Hi Denis

Let me CC this also to the HCP-users email list, where others might also learn 
something from it.

For the MEG1 release we had planned and documented that we would include the 
hs_file. But then we realized that
1) it has facial details in it (nose and around eyes), which we had agreed in 
general not to release for identification reasons
2) the high-res T1 anatomical MRIs that are released do not cover the full head 
and are anyway defaced

So in the MEG1 release we already excldued the hs_file from release and in the 
MEG2 release wel also updated the documentation. The MEG1 documentation is 
incorrect as it mentions the hs_file in the list of released files.

Important to note is that the data that we share in the anatomy package is 
already coregistered by means of an additional full head (not only brain) T1 
scan that we made specifically for the MEG coregistration. So for each subject 
we match the hs_file to the (scalp and face optimized) full-head MEG specific 
T1, which we match to the (brain optimized) high-res defaced T1. The full-head 
MEG specific T1 is not shared, only the high-res defaced T1 is shared. 

That means that with the released/downloadable data you are not able to 
replicate the coregistration procedure to the level of accuracy that we have 
been able to do it with the unreleased T1 data. So you’ll just have to trust us 
on the coregistration.

All coregistration details are shared in the SUBJID_MEG_anatomy_transform.txt 
text file. I hope those serve the needs of your analysis pipeline. If not, let 
us know. In case you need a stub file for the pipeline, you can find a hs_file 
on http://figshare.com/account/projects/3629. It is one from a non-HCP subject 
that was not recorded at the SLU MEG centre, but it should have the same format.

best regards,
Robert  




On 28 Feb 2015, at 15:30, Denis-Alexander Engemann <[email protected]> 
wrote:

> Hi Robert,
> 
> I'm currently working on MNE-Python support for the HCP data.
> Having read the manuals and downloaded the unprocessed and processed MEG 
> data, I realised that the hs_file has apparently been removed from relase I 
> to release II. I also could not find the head shape data in any other 
> matfile. Greping the megconnectome code it seems the pipeline code expects 
> these files and is also supposed to write mat files with the head shape 
> information.
> Unfortunately, without the head shape MNE-Python cannot be used with the HCP 
> data as is. 
> I'm wondering if I've missed something.
> Any hint would be appreciated.
> 
> Best,
> Denis


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