That is the right way (or one of them). Did you look at the result in tksurfer?
On 03/03/2015 11:34 AM, Jin, Tony wrote: > Hi all, > > I’d like to map my own stats (one value per Desikan-Killiany region) > onto a subject's surface file, to create a figure similar to the > following: > http://openi.nlm.nih.gov/detailedresult.php?img=3280212_pone.0031913.g001&req=4 > > To do this, I tried to create a "scalar overlay file" using > mris_convert’s --parcstats option, per the following mris_convert example: > > “”" > Create a scalar overlay file where each parcellation region > contains a single value: > mris_convert \ > --annot lh.aparc.annot \ > --parcstats lh.parcstats.txt \ > lh.white \ > lh.parcstats > > (...) > > --parcstats <infile> is the name of text file containing label/val > pairs, where label is an annot name and val is a value associated with > that label. > “”" > > However, looking at the output file, stats didn’t seem to map to any > vertices; instead, I observed zeroes across all in both Freeview and > after conversion to ASCII (see first few lines below). I tried a few > other ways to delimit the “label/val” pairs of the "--parcstats" file, > including using tab, space, and forward-slash, but each way seemed to > produce the same results: > > 000 -10.67346 -71.19921 6.09064 0.00000 > 001 -11.29567 -71.20504 6.32133 0.00000 > 002 -12.26970 -71.62605 6.00416 0.00000 > 003 -13.11823 -71.40913 6.45834 0.00000 > 004 -14.22002 -71.39742 6.28750 0.00000 > > So, I wonder: is using mris_convert with the --parcstats flag a > correct way to create such a map? If so, what could have gone wrong? > If not, what’s the easiest way to map my own regional stats onto a > surface? > > Your expertise is greatly appreciated; > > Thanks and all the best, > > Tony Jin > Data Technician > Dept. of Psychiatry > Stony Brook Medicine > > > This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of > the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged > information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution > is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact > the sender by e-mail and destroy all copies of the original. > > > _______________________________________________ > Freesurfer mailing list > Freesurfer@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu > https://mail.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/freesurfer -- Douglas N. Greve, Ph.D. MGH-NMR Center gr...@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu Phone Number: 617-724-2358 Fax: 617-726-7422 Bugs: surfer.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/fswiki/BugReporting FileDrop: https://gate.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/filedrop2 www.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/facility/filedrop/index.html Outgoing: ftp://surfer.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/transfer/outgoing/flat/greve/ _______________________________________________ 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.
