Dear Donna,

Thank you very much for your clarifying comment, I will use the NIfTI format
instead.

Wish you happiness and prosperity in the year ahead!

Chao-Gan


On Sat, Jan 1, 2011 at 12:32 AM, Donna Dierker <[email protected]>wrote:

> Hi Yan,
>
> This is why we prefer people use NIFTI volumes, rather than old Analyze
> .hdr/.img pairs.  The latter do not specify orientation, which in the case
> of SPM2 volumes depends on one of your settings.  It sounds like your
> setting wrote volumes right-on-left, rather than left-on-left, which is
> what Caret assumes.  There are a couple of work-arounds:
>
> * Write your volume out as NIFTI and map the NIFTI volume (recommended).
>
> * Use File: Open Data File: Volume Functional File and indicate that the
> volume is right-on-left.
>
> Then, instead of mapping volume from disk, map volume from Caret (or
> loaded volume).
>
> Today is a Wash U holiday, so we're all at home until Monday.
>
> Donna
>
> > Dear caret experts!
> >
> > Happy New Year!
> >
> > I am trying to map a functional volume to a surface via Munu*:
> Attributes:
> > Map Volume(s) to Surface(s)*.
> >
> > I chose *Map to Caret With Atlas* with the following options: Space:
> > *SPM2*;
> > Atlas: *PALS_B12 Multi-Fid Map LEFT hemisphere (73730 nodes), SPM2 space*
> >
> > This means the functional volume will be mapped to the left hemisphere
> > surface.
> >
> > However, when I see the results, I can see activations on the right
> > hemisphere.
> > [Page Selection: *Overlay/Underlay - Surface*: *Primary Overlay: Metric*:
> > MFM LEFT - SPM_T_0001.hdr]. I clicked on Toollbar: *Model*: *FIDUCIAL
> > Human.
> > PALS_B12.RIGHT_AVG_B1-12.FIDUCIAL_SPM2.clean.73730.coord* to see if there
> > is
> > any activation on the right hemisphere. Surprisingly, I see the
> activation
> > on the right hemisphere!
> >
> > Why the activation appears on the right hemisphere even I just mapped the
> > volume to the left hemisphere surface? [*PALS_B12 Multi-Fid Map LEFT
> > hemisphere (73730 nodes), SPM2 space]*  Must I just ignore the activation
> > on
> > the right hemisphere? Thank you very much!
> >
> > Best wishes!
> >
> >                                                      Yours Sincerely,
> >                                                      YAN Chao-Gan
> >
> > --
> > YAN Chao-Gan, Ph.D. Candidate
> > State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning
> > Beijing Normal University
> > Beijing, China, 100875
> > Phone: +86-10-58801023
> > [email protected]
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YAN Chao-Gan, Ph.D. Candidate
State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning
Beijing Normal University
Beijing, China, 100875
Phone: +86-10-58801023
[email protected]
http://www.restfmri.net/forum/yanchaogan
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