SPM2 Gem 13: Corrected cluster size threshold

This is a script that will tell you the corrected cluster size threshold for given cluster-defining threshold: corrclusth.m

The usage is pretty self explanatory:

 Find the corrected cluster size threshold for a given alpha
 function [k,Pc] =CorrClusTh(SPM,u,alpha,guess)
 SPM   - SPM data structure
 u     - Cluster defining threshold
         If less than zero, u is taken to be uncorrected P-value
 alpha - FWE-corrected level (defaults to 0.05)
 guess - Set to NaN to use a Newton-Rhapson search (default)
         Or provide a explicit list (e.g. 1:1000) of cluster sizes to
         search over.
         If guess is a (non-NaN) scalar nothing happens, except the the
         corrected P-value of guess is printed. 

 Finds the corrected cluster size (spatial extent) threshold for a given
 cluster defining threshold u and FWE-corrected level alpha. 
  

To find the 0.05 (default alpha) corrected cluster size threshold for a 0.01 cluster-defining threshold:

>> load SPM
>> CorrClusTh(SPM,0.01)
  For a cluster-defining threshold of 2.4671 the level 0.05 corrected
  cluster size threshold is 7860 and has size (corrected P-value) 0.0499926
  

Notice that, due to the discreteness of cluster sizes you cannot get an exact 0.05 threshold.

The function uses an automated search which may sometimes fail. If you specify a 4th argument you can manually specify the cluster sizes to search over:

>> CorrClusTh(SPM,0.01,0.05,6000:7000)

  WARNING: Within the range of cluster sizes searched (6000...7000)
  a corrected P-value <= alpha was not found (smallest P: 0.0819589)

  Try increasing the range or an automatic search.

Ooops… bad range.

Lastly, you can use it as a look up for a specific cluster size threshold. For example, how much over the 0.05 level would a cluster size of 7859 be?

>> CorrClusTh(SPM,0.01,0.05,7859)
  For a cluster-defining threshold of 2.4671 a cluster size threshold of
  7859 has corrected P-value 0.050021

Just a pinch!

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