How to choose amount of smoothing

Hi @Uri_Shinitsky ,

It really depends on your ROI size, and balance between tolerance for spatial bluriness vs SNR goals. So, no single solution. If you have really small ROIs (e.g., a hippocampal subfield), or are interested in neighboring areas and would not want to blur the signal between them, then you probably want small smoothing kernel. If you have a low SNR acquisition and have large and/or distant ROIs, then you can probably afford a larger smoothing kernel.

A good place to start is looking at similar publications, or trying out different smoothings yourself on an a separate independent (but ideally similar) dataset.

Best,
Steven

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