ROI intensity curves for multi-dimensional datasets

If multi-dimensional datasets are loaded (e.g. dynamic multi-slice or multi-echo multi-slice) then the ROI Intensity curve will always be drawn along the fourth dimension (i.e. not across slices but along time-axis or echo time axis). The exception to this is when the image scroll-box is set to All, in which case the ROI intensity curve is drawn for all loaded images (usually not a feasible option). The example below shows the ROI intensity curve for a multi-slice dynamic dataset. With the Image Scroll-box set to Slice, the ROI intensity curve will be drawn across all dynamic time-points for the current ROI position in the current slice. If the image volume is scrolled to another slice, the ROI intensity curve will be updated to reflect the current ROI position in the new slice. If the scroll box is set to Dyn. scan, then the ROI Intensity curve will show the same thing; i.e. the ROI variation along the dynamic scan axis. Scrolling through the images now will not change the ROI intensity curve since each new image represents a different point on the current ROI intensity curve.

ROI intensity curve for multi-dimensional dataset

For multi-dimensional datasets the ROI intensity curve will always be drawn along the time-varying (or echo-varying) dimension and not along the slice dimension. In the example shown, the image scroll-box is set to Slice and the resulting ROI intensity curve shows the ROI variation along the image time dimension for the current ROI position. Modifying the ROI or scrolling to another slice will update the ROI Intensity curve for the new ROI location. Setting the image scroll-box to Dyn. scan will similarly produce a ROI Intensity curve along the dynamic scan axis for the current slice.

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ROI intensity curves
Sorting multi-dimensional datasets
Axis options