Dear CAT12 experts,
I am trying to export data from a large number of subjects processed with CAT12 by extracting from the XML output to a custom file. This has been fine except that I cannot reconcile the PDF report Bias and Noise “grading” with data from the xml file. I presume these have direct relationships with the ICR and NCR, but when comparing these to the linear grade assignments (from: CAT12 - Computational Anatomy Toolbox for SPM12) I don’t see any conversion factors.
Is there somewhere I could obtain more detailed information on these XML metrics, or how to find the methods for assigning (A-F) “grading” from these reports based on data in the XML?
Hi @Acinonyx. I can’t offer a real explanation, but based on looking through the MATLAB files and some fiddling I have found a few relations that seem right (this is for CAT12.8, revision 1931).
Values in the “linear rating scale” (0.5 - 10.5) can be converted to “rps” (0 - 100) by multiplying by 10 and subtracting the result from 105. For example, the xml file has a value qualityratings.IQR, which is related to the “Weighted Average (IQR)” in the pdf as
wighted_average = 105 - 10*qualityratings.IQR
Similarly, qualityratings.ICR from the xml is related to “bias” in the pdf like
bias = 105 - 10*qualityratings.ICR
Note that ICR does not factor into the “weighted average (IQR)”. For that overall value, the only values that matter are “noise” (105 - 10*qualityratings.NCR) and “resolution” (105 - 10*qualityratings.res_RMS)