mask during image registration

Beginner Questions
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Hi All,
I have a basic question on registration using spatial object mask. Let’s say I have an image where the background is zero or close to zero and my mask is all ones, as illustrated below. When I run registration, will it take into account the surrounding voxels which are zero since the mask is 1 at these locations. This is the part I am confused on!

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Hope someone can clarify this for me.
Thanks

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If you supply a mask of all ones, it is theoretically the same as not supplying a mask at all. Practically, the no-mask option runs faster.

But yes, if your mask is all ones, the background pixels of (near) zero intensity will be taken into account.

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Thanks!