Alireza, To expand on what Donna said,
The foci and foci projection (fociproj) file types in Caret are likely to be useful for the needs that you describe. For example, if you enter the center of your ROI as a stereotaxic focus in an identified stereotaxic space, you can then project it to the PALS atlas surface and view it in any of the various other stereotaxic spaces that PALS has been mapped to. You can also view it in volume slices as well as on the atlas flat maps. You can in addition compare your coordinate data, to the collection of 31,000 stereotaxic foci from 1,000 published studies that we have recently added to our SumsDB database and made freely available. The tutorial document and dataset that Donna referred to (http://sumsdb.wustl.edu/sums/directory.do?id=6617378 ; STEREOTAXIC_FOCI_TUTORIAL/ directory) show how to download, search, and view the existing foci. However, it is still in 'beta-test' mode. I just now replaced the previous pdf document and associated dataset with newer versions that correct various minor errors. If you started taking a look at the previous version, please switch to the newer one, and also let us know if there are persisting glitches or matters needing clarification. We are nearing completion of a separate tutorial document that describes how to generate foci files and import them into a 'Foci Library' that will be introduced into SumsDB. Stay tuned for an announcement regarding that. David VE On Oct 25, 2008, at 8:41 AM, Donna Dierker wrote: > Hi Alireza, > > Sorry for the delayed reply, but you happened to catch us at a > workshop > on human consciousness; I normally don't work on Saturday, but I'm > headed to day 2 shortly. > > A full reply would take more time than I have, but the short answer is > that I don't think Caret does quite what you want -- yet. I think > there > is a spatial query under development in sumsdb, but it isn't quite > ready > for prime time yet. That said, you might check out the foci > tutorial here: > > STEREOTAXIC_FOCI > http://sumsdb.wustl.edu/sums/directory.do?id=6617378 > > Just scan the PDF; you'll be able to tell if it's useful. > > Another source to try is here: > > http://brainmap.org/ > > While this isn't flat map related, you might still find it useful. > > One could write a script/program that would find the closest node on > the > SPM*/FLIRT/MRITOTAL PALS surface to any given MNI coordinate, and then > lookup the paint attributes associated with that node, but I don't > know > of an existing utility that makes it easy. > > Donna > > On 10/24/2008 08:35 AM, Alireza Salamy wrote: >> Dear Caret experts, >> >> I have mapped my functional data from SPM5 on flat brain using latest >> version of Caret and now I would like to check some >> specific activation(I expected to be among the activations which has >> been mapped on flat brain) like [x,y,Z](MNI coordinate).one bothering >> way would be click on each activation and see if the coordinate that >> comes up in voxel(anatomy) section is the same.but first of all do >> the >> [X,Y,Z] coordinate which is reported by voxel anatomy shows MNI >> coordinate?second,is there a better way of entering MNI coordinate >> and see the corresponding region to that? lets say entering[x,y,z] >> (MNI coordinate)and see where is that coordinate on the flat brain? >> >> Thanks, >> Alireza >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> caret-users mailing list >> caret-users@brainvis.wustl.edu >> http://brainvis.wustl.edu/mailman/listinfo/caret-users >> > > _______________________________________________ > caret-users mailing list > caret-users@brainvis.wustl.edu > http://brainvis.wustl.edu/mailman/listinfo/caret-users _______________________________________________ caret-users mailing list caret-users@brainvis.wustl.edu http://brainvis.wustl.edu/mailman/listinfo/caret-users
