Try something like

mris_convert -c myfile.w lh.white myfile.gii


if the .w file does not work, then use the mgh file


On 09/12/2017 07:13 PM, Xavier Guell Paradis wrote:
> Dear freesurfer experts,
>
> I have an overlay freesurfer file (format is .w) which corresponds to 
> a thresholded seed-based functional connectivity surface map (group 
> result). The .w file was generated from an SPM analysis, following the 
> instructions described here 
> (http://spmsurfrend.sourceforge.net/Documentation/SPM_SurfRend_Tutorial_V0.2.1.pdf).
> I have one .w file for each cerebral hemisphere. I would like to 
> visualize these .w maps using workbench_view, and I have tried to 
> follow the instructions the HCP team published here 
> (https://wiki.humanconnectome.org/display/PublicData/HCP+Users+FAQ#HCPUsersFAQ-9.HowdoImapdatabetweenFreeSurferandHCP?).
> As a first step I would need to convert the .w files into .func.gii 
> files using mris_convert. Then I would use wb_command 
> -metric-resample, as indicated in the instructions. This does not seem 
> to work with my .w file:
>
> 1) mris_convert myfile.w myfile.func.gii
> This generates myfile.func.gii, but when I use wb_command 
> -metric-resample I get the following error:
> *ERROR: Parse error while reading: error occurred while parsing 
> element, line number: 1 column number: 1*
>
> 2) As an alternative approach, I opened myfile.w using Tksurfer and 
> saved the overlay (myfile.w) with .mgh format (generating a new file: 
> "myfile.mgh"). Then I do the following:
> mris_convert myfile.mgh myfile.func.gii
> This generates the myfile.func.gii file, but when I use wb_command 
> -metric-resample with this file I get a different error:
> *ERROR: All data arrays (columns) in the file must have the same 
> number of rows.  The first array (column) contains 163842 rows.  Array 
> 2 contains 327680 rows.*
>
> I have asked the HCP team, but they were not familiar with the .w 
> files and suggested that I ask you instead.
>
> Thank you very much for your help,
> Xavier.
>
>
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