Hi Jan Mathijs, the reason was that we're aiming for HCP I/O support in MNE that is as complete as possible. This means it would be nice to be able to use MNE functions to create source models which are defined in freesurfer space. What you suggest might indeed work, I'm giving it a try. That would already be a start. But I fear it will not be easy to make some standard MNE routines work with the shipped source models, , e.g, morphing to fsaverage, etc. This is mainly because of the coordinate system. But maybe there is a solution to this in the HCP-MEG pipeline we could learn from?
As always any hints are welcome. Best, Denis 2015-05-15 22:09 GMT+02:00 jan-mathijs schoffelen <[email protected]>: > Hi Denis, > > Following up on my previous comment: why is it exactly you want the > mapping to freesurfer space? The 123456_meg_anatomy_sourcemodel_2d.mat is > already in helmet space. If you want to use it with MNE suite to create > leadfields that are expressed in the correct coordinate system, I think > writing the contents of the mat-file mentioned to a MNE-suite compatible > file with an identity matrix as the transform. > Or am I missing something? > > Best, > Jan-Mathijs > > > On May 15, 2015, at 3:44 PM, Denis-Alexander Engemann < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > I was wondering wheather the transforms would be suitable for mapping the > freesurfer surface coordinates to the helmet space. > If this step would work, the transforms and the coreg would be usable with > other software such as for example the MNE suite. > We could then write a routine that skips the regular conversion of BTI > files and adds identity matrices instead to the related transform fields > that usually map from BTI to Neuromag space. The transforms provided could > then be used to map the sensors to the source models created in MNE. > > > Any hint wold be appreciated. > > Best, > Denis > > > > 2015-05-15 15:35 GMT+02:00 Georgios Michalareas < > [email protected]>: > >> Dear Beth, >> >> the head shape files are not provided with the data. >> The reason for this is that headshape digitization includes points around >> the nose, the eyes, the forehead and the entire head. This means that this >> information could lead to identification of a subjects identity. >> This is also the reason why the structural MR images provided by the MR >> modality have also such external features stripped off the data in order to >> avoid a possible subject identification. >> Following this constraint, in the MEG team we provide both surface(2D) >> and volumetric(3D) source models so that the community can perform source >> localization on them. >> You can find them in the anatomy directory of the released data. >> The surface source model is called >> 177746_MEG_anatomy_sourcemodel_2d.mat >> >> while there are 3 volumetric models with different voxel sizes (4,6,8 mm) >> 177746_MEG_anatomy_sourcemodel_3d4mm.mat >> 177746_MEG_anatomy_sourcemodel_3d6mm.mat >> 177746_MEG_anatomy_sourcemodel_3d8mm.mat >> >> I hope this helps. >> Let me know for anything else. >> Giorgos >> >> >> >> >> On 15/05/2015 15:18, Elizabeth Anne Bock, Ms wrote: >> >> I just downloaded the MEG data from the 500 Subjects + MEG2 Data >> Release. I see from the documentation that the MEG data should include a >> head shape file. This is not present in my downloaded set. Where can I >> get these? >> Thanks, >> Beth >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> Elizabeth Bock / MEG System Engineer >> >> McConnell Brain Imaging Centre / Montreal Neurological Institute >> >> McGill University / 3801 University St. / Montreal, QC H3A 2B4 >> >> >> MEG Lab: 514.398.6056 >> >> Mobile: 514.718.6342 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> HCP-Users mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.humanconnectome.org/mailman/listinfo/hcp-users >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> <http://www.avast.com/> >> >> This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus >> <http://www.avast.com/> protection is active. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> HCP-Users mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.humanconnectome.org/mailman/listinfo/hcp-users >> > > _______________________________________________ > HCP-Users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.humanconnectome.org/mailman/listinfo/hcp-users > > > _______________________________________________ HCP-Users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.humanconnectome.org/mailman/listinfo/hcp-users
