For patient confidentiality reasons it may be preferable to use an identification number rather than patient name for each sub directory!
It is better to organize this layout at the start before proceeding to save rview files, since rview (.rvw) files may reference or record the location of image data files that have been registered or viewed.
Having started rview, select the
MRI-PET/SPECT tool from the View Layout menu :
Which launches the MRI-PET/SPECT
tool:
This
contains a range of buttons with functions relevant to
MRI-PET/SPECT image registration. The upper control box contains a
sequence of buttons taking the user through theb basic steps required
to
register and display SPECT or PET data with an underlying structural
MRI data file.
MRI-SPECT/PET
Button 1 simply resets the display layout allowing the dragging of the MR image file from a filer/explorer window onto one of the top row of three squares in the main display area of rview (Marked Reference Image). This will [try to] load the MR image as the Reference Image. If you have not used this type of image data file format with rview before please read the sections on file formats and image data problems
If the data has loaded successfully
modify the display controls for
the reference image to improve contrast of the MR values. For many
common MR images this will require lowering the maximum displayed value
to
increase the overall brightness and contrast and perhaps slightly
increasing
the minimum displayed value. This should improve grey-white contrast in
T1 weighted images. It is also possible to vary the gamma of the reference image display.