. View detailed changelog

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3.1.1 (2018-02-16)

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v3.1.0 (2017-10-27)

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v3.0.8 (2017-09-13)

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v3.0.7 (2017-08-02)

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v3.0.6 (2017-07-04)

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v3.0.5 (2017-06-09)

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v3.0.4 (2017-05-19)

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v3.0.3 (2017-04-26)

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  • Added course_hawaii17 into the list of available dataset from sct_download_data View pull request
  • Incorrect variable when installing SCT in a different directory View pull request

DOCUMENTATION

v3.0.2 (2017-04-20)

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BUG

  • Force the SCT environment to use only the python modules installed by SCT View pull request
  • Fixing disabling options on straightening View pull request
  • Fixed tSNR computation of the mean and std of the input image View pull request
  • Increased the data type size from the default int16 to int32 to avoid overflow issues in sct_process_segmentation View pull request
  • Fixed data type issue in sct_process_segmentation View pull request

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v3.0.1 (2017-03-22)

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v3.0.0 (2017-03-15)

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3.0_beta32 (2017-02-10)

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  • BUG: install_sct: fixed PATH issue (#1153): closed at 2017-02-08 View pull request
  • BUG: compute_snr: fixed variable name: closed at 2017-02-03 View pull request
  • Changed the algorithm to fetch the download filename: closed at 2017-02-03 View pull request
  • Copy header of input file to ensure qform is unchanged: closed at 2017-01-31 View pull request
  • zero voxels no more included when computing MI + new flag to compute normalized MI: closed at 2017-02-01 View pull request
  • Downloading the binaries using the python module instead of CURL: closed at 2017-01-30 View pull request
  • [sct_segment_graymatter] correct background value: closed at 2017-01-31 View pull request
  • Fixing indexes issue on Travis OSX: closed at 2017-01-17 View pull request
  • REF: display spinal cord length when required (full spinal cord): closed at 2017-01-17 View pull request
  • Adding rules for in-segmentation errors: closed at 2017-01-17 View pull request

ENHANCEMENT

TESTING

  • Add message to user when spinal cord is not detected and verbose improvement for testing: closed at 2017-02-01 View pull request
  • Display results of isct_test_function: closed at 2017-01-20 View pull request

3.0_beta31 (2017-01-16)

  • BUG: sct_process_segmentation display spinal cord length when required (full spinal cord) (#1112)
  • BUG: sct_propseg Adding rules for in-segmentation errors (#1110)
  • BUG: PAM50: probabilist templates of WM and GM not sum to 1 (#411)
  • BUG: sct_propseg: fixed edge issue (#1074)
  • BUG: sct_label_vertebrae: fixed temporary folder not created (#1083)
  • BUG: isct_test_function: fixed temp folder of subject being created inside test folder of another subject (#1084)
  • BUG: sct_apply_transfo: fixed TR field on NIFTI is lost (#1013)
  • BUG: sct_register_graymatter: fixed empty inverse warping field (#1068)
  • OPT: sct_label_vertebrae: now outputing verbose=2 pics in ofolder (#1094)
  • OPT: sct_straighten_spinalcord: fixed Reduce required RAM (#979)
  • OPT: sct_straighten_spinalcord: removes accuracy computation by default (#1075)
  • OPT: sct_propseg: improve robustness towards exception (#207)
  • OPT: isct_test_function: send email when finished (#1081)
  • OPT: isct_test_function: removed color tags on log entries (#1035)

3.0_beta29 (2016-12-13)

  • NEW: PAM50 template now used as the default template
  • NEW: sct_compute_snr: compute SNR using several methods (Dietrich et al. 2007)
  • NEW: sct_propseg: now accepts a correction solution for sct_propseg in case of missing CSF/SC contrast and/or artefacts (see issue #664 for details)
  • NEW: sct_propseg: added flag to open a viewer for initializing spinal cord segmentation by manually providing a few points (issue #741)
  • NEW: install_sct: new installer, which downloads the necessary data (i.e., lighter package).
  • NEW: SCT now includes its own python (from miniconda), which simplifies the installation and allows users to have another Python installed without generating conflicts.
  • NEW: sct_dmri_create_noisemask: Identification and estimation of noise in the diffusion signal, implemented by the Dipy software project (http://nipy.org/dipy/), based on the PIESNO method
  • NEW: sct_register_graymatter: Multi-label registration that accounts for gray matter shape.
  • NEW: sct_register_multimodal: features two new transformations: centermassrot and columnwise.
  • NEW: sct_register_multimodal: flag smoothWarpXY: regularization of warping field (only for algo=columnwize)
  • NEW: sct_register_multimodal: flag pca_eigenratio_th: Min ratio between the two eigenvalues for PCA-based angular adjustment (only for algo=centermassrot).
  • NEW: sct_create_mask: now compatible with 2D data (#1066)
  • NEW: sct_maths: computes mutual information and cross-correlation between images (#1054)
  • BUG: sct_straighten_spinalcord: Fixed #917, #924, #1063
  • BUG: Fixed issues #715, #719
  • BUG: sct_propseg: fixed issues #147, #242, #309, #376, #501, #544, #674, #680
  • BUG: sct_segment_graymatter: fixed issues #782, #813, #815
  • BUG: sct_register_graymatter: fixed issue #1068
  • BUG: Fixed incompatibility with CENTOS 6.X (issue #776)
  • BUG: Binaries now hosted on Gihub for accessibility from China (#927)
  • BUG: sct_resample: Fixed slight image shift caused by resampling (#612)
  • OPT: sct_check_dependencies: Made test more sentitive to OS incompatibilities (issue #771)
  • OPT: sct_register_multimodal: major changes. Simplified flags. Fixed issues #350, #404, #414, #499, #650, #735, #737, #749, #807, #818, #1033, #1034
  • OPT: sct_register_to_template: now uses slicewise rigid transfo at first step (instead of slicereg), which improves accuracy (issue #666)
  • OPT: sct_register_to_template: added contrast for registration: t2s
  • OPT: sct_label_vertebrae: now fully automatic (although unstable-- work in progress).
  • OPT: sct_testing: added integrity testing for CSA computation (#1031)
  • REF: sct_testing: sct_testing_data is now hosted on GitHub-release for better tracking and across-version compatibility.

3.0_beta28 (2016-11-25)

  • BUG: sct_process_segmentation: Fixed issue related to calculation of CSA (#1022)
  • BUG: sct_label_vertebrae: Fixed Vertebral labeling removes first vertebrae in the labelled segmentation (#700)
  • OPT: sct_register_multimodal: Now possible to input initial warping field (#1049)
  • OPT: sct_register_multimodal: Added feature to be able to input two pairs of label image for estimating affine/rigid/nonrigid transformation (#661)
  • OPT: sct_extract_metric: Added weighted-Maximum a posteriori extraction method (#1018)
  • OPT: Remove color tags on log entries (#1035)

3.0_beta27 (2016-10-23)

  • NEW: sct_extract_metric: method "max" to extract CSA value form interpolated volume (e.g. PAM50 space) without partial volume bias

3.0_beta26 (2016-10-05)

  • INST: Fixed #992, #1004, #1008, #1012

3.0_beta25 (2016-09-30)

  • OPT: Fixed #875
  • INST: Fixed #1007, #1009

3.0_beta24 (2016-09-28)

  • BUG: Fixed #870, #898, #859, #871, #1005, #750, #444, #878, #1000
  • INST: Fixed issue with matplotlib version 1.5.3

3.0_beta23 (2016-09-18)

  • BUG: Fixed #984, #983, #954, #978, #987, #938, #964, #638, #969, #922, #855
  • OPT: sct_register_to_template: added a flag "-ref" to be able to register to anisotropic data

3.0_beta22 (2016-09-09)

  • BUG: Fixed #994, #989, #988, #976, #968

2.2.3 (2016-02-04)

  • BUG: sct_straighten_spinalcord: fixed instabilities related to generation of labels (issue #722)

2.2.2 (2016-01-31)

  • OPT: sct_dmri_moco: added flag "-bvalmin" to specify b=0 threshold and improved reading of bval file.

2.2.1 (2016-01-29)

  • BUG: sct_dmri_moco: fixed bug related to the use of mask
  • BUG: sct_dmri_moco: fixed bug in the algorithm (iterative average of target DWI volume)

2.2 (2016-01-23)

  • BUG: Fixed major issue during installation (issue #708)
  • BUG: sct_process_segmentation: fixed bug occuring with small FOV (issue #706)

2.1.1 (2016-01-15)

  • BUG: sct_resample: fixed issue #691
  • OPT: sct_segment_graymatter: improved robustness of normalization
  • OPT: sct_process_segmentation: default parameter does not smooth CSA results anymore

2.1 (2015-12-01)

  • NEW: sct_testing: test SCT functions and their integrity
  • NEW: sct_maths: performs basic operations on images. Similar to fslmaths.
  • NEW: sct_get_centerline -method auto: uses advanced image processing methods for finding the spinal cord centerline automatically on any type of contrast. This script should be followed by sct_propseg for finer cord segmentation.
  • NEW: sct_label_vertebrae: can automatically label vertebral levels given an anatomical scan, a centerline and few prior info.
  • NEW: sct_segment_graymatter: segment spinal cord gray matter using multi-atlas approach from Asman et al.
  • NEW: sct_process_segmentation: feature to estimate CSA based on labels
  • NEW: sct_label_utils: new functionality for creating labels based on vertebral labeling
  • NEW: added "-qc" flag to some functions to output png images for quality control.
  • BUG: install_patch: now possible to install as non-admin (issues #380, #434)
  • BUG: sct_extract_metric: fix the case when averaging labels from different clusters with method map
  • INST: no more dependence with FSL
  • INST: no more dependence with c3d
  • OPT: sct_straighten_spinalcord: improved accuracy (issues #371, #425, #452, #472)
  • OPT: sct_registration_to_template: improved accuracy
  • REF: harmonization of flags. Most flags from v2.0 still work but a message of deprecation is sent.

2.1_beta21 (2015-11-30)

  • sct_process_segmentation: fixed issue with computation of volume based on vertebral level (slice selection now using centerline)

2.1_beta20 (2015-11-30)

  • fixed compatibility with new PAM50 template

2.1_beta19 (2015-11-25)

  • harmonized flags
  • sct_process_segmentation: now computes volume

2.0.6 (2015-06-30)

  • BUG: sct_process_segmentation: fixed bug of output file location (issue #395)

2.0.5 (2015-06-10)

  • BUG: sct_process_segmentation: fixed error when calculating CSA (issue #388)

2.0.4 (2015-06-06)

  • BUG: sct_process_segmentation: fixed error when calculating CSA (issue #388)
  • BUG: Hanning smoothing: fixed error that occurred when window size was larger than data (issue #390)
  • OPT: sct_check_dependencies: now checks if git is installed
  • OPT: simplified batch_processing.sh

2.0.3 (2015-05-19)

  • BUG: sct_register_to_template: fixed issue related to appearance of two overlapped templates in some cases (issue #367)
  • BUG: sct_register_to_template: now all input data are resampled to 1mm iso to avoid label mismatch (issue #368)
  • BUG: sct_resample: fixed bug when user specified output file
  • OPT: sct_create_mask: improved speed

2.0.2 (2015-05-16)

  • BUG: sct_fmri_compute_tsnr: fixed issue when input path includes folder
  • BUG: sct_orientation: now possibility to change orientation even if no qform in header (issue #360)
  • BUG: msct_smooth: fixed error with small Hanning window (issue #363)
  • BUG: sct_straighten_spinalcord: fixed issue with relative path (issue #365)
  • NEW: sct_label_utils: added new function to transform group of labels into discrete label points
  • NEW: sct_orientation: added a tool to fix wrong orientation of an image (issue #366)
  • OPT: sct_register_to_template: twice as fast! (issue #343)

2.0.1 (2015-04-28)

  • BUG: sct_extract_metric: MAP method did not scale properly with the data. Now fixed (issue #348)
  • BUG: fixed issue with parser when typing a command to see usage (it crashed)

2.0 (2015-04-17)

  • NEW: sct_fmri_compute_tsnr: new function to compute TSNR from fMRI data (performs moco before)
  • OPT: sct_straighten_spinalcord: now MUCH faster and more accurate (issue #240)
  • OPT: sct_register_to_template: allows more flexibility by allowing multiple steps for registration (flag -p).
    • N.B. flag "-m" has been replaced by "-s"
  • OPT: sct_register_multimodal: allows more flexibility by imposing only one stage. Several stages can be run sequentially and then transformations can be concatenated.
    • N.B. flags "-s" and "-t" were replaced with "-iseg" and "-dseg" respectively
  • OPT: sct_extract_metric:
    • new methods for extraction: maximum likelihood and maximum a posteriori, which take into account partial volume effect
    • now possible to specify global regions for extraction with flag -l: wm, gm, sc
    • now possible to include a bunch of labels using ":". Example: 2:29
  • NEW: sct_get_centerline_from_labels: obtain a centerline using a combination of labels and/or segmentations
    • N.B. sct_get_centerline was renamed for sct_get_centerline_automatic
  • NEW: sct_compute_ernst_angle: new script to compute and display Ernst angle depending on T1 and TR
  • OPT: sct_process_segmentation:
    • can compute average CSA across vertebral levels or slices
    • can compute length of segmentation
    • can compute CSA on non-binary images such as probabilistic gray/white matter maps
    • N.B. process names were simplified to: "csa", "length" and "centerline"
  • OPT: sct_crop_image: now possible to crop an image based on a reference space
  • OPT: new WM atlas: added gray matter and CSF for computing partial volume
  • OPT: now use all available cores for ANTs and adjust variable when running dmri_moco (issue #238)
  • INST: new installer in python, simpler to use and check for latest patches
  • REF: msct_parser: new parser that generate documentation/usage
  • REF: msct_image, sct_label_utils: smoothly converting the toolbox to objet-oriented, some scripts can be used as python module

1.1.2_beta (2014-12-25)

  • BUG: sct_dmri_moco: fixed crash when using mask (issue # 245)
  • OPT: sct_create_mask: (1) updated usage (size in vox instead of mm), (2) fixed minor issues related to mask size.
  • INST: links are now created during installation of release or patch (issue ).

1.1.1 (2014-11-13)

1.1 (2014-11-04)

  • NEW: sct_crop: function to quickly crop an image.
  • NEW: sct_extract_metric (replaces the old sct_estimate_MAP_tracts.py). New functionalities added (maximum likelihood estimation and tract grouping). More flexible with label files.
  • NEW: sct_convert_mnc2nii
  • NEW: sct_create_mask: create mask of different shapes (cylinder, box, gaussian). Useful for moco.
  • NEW: sct_fmri_moco: motion correction function for fMRI data. Uses regularization along z.
  • NEW: sct_compute_mtr: compute MTR
  • NEW: sct_otsu: OTSU segmentation (usefull for DWI data)
  • NEW: sct_resample: quick upsample/downsample 3D or 4D data
  • NEW: sct_segment_greymatter: function to segment the grey matter by warping that one from the atlas
  • OPT: sct_orientation can now be applied to 4d data
  • OPT: sct_register_multimodal now using the new antsSliceReg method that regularizes along z.
  • OPT: new version of the white matter atlas: more accurate, deformation accounting for internal structure (use BSplineSyN instead of SyN).
  • OPT: sct_dmri_moco now using the new antsSliceReg method that regularizes along z.
  • OPT: removed all .py extensions for callable functions (created links)
  • OPT: sct_label_utils: now possible to create labels. Also added other useful features.
  • INST: now possible to specify installation path for the toolbox
  • INST: conda dependences are now automatically installed by the installer.
  • INST: added pillow (fixed issue #117)
  • INST: "getting started" now provided via example commands in batch_processing.sh
  • REF: sct_straighten_spinalcord (fixed issues #56, #116)
  • TEST: major changes on the testing framework for better modularity with Travis. Now using separate small dataset.

1.0.3 (2014-07-30)

  • BUG: fixed bug in sct_process_segmentation.py related to import of scipy.misc imsave,imread in miniconda distrib (issue #62)
  • BUG: fixed bug in sct_process_segmentation.py related to import of PIL/Pillow module (issue #58)
  • OPT: sct_register_multimodal now working for images with non-axial orientation (issue #59)
  • OPT: sct_register_straight_spinalcord_to_template has now been replaced by sct_register_multimodal in sct_register_to_template.
  • OPT: major improvements for sct_dmri_moco, including spline regularization, eddy correction, group-wise registration, gaussian mask.
  • OPT: sct_check_dependencies.py can now output log file and do extensive tests (type -h for more info)
  • NEW: sct_apply_transfo.py: apply warping field (wrapper to ANTs WarpImageMultiTransform)
  • NEW: sct_concat_transfo.py: concatenate warping fields (wrapper to ANTs ComposeMultiTransform)
  • NEW: batch_processing.sh: example batch for processing multi-parametric data

1.0.2 (2014-07-13)

  • NEW: virtual machine
  • BUG: fixed sct_check_dependencies for Linux
  • BUG: fix VM failure of sct_register_to_template (issue #41)
  • OPT: sct_register_to_template.py now registers the straight spinal cord to the template using sct_register_multimodal.py, which uses the spinal cord segmentation for more accurate results.

1.0.1 (2014-07-03)

  • INST: toolbox now requires matplotlib

1.0 (2014-06-15)

  • first public release!

0.7 (2014-06-14)

  • NEW: dMRI moco
  • INST: libraries are now statically compiled
  • OPT: propseg: now results are reproducible (i.e. removed pseudo-randomization)

0.6 (2014-06-13)

  • Debian + OSX binaries
  • BUG: fixed registration2template issue when labels were larger than 9
  • BUG: fixed bug on PropSeg when the image contains a lot of null slices
  • INST: now installer write on bashrc and links bash_profile to bashrc
  • BUG: removed random parts in PropSeg

0.5 (2014-06-03)

  • now possible to get both template2EPI and EPI2template warping fields
  • fixed major bug in registration (labels were cropped)
  • NEW: probabilistic location of spinal levels
  • NEW: binaries for Debian/Ubuntu

0.4 (2014-05-28)

  • NEW: installer for ANTs (currently only for OSX)
  • fixed bugs

0.3 (2014-05-26)

  • major changes in sct_register_multimodal
  • fixed bugs

0.2 (2014-05-18)

  • NEW: nonlocal means denoising filter
  • NEW: sct_smooth_spinalcord --> smoothing along centerline
  • fixed bugs

0.1 (2014-05-03)

  • first beta version!