[caret-users] mapping functional data from SPM5

Donna Dierker donna at brainvis.wustl.edu
Thu Feb 21 14:35:59 CST 2008


Hi Amy,

These files don't quite look like what I'd expect out of SPM2.  If they 
were, I'd see something like this when I execute AFNI's mayo_analyze on 
the .hdr:

orient:   <0>
SPM originator decodes to 40 57 26
originator: <(>

Instead, I get the attached output for this volume:

/upload/MB_spmT_0001.hdr
/upload/MB_spmT_0001.img

While this is not uncommon for FSL, it wasn't for SPM2, as far as I know:

pixdim[0]: <-1.0000>

There also are characters that suggest that this might really be a NIFTI 
volume written as .hdr/.img, rather than as .nii.  If this is a SPM5 
volume, then write it as .nii and try again.

All this said, I was able to open the volume on my end and map it.  The 
origin wasn't set correctly, because the origin info missing.  (But if 
it's really a NIFTI volume, the origin info is there; Caret just doesn't 
support .hdr/.img NIFTI yet.  It does support nii.)

One other thing:  When you mapped, which did you select: metric / 
functional  or ROI/paint/probabilistic atlas on the first page of the 
Map data dialog?  If you selected ROI / prob atlas, then your mapping is 
output as paint -- not metric.

Donna

On 02/21/2008 02:12 PM, On-Yee Lo wrote:
> Hi Donna, 
>
> I am sorry to reply to you again. Could you forward this mail to John or David? Thanks!
>
> When I open data file, there is an error showing:" xxx.hdr: unalbe to open with ZLIB for reading." 
>
> Did you check my uploaded files? How're them? 
>
> Thanks,
> Amy
>
>  
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Donna Dierker <donna at brainvis.wustl.edu>
> Date: Thursday, February 21, 2008 2:34 pm
> Subject: Re: [caret-users] mapping functional data from SPM5
> To: On-Yee Lo <oyl201 at nyu.edu>
> Cc: Eugene Tunik <eugene.tunik at nyu.edu>
>
>
>   
>> Hi Amy,
>>
>> Do you mind if I copy caret-users on subsequent replies?  We've got 
>> icy 
>> conditions in STL, and I may be headed home soon and stay home 
>> tomorrow.  John or David might be able to help you that way, although 
>>
>> the weather may impact them, too.
>>
>> It definitely sounds like the mapping is failing, if metric isn't 
>> outputting, if it can't be selected on the D/C menu.
>>
>> Some things come to mind:
>>
>> * .hdr is really a NIFTI file masquerading as Analyze .img
>> * it can't find the .img
>>
>> Try File: Open Data File: type Volume Functional
>>
>> Are there any errors in the command window from which Caret was launched?
>>
>> You might also try enabling debug on your File : Preferences.
>>
>> I'd like to have a look at your functional volume.  Upload .hdr and 
>> .img 
>> here:
>>
>> http://pulvinar.wustl.edu/cgi-bin/upload.cgi
>>
>> Donna
>>
>> On 02/21/2008 01:15 PM, On-Yee Lo wrote:
>>     
>>> Hello Donna, 
>>>
>>> I've checked the files and we do have those files in the 
>>>       
>> caret/data_files/fmri_mapping_files. but I still can not active the 
>> "Metric" icon and do the next step. 
>>     
>>> I followed the below sequences and try to map functional volume to 
>>>       
>> surface: 
>>     
>>>  
>>> 1.Open "Human.PALS_B12.BOTH.TEMPLATE-for-fMRI-MAPPING.73730.spec"
>>>  
>>> 2.Load --> Attributes --> Map Functional Volumes To Surfaces
>>>
>>> 3.Add volumes From Disk (spmT_0001.hdr) 
>>> <Here comes a message:If this ".hdr" file does not contain an SPM 
>>>       
>> originator, it is unlikely that it will get mapped to 
>>     
>>> the surface correctly.> I think our file contain SPM originator. 
>>>  
>>> 4."Map to Caret with Atlas.." --> chose "Space-SPM2" and "Atlas- 
>>>       
>> PALS_B12 Multi-Fid Map LEFT hemisphere(73730 nodes), SPM2 space" 
>>     
>>>  
>>> 5.And then when we tried to open D/C, Metric icon can not be 
>>>       
>> selected for overlay.  
>>     
>>> Any other suggestion for our problem? 
>>>
>>> Thanks so much,
>>> Amy
>>> (RA for Dr. Eugene Tunik)
>>>
>>>
>>>   
>>>       
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From Eugene Tunik <eugene.tunik at nyu.edu>
>>>> Date Wed, 20 Feb 2008 14:59:11 -0500
>>>> To "On-Yee (Amy) Lo" <oyl201 at nyu.edu>
>>>> Subject Fwd: Re: [caret-users] mapping functional data from SPM5
>>>> Amy, can you check on this...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Eugene Tunik, PhD, PT
>>>> Dept. of Physical Therapy, NYU
>>>> http://homepages.nyu.edu/~et38/
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From Donna Dierker <donna at brainvis.wustl.edu>
>>>> Date Wed, 20 Feb 2008 13:40:56 -0600
>>>> To "Caret, SureFit, and SuMS software users" <caret-users at brainvis.wustl.edu>
>>>> Subject Re: [caret-users] mapping functional data from SPM5
>>>> Hi Gene,
>>>>
>>>> There's an important distinction between the Caret distribution and 
>>>>         
>>>> the 
>>>> latest Caret snapshot.  If you downloaded only the latest Caret 
>>>> snapshot, and did not previously install the entire distribution, 
>>>>         
>> then 
>>     
>>>> important files in the caret/data_files/fmri_mapping_files won't be 
>>>>         
>>>> found.  When I extract this archive, it contains those files:
>>>>
>>>> /146Gb/www/html/pub/caret/caret_distribution.v5.51.windows.zip
>>>>
>>>> This extracted subdirectory contains over 200 files:
>>>>
>>>> caret/data_files/fmri_mapping_files/
>>>>
>>>> Do you have that directory and those files?
>>>>
>>>> Donna
>>>>
>>>> On 02/20/2008 11:36 AM, Eugene Tunik wrote:
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>>>> Hi Donna,
>>>>> I have a quick question about a caret problem.
>>>>> I installed v.5.51 on a new windows machine. (and the tutorial 
>>>>>           
>> sept 
>>     
>>>>>       
>>>>>           
>>>> 06 toolbox).
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>>>> I just want to map functional volume to surface so I do the following:
>>>>>
>>>>> 1) load spec file (in mapping procedures->PALs for fmri mapping
>>>>>
>>>>> 2) attributes-=> map to surface...and go through the whole deal of 
>>>>>           
>>>>>       
>>>>>           
>>>> loading my image file (SPM space).
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>>>> When the whole thing is done, and I click D/C, the metric icon 
>>>>>       
>>>>>           
>>>> doesn't become active so I cannot overlay anything.
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>>>> (The same functional works fine on a different machine that has an 
>>>>>           
>>>>>       
>>>>>           
>>>> older installation of caret).
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>>>> Any suggestions?
>>>>> Thanks and best,
>>>>> Gene
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Eugene Tunik, PhD, PT
>>>>> Dept. of Physical Therapy, NYU
>>>>> http://homepages.nyu.edu/~et38/
>>>>>
>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>> From: Donna Dierker <donna at brainvis.wustl.edu>
>>>>> Date: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 9:28 am
>>>>> Subject: Re: [caret-users] mapping functional data from SPM5
>>>>> To: "Caret, SureFit, and SuMS software users" <caret-users at brainvis.wustl.edu>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>   
>>>>>       
>>>>>           
>>>>>> Hi Gene,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It might take you 15 minutes to wade through this whole thread, 
>>>>>>             
>> but 
>>     
>>>>>>         
>>>>>>             
>>>> it 
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>>>>> will resonate:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://www.mail-archive.com/caret-users@brainvis.wustl.edu/msg01088.html
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Here are the highlights:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> * Caret only reads NIFTI files that are a single file with the 
>>>>>>         
>>>>>>             
>>>> ".nii" 
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>>>>> extension. The next release of Caret will be able to read NIFTI 
>>>>>>         
>>>>>>             
>>>> files 
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>>>>> that are in an Analyze hdr/img pair.  Caret still reads the files 
>>>>>>             
>>>>>>         
>>>>>>             
>>>> as 
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>>>>> if 
>>>>>> they were Analyze, but without the SPM99/SPM2-style "originator" 
>>>>>>             
>>>>>>         
>>>>>>             
>>>> info 
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>>>>> in 
>>>>>> the .hdr, it's clueless about the location of the origin.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> * Use Volume: Edit volume attributes to set the origin to -90,-126,-72.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> * When opening the functional volume in Caret, select the "Volume 
>>>>>>             
>>>>>>         
>>>>>>             
>>>> is 
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>>>>> an 
>>>>>> SPM2 Volume with Right on Left" if your volume is stored in a 
>>>>>> left-handed coordinate system (aka radilogical or right on left 
>>>>>>             
>> -- 
>>     
>>>>>>         
>>>>>>             
>>>> see 
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>>>>> http://nifti.nimh.nih.gov/nifti-1/documentation/faq#Q15).  If you 
>>>>>>             
>>>>>>         
>>>>>>             
>>>> need 
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>>>>> to map several functional volumes and want to use the 
>>>>>>         
>>>>>>             
>>>> caret_map_fmri 
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>>>>> command line utility, then you'll probably need to convert your 
>>>>>> volumes 
>>>>>> to *.nii, AFNI, or SPM2-style .hdr.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Donna
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 04/11/2007 07:50 AM, Eugene Tunik wrote:
>>>>>>     
>>>>>>         
>>>>>>             
>>>>>>> Dear all,
>>>>>>> I am mapping a contrast image (the spmT.hdr/img) that is output 
>>>>>>>               
>> in 
>>     
>>>>>>>           
>>>>>>>               
>>>> SPM5.
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>>>>>> However, Caret is not mapping it to the fiducial. This works 
>>>>>>>               
>> fine 
>>     
>>>>>>>           
>>>>>>>       
>>>>>>>           
>>>>>>>               
>>>>>> using an spmT image output from SPM2.
>>>>>>     
>>>>>>         
>>>>>>             
>>>>>>> Is there something special about the SPM5 output that makes it 
>>>>>>>       
>>>>>>>           
>>>>>>>               
>>>>>> incompatible with caret?
>>>>>>     
>>>>>>         
>>>>>>             
>>>>>>> Any suggestions are appreciated.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Best,
>>>>>>> Gene
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Eugene Tunik, PhD, PT
>>>>>>> Dept. of Physical Therapy, NYU
>>>>>>> http://homepages.nyu.edu/~et38/
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>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>   
>>>>>>>       
>>>>>>>           
>>>>>>>               
>>>>>> -- 
>>>>>> Donna L. Dierker
>>>>>> (Formerly Donna Hanlon; no change in marital status -- see 
>>>>>> http://home.att.net/~donna.hanlon for details.)
>>>>>>
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