Hi Holger the file you are outputing isn't a surface, it's a surface overlay. Try loading the inflated surface then load the .w file with tksurfer load overlay
cheers Bruce On Thu, 16 Feb 2012, Klein, Holger wrote: > > Dear FreeSurfers, > > To get a better view on the pial surface of the Heschl' Gyri I used the > command mri_vol2surf after having created the suitable volume with > label2vol. My goal is to get the pial surface of this single label. > > My Command is: *mri_vol2surf --src pf_lh_vol.mgz --hemi lh --surf pial --sr > creg > register.dat --out_type paint --o A1surf-lh.w* > > The output file was created without any error, but loading the file in > freeview or tksurfer an error occured: > > *command: tksurfer WH lh A1surf-lh.w > > *subject is WH* > *hemi is lh* > *surface is A1surf-lh.w* > *surfer: current subjects dir: > /Volumes/Macintosh/Freesurfer/Kontrollen/A1_Wilts_Heide* > *surfer: not in "scripts" dir ==> using cwd for session root* > *surfer: session root data dir ($session) set to:* > *surfer: /freesurfer/Kontrollen/A1_Wilts_Heide* > *checking for nofix files in 'A1surf-lh.w'* > *Reading image info > (/Volumes/Macintosh/Freesurfer/Kontrollen/A1_Wilts_Heide/WH)* > *Reading > /Volumes/Macintosh/Freesurfer/Kontrollen/A1_Wilts_Heide/WH/mri/orig.mgz* > *surfer: Reading header info from > /Volumes/Macintosh/Freesurfer/Kontrollen/A1_Wilts_Heide/WH/mri/orig.mgz* > *ERROR: MRISread: file > '/Volumes/Macintosh/Freesurfer/Kontrollen/A1_Wilts_Heide/WH/surf/lh.A1surf-l > h.w' > has 0 vertices!* > *Probably trying to use a scalar data file as a surface!* > > What am I doing wrong? > > Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance > > Holger > > > _______________________________________________ Freesurfer mailing list Freesurfer@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu https://mail.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/freesurfer The information in this e-mail is intended only for the person to whom it is addressed. If you believe this e-mail was sent to you in error and the e-mail contains patient information, please contact the Partners Compliance HelpLine at http://www.partners.org/complianceline . If the e-mail was sent to you in error but does not contain patient information, please contact the sender and properly dispose of the e-mail.