From c497d758f0e42a16bf0f81e9b927caf948936936 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: rmoskwa <rmoskwa@wisc.edu>
Date: Fri, 1 May 2026 07:44:46 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Document mr.calcDuration with structured help block

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 matlab/+mr/calcDuration.m | 82 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 78 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/matlab/+mr/calcDuration.m b/matlab/+mr/calcDuration.m
index 71277362..9a4630fb 100644
--- a/matlab/+mr/calcDuration.m
+++ b/matlab/+mr/calcDuration.m
@@ -1,9 +1,83 @@
 function duration=calcDuration(varargin)
-%calcDuration Calculate the duration of an event or block.
-%   dur=calcDuration(e1,e2,...) Determine the maximum duration of the
-%   provided events
+%calcDuration Calculate the duration of an event, set of events, or block.
 %
-%   dur=calcDuration(b) Calculate the duration of the block structure
+%   PURPOSE
+%     Compute the time, in seconds, that one or more sequence events
+%     occupy. Used pervasively when laying out blocks: TE/TR delay
+%     calculations, gradient alignment, and consistency checks between
+%     block timing and event timing all call this function.
+%
+%   SIGNATURES
+%     dur = mr.calcDuration(event)              % single event struct
+%     dur = mr.calcDuration(e1, e2, ...)        % max over multiple events
+%     dur = mr.calcDuration(block)              % a block struct from seq.getBlock(n)
+%     dur = mr.calcDuration({e1, e2, ...})      % cell array of events (auto-unwrapped)
+%
+%     For multiple events the return value is the maximum of each event's
+%     duration (events in a block run concurrently, not sequentially).
+%     Unknown event types are silently ignored and contribute 0.
+%
+%   INPUTS
+%     varargin  [required]  One or more arguments, each one of:
+%                             - event struct with a .type field set to one of
+%                               'delay', 'rf', 'grad', 'trap', 'adc', 'output',
+%                               'trigger'
+%                             - a block struct (i.e. has a .rf field; typically
+%                               obtained from mr.Sequence/getBlock). Only a single
+%                               block struct may be passed.
+%                             - a numeric scalar interpreted as a blockDuration
+%                               field (seconds). Used internally when block2events
+%                               expands a block struct; rarely passed directly by
+%                               user code.
+%
+%   OUTPUT
+%     duration  double, seconds. The maximum event duration encountered.
+%               Returned as 0 if all arguments are unknown event types.
+%
+%   ERRORS
+%     - MATLAB:assertion:failed: a numeric blockDuration argument is
+%       smaller than the maximum event duration encountered before it
+%       in argument order. Indicates an inconsistent block whose declared
+%       blockDuration is shorter than its longest event.
+%     - 'Only a single block structure can be added' (from mr.block2events):
+%       more than one argument was a block struct.
+%     - 'Index exceeds array bounds' (from mr.block2events): called with
+%       no arguments. Always pass at least one event.
+%
+%   NOTES
+%     - Per-event duration formulas (all in seconds):
+%         delay   : event.delay
+%         rf      : event.delay + event.shape_dur + event.ringdownTime
+%         grad    : event.delay + event.shape_dur (arbitrary gradient)
+%         trap    : event.delay + event.riseTime + event.flatTime + event.fallTime
+%         adc     : event.delay + event.numSamples*event.dwell + event.deadTime
+%         output  : event.delay + event.duration
+%         trigger : event.delay + event.duration
+%     - For 'rf' and 'grad' events the function relies on a precomputed
+%       event.shape_dur field; it does not re-derive duration from the
+%       waveform samples.
+%     - For 'adc', the deadTime addend is the post-acquisition dead time
+%       captured at construction (adc.deadTime), not the pre-acquisition
+%       delay (which is already included via adc.delay).
+%     - Unknown .type values are silently skipped. A struct without a
+%       .type field whose value matches no case will not raise.
+%
+%   EXAMPLE
+%     sys = mr.opts('MaxGrad', 30, 'GradUnit', 'mT/m', ...
+%                   'MaxSlew', 170, 'SlewUnit', 'T/m/s');
+%     Nx = 256;  fov = 256e-3;  deltak = 1/fov;
+%     gx    = mr.makeTrapezoid('x', sys, 'FlatArea', Nx*deltak, 'FlatTime', 6.4e-3);
+%     gxPre = mr.makeTrapezoid('x', sys, 'Area', -gx.area/2, 'Duration', 1e-3);
+%     adc   = mr.makeAdc(Nx, sys, 'Duration', gx.flatTime, 'Delay', gx.riseTime);
+%     % Longest event in this readout block
+%     dur   = mr.calcDuration(gxPre, gx, adc);
+%     % TE delay rounded up to gradient raster
+%     TE = 10e-3;
+%     delayTE = ceil((TE - mr.calcDuration(gx)/2)/sys.gradRasterTime)*sys.gradRasterTime;
+%
+%   SEE ALSO
+%     mr.block2events, mr.makeDelay, mr.Sequence/getBlock,
+%     mr.Sequence/addBlock
 
 duration=0;