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#!/bin/bash

VERSION="0.0"

if [[ ! -s ${ANTSPATH}/N4BiasFieldCorrection ]]; then
  echo we cant find the N4 program -- does not seem to exist.  please \(re\)define \$ANTSPATH in your environment.
  exit
fi
if [[ ! -s ${ANTSPATH}/Atropos ]]; then
  echo we cant find the Atropos program -- does not seem to exist.  please \(re\)define \$ANTSPATH in your environment.
  exit
fi
if [[ ! -s ${ANTSPATH}/antsRegistration ]]; then
  echo we cant find the antsRegistration program -- does not seem to exist.  please \(re\)define \$ANTSPATH in your environment.
  exit
fi
if [[ ! -s ${ANTSPATH}/antsApplyTransforms ]]; then
  echo we cant find the antsApplyTransforms program -- does not seem to exist.  please \(re\)define \$ANTSPATH in your environment.
  exit
fi

function Usage {
    cat <<USAGE

`basename $0` performs template-based brain extraction.

Usage:

`basename $0` -d imageDimension
              -a anatomicalImage
              -e brainExtractionTemplate
              -m brainExtractionProbabilityMask
              <OPT_ARGS>
              -o outputPrefix

Example:

  bash $0 -d 3 -a t1.nii.gz -e brainWithSkullTemplate.nii.gz -m brainPrior.nii.gz -o output

Required arguments:

     -d:  Image dimension                       2 or 3 (for 2- or 3-dimensional image)
     -a:  Anatomical image                      Structural image, typically T1.  If more than one
                                                anatomical image is specified, subsequently specified
                                                images are used during the segmentation process.  However,
                                                only the first image is used in the registration of priors.
                                                Our suggestion would be to specify the T1 as the first image.
     -e:  Brain extraction template             Anatomical template created using e.g. LPBA40 data set with
                                                buildtemplateparallel.sh in ANTs.
     -m:  Brain extraction probability mask     Brain probability mask created using e.g. LPBA40 data set which
                                                have brain masks defined, and warped to anatomical template and
                                                averaged resulting in a probability image.
     -o:  Output prefix                         Output directory + file prefix

Optional arguments:

     -f:  Brain extraction registration mask    Mask used for registration to limit the metric computation to
                                                a specific region.
     -s:  image file suffix                     Any of the standard ITK IO formats e.g. nrrd, nii.gz (default), mhd
     -u:  use random seeding                    Use random number generated from system clock in Atropos (default = 1)
     -k:  keep temporary files                  Keep brain extraction/segmentation warps, etc (default = false).
     -q:  use floating point precision          Use antsRegistration with floating point precision.

     -z:  Test / debug mode                     If > 0, runs a faster version of the script. Only for debugging, results will not be good.

USAGE
    exit 1
}

echoParameters() {
    cat <<PARAMETERS

    Using antsBrainExtraction with the following arguments:
      image dimension         = ${DIMENSION}
      anatomical image        = ${ANATOMICAL_IMAGES[@]}
      extraction template     = ${EXTRACTION_TEMPLATE}
      extraction reg. mask    = ${EXTRACTION_REGISTRATION_MASK}
      extraction prior        = ${EXTRACTION_PRIOR}
      output prefix           = ${OUTPUT_PREFIX}
      output image suffix     = ${OUTPUT_SUFFIX}

    N4 parameters (pre brain extraction):
      convergence             = ${N4_CONVERGENCE_1}
      shrink factor           = ${N4_SHRINK_FACTOR_1}
      B-spline parameters     = ${N4_BSPLINE_PARAMS}

    Atropos parameters (extraction):
       convergence            = ${ATROPOS_BRAIN_EXTRACTION_CONVERGENCE}
       likelihood             = ${ATROPOS_BRAIN_EXTRACTION_LIKELIHOOD}
       initialization         = ${ATROPOS_BRAIN_EXTRACTION_INITIALIZATION}
       mrf                    = ${ATROPOS_BRAIN_EXTRACTION_MRF}
       use clock random seed  = ${USE_RANDOM_SEEDING}

PARAMETERS
}


#    local  myresult='some value'
#    echo "$myresult"

# Echos a command to stdout, then runs it
# Will immediately exit on error unless you set debug flag here
DEBUG_MODE=0

function logCmd() {
  cmd="$*"
  echo "BEGIN >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>"
  echo $cmd
  $cmd

  cmdExit=$?

  if [[ $cmdExit -gt 0 ]];
    then
      echo "ERROR: command exited with nonzero status $cmdExit"
      echo "Command: $cmd"
      echo
      if [[ ! $DEBUG_MODE -gt 0 ]];
        then
          exit 1
        fi
    fi

  echo "END   <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<"
  echo
  echo

  return $cmdExit
}



################################################################################
#
# Main routine
#
################################################################################

HOSTNAME=`hostname`
DATE=`date`

CURRENT_DIR=`pwd`/
OUTPUT_DIR=${CURRENT_DIR}/tmp$RANDOM/
OUTPUT_PREFIX=${OUTPUT_DIR}/tmp
OUTPUT_SUFFIX="nii.gz"

KEEP_TMP_IMAGES=0

USE_RANDOM_SEEDING=1

DIMENSION=3

ANATOMICAL_IMAGES=()

################################################################################
#
# Programs and their parameters
#
################################################################################

ATROPOS=${ANTSPATH}/Atropos
ATROPOS_BRAIN_EXTRACTION_INITIALIZATION="kmeans[3]"
ATROPOS_BRAIN_EXTRACTION_LIKELIHOOD="Gaussian"
ATROPOS_BRAIN_EXTRACTION_CONVERGENCE="[3,0.0]"

ANTS=${ANTSPATH}/antsRegistration
ANTS_MAX_ITERATIONS="100x100x70x20"
ANTS_TRANSFORMATION="SyN[0.1,3,0]"
ANTS_LINEAR_METRIC_PARAMS="1,32,Regular,0.25"
ANTS_LINEAR_CONVERGENCE="[1000x500x250x100,1e-8,10]"
ANTS_METRIC="CC"
ANTS_METRIC_PARAMS="1,4"

WARP=${ANTSPATH}/antsApplyTransforms

N4=${ANTSPATH}/N4BiasFieldCorrection
N4_CONVERGENCE_1="[50x50x50x50,0.0000001]"
N4_CONVERGENCE_2="[50x50x50x50,0.0000001]"
N4_SHRINK_FACTOR_1=4
N4_SHRINK_FACTOR_2=2
N4_BSPLINE_PARAMS="[200]"

USE_FLOAT_PRECISION=0

if [[ $# -lt 3 ]] ; then
  Usage >&2
  exit 1
else
  while getopts "a:d:e:f:h:k:m:o:q:s:u:z:" OPT
    do
      case $OPT in
          d) #dimensions
       DIMENSION=$OPTARG
       if [[ ${DIMENSION} -gt 4 || ${DIMENSION} -lt 2 ]];
         then
           echo " Error:  ImageDimension must be 2, 3, or 4 "
           exit 1
         fi
       ;;
          h) #help
       Usage >&2
       exit 0
       ;;
          a) #anatomical t1 image
       ANATOMICAL_IMAGES[${#ANATOMICAL_IMAGES[@]}]=$OPTARG
       ;;
          k) #keep tmp images
       KEEP_TMP_IMAGES=$OPTARG
       ;;
          e) #brain extraction anatomical image
       EXTRACTION_TEMPLATE=$OPTARG
       ;;
          f) #brain extraction registration mask
       EXTRACTION_REGISTRATION_MASK=$OPTARG
       ;;
          m) #brain extraction prior probability mask
       EXTRACTION_PRIOR=$OPTARG
       ;;
          o) #output prefix
       OUTPUT_PREFIX=$OPTARG
       ;;
          q)
       USE_FLOAT_PRECISION=$OPTARG
       ;;
          s) #output suffix
       OUTPUT_SUFFIX=$OPTARG
       ;;
          u) #use random seeding
       USE_RANDOM_SEEDING=$OPTARG
       ;;
          z) #debug mode
       DEBUG_MODE=$OPTARG
       ;;
          *) # getopts issues an error message
       echo "ERROR:  unrecognized option -$OPT $OPTARG"
       exit 1
       ;;
      esac
  done
fi

ATROPOS_BRAIN_EXTRACTION_MRF="[0.1,1x1x1]"
if [[ DIMENSION -eq 2 ]];
  then
    ATROPOS_BRAIN_EXTRACTION_MRF="[0.1,1x1]"
  fi

if [[ -z "$ATROPOS_SEGMENTATION_MRF" ]];
  then
    ATROPOS_SEGMENTATION_MRF="[0.1,1x1x1]";
    if [[ DIMENSION -eq 2 ]];
      then
        ATROPOS_SEGMENTATION_MRF="[0.1,1x1]"
      fi
  fi


################################################################################
#
# Preliminaries:
#  1. Check existence of inputs
#  2. Figure out output directory and mkdir if necessary
#
################################################################################

for (( i = 0; i < ${#ANATOMICAL_IMAGES[@]}; i++ ))
  do
  if [[ ! -f ${ANATOMICAL_IMAGES[$i]} ]];
    then
      echo "The specified image \"${ANATOMICAL_IMAGES[$i]}\" does not exist."
      exit 1
    fi
  done

OUTPUT_DIR=${OUTPUT_PREFIX%\/*}
if [[ ! -d $OUTPUT_DIR ]];
  then
    echo "The output directory \"$OUTPUT_DIR\" does not exist. Making it."
    mkdir -p $OUTPUT_DIR
  fi

if [[ $DEBUG_MODE -gt 0 ]];
  then

   echo "    WARNING - Running in test / debug mode. Results will be suboptimal "

   # Speed up by doing fewer its. Careful about changing this because
   # certain things are hard coded elsewhere, eg number of levels

   ANTS_MAX_ITERATIONS="40x40x20x0"
   ANTS_LINEAR_CONVERGENCE="[100x100x50x10,1e-8,10]"

   # Leave N4 / Atropos alone because they're pretty fast

  fi


echoParameters >&2

echo "---------------------  Running `basename $0` on $HOSTNAME  ---------------------"

time_start=`date +%s`

################################################################################
#
# Output image
#
################################################################################

BRAIN_EXTRACTION_MASK=${OUTPUT_PREFIX}BrainExtractionMask.${OUTPUT_SUFFIX}

################################################################################
#
# Brain extraction
#
################################################################################

N4_CORRECTED_IMAGES=()

BRAIN_EXTRACTION_OUTPUT=${OUTPUT_PREFIX}BrainExtraction
EXTRACTION_WARP_OUTPUT_PREFIX=${BRAIN_EXTRACTION_OUTPUT}Prior
EXTRACTION_WARP=${EXTRACTION_WARP_OUTPUT_PREFIX}1Warp.nii.gz
EXTRACTION_INVERSE_WARP=${EXTRACTION_WARP_OUTPUT_PREFIX}1InverseWarp.nii.gz
EXTRACTION_GENERIC_AFFINE=${EXTRACTION_WARP_OUTPUT_PREFIX}0GenericAffine.mat
EXTRACTION_MASK_PRIOR_WARPED=${EXTRACTION_WARP_OUTPUT_PREFIX}Warped.${OUTPUT_SUFFIX}
EXTRACTION_MASK=$BRAIN_EXTRACTION_MASK
EXTRACTION_SEGMENTATION=${BRAIN_EXTRACTION_OUTPUT}Segmentation.${OUTPUT_SUFFIX}
EXTRACTION_BRAIN=${BRAIN_EXTRACTION_OUTPUT}Brain.${OUTPUT_SUFFIX}
EXTRACTION_WM=${BRAIN_EXTRACTION_OUTPUT}WM.${OUTPUT_SUFFIX}
EXTRACTION_GM=${BRAIN_EXTRACTION_OUTPUT}GM.${OUTPUT_SUFFIX}
EXTRACTION_CSF=${BRAIN_EXTRACTION_OUTPUT}CSF.${OUTPUT_SUFFIX}
EXTRACTION_TMP=${BRAIN_EXTRACTION_OUTPUT}Tmp.${OUTPUT_SUFFIX}
EXTRACTION_INITIAL_AFFINE=${BRAIN_EXTRACTION_OUTPUT}InitialAffine.mat
EXTRACTION_INITIAL_AFFINE_FIXED=${BRAIN_EXTRACTION_OUTPUT}InitialAffineFixed.${OUTPUT_SUFFIX}
EXTRACTION_INITIAL_AFFINE_MOVING=${BRAIN_EXTRACTION_OUTPUT}InitialAffineMoving.${OUTPUT_SUFFIX}
EXTRACTION_LAPLACIAN=${BRAIN_EXTRACTION_OUTPUT}Laplacian.${OUTPUT_SUFFIX}
EXTRACTION_TEMPLATE_LAPLACIAN=${BRAIN_EXTRACTION_OUTPUT}TemplateLaplacian.${OUTPUT_SUFFIX}

TMP_FILES=( $EXTRACTION_MASK_PRIOR_WARPED $EXTRACTION_WARP $EXTRACTION_INVERSE_WARP $EXTRACTION_TMP $EXTRACTION_GM $EXTRACTION_CSF $EXTRACTION_SEGMENTATION $EXTRACTION_INITIAL_AFFINE $EXTRACTION_INITIAL_AFFINE_MOVING $EXTRACTION_INITIAL_AFFINE_FIXED $EXTRACTION_LAPLACIAN $EXTRACTION_TEMPLATE_LAPLACIAN $EXTRACTION_WM )

if [[ ! -f ${EXTRACTION_MASK} || ! -f ${EXTRACTION_WM} ]];
  then

    time_start_brain_extraction=`date +%s`

    ################################################################################
    #
    # N4 Correction (pre brain extraction)
    #
    ################################################################################

    echo
    echo "--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------"
    echo " Bias correction of anatomical images (pre brain extraction)"
    echo "   1) pre-process by truncating the image intensities"
    echo "   2) run N4"
    echo "--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------"
    echo

    time_start_n4_correction=`date +%s`

    for (( i = 0; i < ${#ANATOMICAL_IMAGES[@]}; i++ ))
      do
        N4_TRUNCATED_IMAGE=${OUTPUT_PREFIX}N4Truncated${i}.${OUTPUT_SUFFIX}
        N4_CORRECTED_IMAGE=${OUTPUT_PREFIX}N4Corrected${i}.${OUTPUT_SUFFIX}

        TMP_FILES=( ${TMP_FILES[@]} $N4_TRUNCATED_IMAGE $N4_CORRECTED_IMAGE )
        N4_CORRECTED_IMAGES=( ${N4_CORRECTED_IMAGES[@]} ${N4_CORRECTED_IMAGE} )

        if [[ ! -f ${N4_CORRECTED_IMAGE} ]];
          then
            logCmd ${ANTSPATH}/ImageMath ${DIMENSION} ${N4_TRUNCATED_IMAGE} TruncateImageIntensity ${ANATOMICAL_IMAGES[$i]} 0.01 0.999 256

            exe_n4_correction="${N4} -d ${DIMENSION} -i ${N4_TRUNCATED_IMAGE} -s ${N4_SHRINK_FACTOR_1} -c ${N4_CONVERGENCE_1} -b ${N4_BSPLINE_PARAMS} -o ${N4_CORRECTED_IMAGE}"
            logCmd $exe_n4_correction
          fi
      done

    time_end_n4_correction=`date +%s`
    time_elapsed_n4_correction=$((time_end_n4_correction - time_start_n4_correction))

    ## check if output was produced
    if [[ ! -f ${N4_CORRECTED_IMAGES[0]} ]];
      then
        echo "Expected output was not produce.  The N4 corrected image doesn't exist:"
        echo "   ${N4_CORRECTED_IMAGES[0]}"
        exit 1
      fi

    echo
    echo "--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------"
    echo " Done with N4 correction (pre brain extraction):  $(( time_elapsed_n4_correction / 3600 ))h $(( time_elapsed_n4_correction %3600 / 60 ))m $(( time_elapsed_n4_correction % 60 ))s"
    echo "--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------"
    echo

    if [[ ! -f ${EXTRACTION_MASK} ]];
      then
        if [[ ! -f ${N4_CORRECTED_IMAGES[0]} ]];
          then
            echo "The N4 corrected image doesn't exist:"
            echo "   ${N4_CORRECTED_IMAGES[0]}"
            exit 1
          fi

        echo
        echo "--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------"
        echo " Brain extraction using the following steps:"
        echo "   1) Register $EXTRACTION_TEMPLATE to ${N4_CORRECTED_IMAGES[0]}"
        echo "   2) Warp $EXTRACTION_PRIOR to ${ANATOMICAL_IMAGES[0]} using, from 1),"
        echo "      ${OUTPUT_PREFIX}BrainExtractionWarp/Affine"
        echo "   3) Refine segmentation results using Atropos"
        echo "--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------"
        echo

        ## Step 1 ##
        if [[ ! -f ${EXTRACTION_WARP} ]];
          then
            logCmd ${ANTSPATH}/ResampleImageBySpacing ${DIMENSION} ${EXTRACTION_TEMPLATE} ${EXTRACTION_INITIAL_AFFINE_FIXED} 4 4 4 1
            logCmd ${ANTSPATH}/ResampleImageBySpacing ${DIMENSION} ${N4_CORRECTED_IMAGES[0]} ${EXTRACTION_INITIAL_AFFINE_MOVING} 4 4 4 1

            logCmd ${ANTSPATH}/ImageMath ${DIMENSION} ${EXTRACTION_LAPLACIAN} Laplacian ${N4_CORRECTED_IMAGES[0]} 1.5 1
            logCmd ${ANTSPATH}/ImageMath ${DIMENSION} ${EXTRACTION_TEMPLATE_LAPLACIAN} Laplacian ${EXTRACTION_TEMPLATE} 1.5 1

            exe_initial_align="${ANTSPATH}/antsAffineInitializer ${DIMENSION} ${EXTRACTION_INITIAL_AFFINE_FIXED} ${EXTRACTION_INITIAL_AFFINE_MOVING} ${EXTRACTION_INITIAL_AFFINE} 15 0.1 0 10"
            if [[ -f ${EXTRACTION_REGISTRATION_MASK} ]];
              then
                exe_initial_align="${exe_initial_align} ${EXTRACTION_REGISTRATION_MASK}"
              fi

            logCmd $exe_initial_align

            basecall="${ANTS} -d ${DIMENSION} -u 1 -w [0.025,0.975] -o ${EXTRACTION_WARP_OUTPUT_PREFIX} -r ${EXTRACTION_INITIAL_AFFINE} -z 1 --float ${USE_FLOAT_PRECISION}"
            if [[ -f ${EXTRACTION_REGISTRATION_MASK} ]];
              then
                basecall="${basecall} -x [${EXTRACTION_REGISTRATION_MASK}]"
              fi
            stage1="-m MI[${EXTRACTION_TEMPLATE},${N4_CORRECTED_IMAGES[0]},${ANTS_LINEAR_METRIC_PARAMS}] -c ${ANTS_LINEAR_CONVERGENCE} -t Rigid[0.1] -f 8x4x2x1 -s 4x2x1x0"
            stage2="-m MI[${EXTRACTION_TEMPLATE},${N4_CORRECTED_IMAGES[0]},${ANTS_LINEAR_METRIC_PARAMS}] -c ${ANTS_LINEAR_CONVERGENCE} -t Affine[0.1] -f 8x4x2x1 -s 4x2x1x0"
            stage3="-m CC[${EXTRACTION_TEMPLATE},${N4_CORRECTED_IMAGES[0]},0.5,4] -m CC[${EXTRACTION_TEMPLATE_LAPLACIAN},${EXTRACTION_LAPLACIAN},0.5,4] -c [50x10x0,1e-9,15] -t ${ANTS_TRANSFORMATION} -f 4x2x1 -s 2x1x0"

            exe_brain_extraction_1="${basecall} ${stage1} ${stage2} ${stage3}"

            logCmd $exe_brain_extraction_1
          fi

        ## check to see if the output registration transforms exist
        if [[ ! -f ${EXTRACTION_GENERIC_AFFINE} ]];
          then
            echo "The registration component of the extraction step didn't complete properly."
            echo "The transform file ${EXTRACTION_GENERIC_AFFINE} does not exist."
            exit 1
          fi

        if [[ ! -f ${EXTRACTION_INVERSE_WARP} ]];
          then
            echo "The registration component of the extraction step didn't complete properly."
            echo "The transform file ${EXTRACTION_INVERSE_WARP} does not exist."
            exit 1
          fi

        ## Step 2 ##

        exe_brain_extraction_2="${WARP} -d ${DIMENSION} -i ${EXTRACTION_PRIOR} -o ${EXTRACTION_MASK_PRIOR_WARPED} -r ${ANATOMICAL_IMAGES[0]} -n Gaussian -t [${EXTRACTION_GENERIC_AFFINE},1] -t ${EXTRACTION_INVERSE_WARP} --float ${USE_FLOAT_PRECISION}"
        logCmd $exe_brain_extraction_2

        ## superstep 1b ##
        logCmd ${ANTSPATH}/ThresholdImage ${DIMENSION} ${EXTRACTION_MASK_PRIOR_WARPED} ${EXTRACTION_MASK_PRIOR_WARPED} 0.5 1 1 0
        logCmd ${ANTSPATH}/ImageMath ${DIMENSION} ${EXTRACTION_MASK} MD ${EXTRACTION_MASK_PRIOR_WARPED} 2
        logCmd ${ANTSPATH}/ImageMath ${DIMENSION} ${EXTRACTION_MASK} GetLargestComponent ${EXTRACTION_MASK}

        ## superstep 6 ##
        ATROPOS_ANATOMICAL_IMAGES_COMMAND_LINE='';
        for (( i = 0; i < ${#ANATOMICAL_IMAGES[@]}; i++ ))
          do
            ATROPOS_ANATOMICAL_IMAGES_COMMAND_LINE="${ATROPOS_ANATOMICAL_IMAGES_COMMAND_LINE} -a ${N4_CORRECTED_IMAGES[$i]}";
          done

        exe_brain_extraction_3="${ATROPOS} -d ${DIMENSION} -o ${EXTRACTION_SEGMENTATION} ${ATROPOS_ANATOMICAL_IMAGES_COMMAND_LINE} -x ${EXTRACTION_MASK} -i ${ATROPOS_BRAIN_EXTRACTION_INITIALIZATION} -c ${ATROPOS_BRAIN_EXTRACTION_CONVERGENCE} -m ${ATROPOS_BRAIN_EXTRACTION_MRF} -k ${ATROPOS_BRAIN_EXTRACTION_LIKELIHOOD} -r ${USE_RANDOM_SEEDING}"
        logCmd $exe_brain_extraction_3

        # Pad image here to avoid errors from dilating into the edge of the image
        padVoxels=10

        logCmd ${ANTSPATH}/ImageMath ${DIMENSION} ${EXTRACTION_SEGMENTATION} PadImage ${EXTRACTION_SEGMENTATION} $padVoxels
        logCmd ${ANTSPATH}/ImageMath ${DIMENSION} ${EXTRACTION_MASK_PRIOR_WARPED} PadImage ${EXTRACTION_MASK_PRIOR_WARPED} $padVoxels

        logCmd ${ANTSPATH}/ThresholdImage ${DIMENSION} ${EXTRACTION_SEGMENTATION} ${EXTRACTION_WM} 3 3 1 0
        logCmd ${ANTSPATH}/ThresholdImage ${DIMENSION} ${EXTRACTION_SEGMENTATION} ${EXTRACTION_GM} 2 2 1 0
        logCmd ${ANTSPATH}/ThresholdImage ${DIMENSION} ${EXTRACTION_SEGMENTATION} ${EXTRACTION_CSF} 1 1 1 0

        logCmd ${ANTSPATH}/ImageMath ${DIMENSION} ${EXTRACTION_WM} GetLargestComponent ${EXTRACTION_WM}
        logCmd ${ANTSPATH}/ImageMath ${DIMENSION} ${EXTRACTION_GM} GetLargestComponent ${EXTRACTION_GM}

        logCmd ${ANTSPATH}/ImageMath ${DIMENSION} ${EXTRACTION_TMP} FillHoles ${EXTRACTION_GM} 2
        logCmd ${ANTSPATH}/MultiplyImages ${DIMENSION} ${EXTRACTION_GM} ${EXTRACTION_TMP} ${EXTRACTION_GM}

        logCmd ${ANTSPATH}/MultiplyImages ${DIMENSION} ${EXTRACTION_WM} 3 ${EXTRACTION_WM}
        logCmd ${ANTSPATH}/ImageMath ${DIMENSION} ${EXTRACTION_TMP} ME ${EXTRACTION_CSF} 10

        logCmd ${ANTSPATH}/ImageMath ${DIMENSION} ${EXTRACTION_GM} addtozero ${EXTRACTION_GM} ${EXTRACTION_TMP}
        logCmd ${ANTSPATH}/MultiplyImages ${DIMENSION} ${EXTRACTION_GM} 2 ${EXTRACTION_GM}
        logCmd ${ANTSPATH}/ImageMath ${DIMENSION} ${EXTRACTION_SEGMENTATION} addtozero ${EXTRACTION_WM} ${EXTRACTION_GM}
        logCmd ${ANTSPATH}/ImageMath ${DIMENSION} ${EXTRACTION_SEGMENTATION} addtozero ${EXTRACTION_SEGMENTATION} ${EXTRACTION_CSF}

        ## superstep 7 ##
        logCmd ${ANTSPATH}/ThresholdImage ${DIMENSION} ${EXTRACTION_SEGMENTATION} ${EXTRACTION_MASK} 2 3
        logCmd ${ANTSPATH}/ImageMath ${DIMENSION} ${EXTRACTION_MASK} ME ${EXTRACTION_MASK} 2
        logCmd ${ANTSPATH}/ImageMath ${DIMENSION} ${EXTRACTION_MASK} GetLargestComponent ${EXTRACTION_MASK}
        logCmd ${ANTSPATH}/ImageMath ${DIMENSION} ${EXTRACTION_MASK} MD ${EXTRACTION_MASK} 4
        logCmd ${ANTSPATH}/ImageMath ${DIMENSION} ${EXTRACTION_MASK} FillHoles ${EXTRACTION_MASK} 2
        logCmd ${ANTSPATH}/ImageMath ${DIMENSION} ${EXTRACTION_MASK} addtozero ${EXTRACTION_MASK} ${EXTRACTION_MASK_PRIOR_WARPED}
        logCmd ${ANTSPATH}/ImageMath ${DIMENSION} ${EXTRACTION_MASK} MD ${EXTRACTION_MASK} 5
        logCmd ${ANTSPATH}/ImageMath ${DIMENSION} ${EXTRACTION_MASK} ME ${EXTRACTION_MASK} 5

        # De-pad
        for img in ${EXTRACTION_SEGMENTATION} ${EXTRACTION_MASK} ${EXTRACTION_WM} ${EXTRACTION_GM} ${EXTRACTION_CSF} ${EXTRACTION_MASK_PRIOR_WARPED}
          do
            logCmd ${ANTSPATH}/ImageMath ${DIMENSION} ${img} PadImage ${img} -$padVoxels
          done

      fi

    if [[ ! -f ${EXTRACTION_WM} ]];
      then
        ATROPOS_ANATOMICAL_IMAGES_COMMAND_LINE='';
        for (( i = 0; i < ${#ANATOMICAL_IMAGES[@]}; i++ ))
          do
            ATROPOS_ANATOMICAL_IMAGES_COMMAND_LINE="${ATROPOS_ANATOMICAL_IMAGES_COMMAND_LINE} -a ${N4_CORRECTED_IMAGES[$i]}";
          done

        exe_brain_extraction_3="${ATROPOS} -d ${DIMENSION} -o ${EXTRACTION_SEGMENTATION} ${ATROPOS_ANATOMICAL_IMAGES_COMMAND_LINE} -x ${EXTRACTION_MASK} -i ${ATROPOS_BRAIN_EXTRACTION_INITIALIZATION} -c ${ATROPOS_BRAIN_EXTRACTION_CONVERGENCE} -m ${ATROPOS_BRAIN_EXTRACTION_MRF} -k ${ATROPOS_BRAIN_EXTRACTION_LIKELIHOOD} -r ${USE_RANDOM_SEEDING}"
        logCmd $exe_brain_extraction_3

        logCmd ${ANTSPATH}/ThresholdImage ${DIMENSION} ${EXTRACTION_SEGMENTATION} ${EXTRACTION_WM} 3 3 1 0
      fi

    logCmd ${ANTSPATH}/MultiplyImages ${DIMENSION} ${N4_CORRECTED_IMAGES[0]} ${EXTRACTION_MASK} ${EXTRACTION_BRAIN}

    if [[ ! -f ${EXTRACTION_MASK} ]];
      then
        echo "Expected output was not produced.  The brain mask doesn't exist:"
        echo "   $EXTRACTION_MASK"
        exit 1
      fi
    if [[ ! -f ${EXTRACTION_BRAIN} ]];
      then
        echo "Expected output was not produced.  The brain extracted image doesn't exist:"
        echo "   $EXTRACTION_BRAIN"
        exit 1
      fi

    time_end_brain_extraction=`date +%s`
    time_elapsed_brain_extraction=$((time_end_brain_extraction - time_start_brain_extraction))

    echo
    echo "--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------"
    echo " Done with brain extraction:  $(( time_elapsed_brain_extraction / 3600 ))h $(( time_elapsed_brain_extraction %3600 / 60 ))m $(( time_elapsed_brain_extraction % 60 ))s"
    echo "--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------"
    echo
  fi


if [[ $KEEP_TMP_IMAGES -eq 0 ]];
  then
    for f in ${TMP_FILES[@]}
      do
        if [[ -e $f ]];
          then
            logCmd rm $f
          else
            echo "WARNING: expected temp file doesn't exist: $f"
          fi
      done
  fi


################################################################################
#
# End of main routine
#
################################################################################

exit 0