Changes in preprocessing pipeline (which affects your results compared to CAT12.8.2)
- The cortical surface extraction has been extensively updated with many changes that result in more reliable thickness measurements and better handling of partial volume effects.
- Initial affine registration now uses a brain mask to obtain more reliable estimates, resulting in more accurate non-linear spatial registration.
- Various smaller changes have been made for blood vessel detection and background detection for skull-stripping.
- Segment Longitudinal Data is now saving both plasticity and aging models by default.
- The previous cat_vol_sanlm from r1980 has been rescued and renamed to cat_vol_sanlm2180.m, which performs significantly better.
- The quartic mean Z-score is now used to assess sample homogeneity as it gives greater weight to outliers and makes them easier to identify in the plot.
- Several changes have been made to support Octave compatibility.
Full Changelog: 12.8.2...12.9