Hi Mike, 1) F6 dataset: Probably only David knows for sure, but Macaque.F6.BOTH.SURF-VOL.Std-MESH.73730 is dated 3/9/2007, while Macaque.F6.BOTH.withF99-Data.Std-MESH.73730 is dated 8/16/2007. Since they have many files in common, my guess is that the latter was based on the former, but has an important enhancement: Macaque.F99UA1.COMPOSITE_PartititioningSchemes.73730.borderproj. It has the partitioning schemes not only in paint form, but also border form. I'd use the latter.
2) SUMA interoperability: While John Harwell (our lab) has worked with Ziad Saad and Rick Reynolds (AFNI/SUMA orbit) on GIFTI, a neutral surface file format akin to what NIfTI does for volumes, I don't think you need to convert your surfaces to GIFTI in order for SUMA to read them. Ziad has worked pretty hard to make SUMA read Caret surfaces with little tweaking. We did uncover some issues recently with the way Caret was writing AFNI .HEAD files, but sticking with NIfTI, where possible, should avoid these problems. That said, both the datasets mentioned above have AFNI volumes, so if you run into any alignment issues between the volume and the surface in SUMA, let us know. I don't necessarily anticipate problems. Donna On 09/30/2009 03:15 PM, Michael Arcaro wrote: > Hello, > > I'm interested in mapping some macaque fMRI data onto the macaque > atlases, specifically the Lewis - Van Essen '00 atlas. I'm new to > Caret and have a couple of basic questions: > > First, is there a recommended atlas dataset to use? (F6 or F99) From > the tutorial, it sounds as if I would want to go with the F6 atlas. > Assuming I go with the F6, what are the differences between: > Macaque.F6.BOTH.SURF-VOL.Std-MESH.73730 > Macaque.F6.BOTH.withF99-Data.Std-MESH.73730 > Is there a reason to use one of these above the other? > > Second, I'm looking to import the atlas into SUMA to warp/align with > my data. I'm having a bit of difficulty with this. From what I have > read, SUMA can read Caret format. I was wondering if I need to convert > any of the files into a different format for SUMA to read (or possibly > rename the files). This may be more of a question for the SUMA folk, > but I thought I'd see if anyone here is familiar with importing the > atlases into SUMA. > > Thanks, > Mike Arcaro > _______________________________________________ > caret-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://brainvis.wustl.edu/mailman/listinfo/caret-users > _______________________________________________ caret-users mailing list [email protected] http://brainvis.wustl.edu/mailman/listinfo/caret-users
