HI Alle - lower down on the same page there is a link that answers
this for you:
ftp://ftp.cea.fr/pub/dsv/madic/FIAC/WhereIsRight.tar.gz
Cheers.
On 28 Feb 2006, at 14:32, Alle Meije Wink wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I am trying to make NiFTI files of the FIAC data set (ie, a 4D file
> for each acquisition). The nice thing of NiFTI is that the
> transformation of voxels -> anatomical coordinates is included in
> the header (no .mat file needed).
>
> The difficult bit is always: what is left-right, what is inferior-
> superior, what is anterior-posterior. There is a paragraph that
> tries to make it clear, but for me it made matters only more
> confusing:
> http://www.madic.org/fiac/
> how_to_participate.html#questions_of_interest (heading: DATA LEFT -
> RIGHT ORIENTATION).
>
> Instead of speaking in terms of .mat files and flips, does anyone
> know what the orientation is of the FIAC data set? Preferably in
> the same terms that John Ashburner proposes:
>
> is a low value for X left & high value for X right?
> is a low value for Y posterior & high value for Y anterior?
> is a low value for Z inferior & high value for Z superior?
>
> This is MNI space, according to http://www.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/
> Imaging/Common/spm_format.shtml.
>
> How does this relate to the FIAC data?
>
> Thanks,
> Alle Meije
>
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