v1.36.0

Summary

Modern App Designer GUI, documented NIfTI/dcm2niix dependencies, and optional GSR control.

Highlights

• Redesigned GUI: grid layout, logo header, dependency check, input validation, status/progress panel
• Background processing via backgroundPool (falls back to synchronous mode when unavailable)
• Input format selector: auto-detect, DICOM, or NIfTI
• Optional GSR pipeline pass checkbox
• README updates for Image Processing Toolbox and bundled dcm2niix under DPABI

Dependencies documented

• SPM12 + DPABI V8.2_240510 (pinned)
• MATLAB Image Processing Toolbox recommended for niftiinfo / nifti
• dcm2niix bundled in DPABI/DPARSF/dcm2nii/ for DICOM input

Test plan

• Run repa and click Check Dependencies
• Validate DICOM and NIfTI datasets with auto-detect and manual input format
• Confirm GUI progress updates during processing
• Toggle GSR pass on/off and verify outputs

v1.35.0

Summary

Replace DARTEL normalization with per-subject SPM12 unified-segmentation normalization, add pinned offline dependency support, and improve batch robustness.

Highlights

• Default pipeline uses IsSegment=1, IsNormalize=2, IsDARTEL=0 (no DARTEL, no VMHC, no symmetric group T1 mean)
• Per-subject orchestration via repa_run.m + DPARSFA_serial.m, designed for outer parallelization across subjects
• Failed subjects are logged under errors/ and automatically skipped in later steps
• Re-enabled smoothing on normalized result maps (Smooth.Timing='OnResults')
• Pinned dependencies: SPM12 + DPABI V8.2_240510 with third_party/ offline support and strict version validation

Normalization change

• v1.34.0: SPM New Segment + DARTEL (IsNormalize=3)
• v1.35.0: SPM12 unified segmentation + T1-segmentation normalization (IsNormalize=2)

Each subject uses its own *_seg_sn.mat deformation field, avoiding group-level DARTEL template creation.

Requirements

• MATLAB
• SPM12 (spm12)
• DPABI V8.2 (DPABI_V8.2_240510)

Recommended: place dependencies in REPA/third_party/ or run scripts/prepare_offline_bundle.m.

Test plan

• Run repa.m on demo DICOM or NIfTI dataset
• Verify normalized outputs under ResultsW/ without DARTEL directories
• Confirm failed subjects are skipped and logged in errors/
• Check repa_dependencies.txt reports pinned SPM/DPABI versions

v1.34.0

Summary

First tagged release of REPA (Resting-state fMRI Preprocessing and Analysis), built on SPM12 and DPABI V8.2.

Highlights

• Serial, per-subject DPARSFA pipeline with automatic error logging and batch continuation
• DICOM and NIfTI input support with JSON-based slice timing extraction
• Structured outputs: configurations, fMRI metadata, dependency report, and error summaries
• Dual pipelines: without and with global signal regression (GSR)

Normalization pipeline (this release)

• SPM New Segment + DARTEL normalization to MNI (IsNormalize=3)
• Symmetric group T1 normalization and VMHC enabled in default configuration

Requirements

• MATLAB
• SPM12
• DPABI (auto-install targets V8.2_240510 when missing)

Test plan

• Run repa.m on demo DICOM or NIfTI dataset
• Verify errors/ and configurations/ outputs for failed/successful subjects
• Check repa_dependencies.txt records SPM/DPABI versions