Hi,

Just to add to the discussion, going through the list, I have found three
different ways of accomplishing overlaying of more than 1 metric file in
caret. I summarize them below: (and please correct me if I am wrong)


Caret - Overlaying metric data onto atlas:

1. "You can convert metrics files to an RGB paint file, using up to 3
contrasts of your metrics at a time. Just go in Attributes/Metrics/Convert a
Metrics file to RGB paint, or something like that. Then you select each
contrast you want to display as red, blue and/or green, and the overlap will
automatically be coded depending on the primitive colors of the 2 (or 3)
contrasts overlapping."

2. "One way to display a metric overlayed over another is to display the
first metric, convert the
coloring to RGB Paint, set RGB Paint as the underlay, and then display the
second metric as the
Primary Overlay.
* Display your first metric as desired.
* Select Attributes Menu->Copy Current Coloring to RGB Paint. If desired,
replace "New
Column Name" with a more appropriate name. Press the OK button. * On the
Display Control
Dialog's Overlay/Underlay Surface page, change the Underlay to RGB (you
should not notice
any change in surface coloring at this time).
* Display your second metric as the Overlay."


3. "One way to identify areas of overlap is to use Surface Menu->Region of
Interest Operations.
This method identifies nodes that are active in two or more metric columns.
* On the Display Control, set the Metric to display one of your data
columns.
* Select Surface Menu->Region of Interest Operations.
* Set the Selection Method to Nodes WIth Metric. Set the Low and High
threshold to values
appropriate for your data. Press the Select Nodes button. You should see
your functional areas
colored green in the Main Window.
* Use the Display Control to display a different metric data column.
* Back on the ROI dialog, adjust the Low and High threshold values if
needed. Change "Normal
Selection" to "And Selection (Intersection)" and press the Select Nodes
button. Any nodes that
are selected (green in the main window) overlap between the two metric
columns. * In the
Operate on Selected Nodes section, set the Operation to Assign Paint
Attributes to Selected
Nodes. Enter a name for the Paint Column and a Paint Name. Press the Assign
Paint button. Set
the paint color as desired. This paint is used to identify the overlapping
regions.
* Press the Close button on the ROI dialog.
* Set the Paint as the overlay to display the overlapping regions."

I personally find the first one easiest to do. (The same has been suggested
by Donna as well).

Hope this helps.

Atesh Koul
Graduate student,
National Brain Research Center, India


On Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 9:34 PM, Donna Dierker <[email protected]>wrote:

> Not in caret5, anyway.  But this might be confusing, even if you could.
>
> There is a way to channel 3 metrics into red, green, and blue channels
> (Attributes: Metric).
>
> You can threshold one of the metrics and generate areal borders around the
> resulting clusters, which you can overlay on the other metric.
>
>
> On Aug 7, 2012, at 3:55 PM, Pablo Polosecki wrote:
>
> > Dear Caret List,
> >
> > Is it possible to overlay 2 metric overlays (or more) on a surface and
> > assign them different color schemes (palettes) so as to distinguish
> > one from the other? So far I only found a global metric settings
> > control in the Display Control.
> >
> > Thank you!
> > Pablo
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