NAME

       groupwise_init - Affine initialization for groupwise registration

SYNOPSIS

       groupwise_init [options] image0 [image1 ...]

DESCRIPTION

       Compute  initial  affine  alignment  for  a group of input images, which can be used as an
       input for groupwise registration

OPTIONS

   Global Toolkit Options (these are shared by all CMTK tools)
       --help
            Write list of basic command line options to standard output.

       --help-all
            Write complete list of basic and advanced command line options to standard output.

       --wiki
            Write list of command line options to standard output in MediaWiki markup.

       --man
            Write man page source in 'nroff' markup to standard output.

       --version
            Write toolkit version to standard output.

       --echo
            Write the current command line to standard output.

       --verbose-level <integer>
            Set verbosity level.

       --verbose, -v
            Increment verbosity level by 1 (deprecated; supported for backward compatibility).

       --threads <integer>
            Set maximum number of parallel threads (for POSIX threads and OpenMP).

   Main Options
       --template <string>, -t <string>
            Input filename for pre-defined template image.  [Default: NONE]

       --output-root <string>, -O <string>
            Root directory for all output files.  [Default: NONE]

       --output <string>, -o <string>
            Output filename for groupwise registration archive.  [Default: groupwise.xforms ]

       --output-average <string>
            Output filename for registered average image.  [Default: average.nii ]

       --average-cubic
            Use cubic (rather than linear) interpolation for average image.

       --no-output-average
            Do not write average image.

       --align-centers-of-mass
            Initially align centers of mass rather than centers of bounding boxes.

       --init-scales
            Initialize scale factors using first-order moments

       --center-template
            Center aligned images in template grid field of view.

AUTHORS

       Torsten Rohlfing, with contributions from Michael  P.  Hasak,  Greg  Jefferis,  Calvin  R.
       Maurer, Daniel B. Russakoff, and Yaroslav Halchenko

LICENSE

       http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/gpl.html

BUGS

       Report bugs at http://nitrc.org/projects/cmtk/

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

       CMTK is developed with support from the NIAAA under Grant AA021697, National Consortium on
       Alcohol and Neurodevelopment in Adolescence (N-CANDA): Data  Integration  Component.  From
       April  2009  through September 2011, CMTK development and maintenance was supported by the
       NIBIB under Grant EB008381.