[Simnibs-discuss] coil positioning in simnibs 3.2.6

Axel Thielscher axelt at drcmr.dk
Tue Apr 26 10:11:40 CEST 2022


Hi Grace,

the two files are indeed identical, unless you specify something else 
using the -d option.

The qform and sform of the T1fs_conform just are set to the same, which 
then likely causes AFNI to select TLRC.

Best regards,

Axel


On 25-04-2022 21:37, Grace Hallenbeck wrote:
> Hi Annalisa,
>
> Thanks for your reply. We have made progress on the translation matrix 
> cited above, but currently we have a more pressing question.
>
> The file output from a successful headreco, T1fs_conform.nii, appears 
> to be identical to our input T1, though from the simnibs website, "The 
> head meshing procedures create a NifTI file called 
> |m2m_||/subID/||/T1fs_conform.nii.gz|. This file contains a 
> transformed T1 image of the subject, with the world coordinates used 
> by SimNIBS."
>
> However, the voxel orientations and resolutions are identical (per 
> 3dinfo from afni), with one exception: the template space of the 
> conform file is TLRC while that of the original T1 is ORIG. So, my 
> questions are the following:
>
> 1. Should these files be identical?
> 2. Why is the template space of the conform file TLRC?
>
> copy/pasting header info here for clarity:
>
> INPUT T1
>
> (base) darkphoenix:/home/grace/simnibs_simulation_GH5/subject_volumes 
> grace> 3dinfo T1.nii
>
> ++ 3dinfo: AFNI version=AFNI_16.2.09 (Aug6 2016) [64-bit]
>
>
> Dataset File:T1.nii
>
> Identifier Code: NII_Hd_qtnnMonBYdt6jsb2XWwCreation Date: Fri Aug 31 
> 11:14:18 2018
>
> Template Space:ORIG
>
> Dataset Type:Anat Bucket (-abuc)
>
> Byte Order:LSB_FIRST {assumed} [this CPU native = LSB_FIRST]
>
> Storage Mode:NIFTI
>
> Storage Space: 32,768,000 (33 million [mega]) bytes
>
> Geometry String: 
> "MATRIX(0.8,0,0,-128.1,0,0,-0.8,128.1,0,-0.8,0,128.1):320,320,320"
>
> Data Axes Tilt:Plumb
>
> Data Axes Orientation:
>
> first(x) = Right-to-Left
>
> second (y) = Superior-to-Inferior
>
> third(z) = Posterior-to-Anterior [-orient RSP]
>
> R-to-L extent:-128.100 [R] -to- 127.100 [L] -step- 0.800 mm [320 voxels]
>
> A-to-P extent:-127.100 [A] -to- 128.100 [P] -step- 0.800 mm [320 voxels]
>
> I-to-S extent:-127.100 [I] -to- 128.100 [S] -step- 0.800 mm [320 voxels]
>
> Number of values stored at each pixel = 1
>
> -- At sub-brick #0 '?' datum type is byte:0 to 255
>
>
> T1fs_conform
>
> (base) darkphoenix:/home/grace/simnibs_simulation_GH5/subject_volumes 
> grace> 3dinfo T1fs_conform.nii
>
> ++ 3dinfo: AFNI version=AFNI_16.2.09 (Aug6 2016) [64-bit]
>
> ** AFNI converts NIFTI_datatype=512 (UINT16) in file T1fs_conform.nii 
> to FLOAT32
>
> Warnings of this type will be muted for this session.
>
> Set AFNI_NIFTI_TYPE_WARN to YES to see them all, NO to see none.
>
>
> Dataset File:T1fs_conform.nii
>
> Identifier Code: NII_BDbiP8aLlBK7bpodSIpPwACreation Date: Mon Apr 25 
> 15:30:40 2022
>
> Template Space:TLRC
>
> Dataset Type:Anat Bucket (-abuc)
>
> Byte Order:LSB_FIRST {assumed} [this CPU native = LSB_FIRST]
>
> Storage Mode:NIFTI
>
> Storage Space: 131,072,000 (131 million [mega]) bytes
>
> Geometry String: 
> "MATRIX(0.8,0,0,-128.1,0,0,-0.8,128.1,0,-0.8,0,128.1):320,320,320"
>
> Data Axes Tilt:Plumb
>
> Data Axes Orientation:
>
> first(x) = Right-to-Left
>
> second (y) = Superior-to-Inferior
>
> third(z) = Posterior-to-Anterior [-orient RSP]
>
> R-to-L extent:-128.100 [R] -to- 127.100 [L] -step- 0.800 mm [320 voxels]
>
> A-to-P extent:-127.100 [A] -to- 128.100 [P] -step- 0.800 mm [320 voxels]
>
> I-to-S extent:-127.100 [I] -to- 128.100 [S] -step- 0.800 mm [320 voxels]
>
> Number of values stored at each pixel = 1
>
> -- At sub-brick #0 '?' datum type is float
>
>
> Thanks very much for your help!
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Grace
>
> On Tue, Apr 19, 2022 at 6:16 AM Annalisa Schuler 
> <annalisa.schuler at hsancamillo.it> wrote:
>
>     Dear all,
>
>     are you using neuronavigation for your project, if yes you should
>     get a matrix including coil position, translation and orientation
>     from your stimulation session, which allows you to calculate exact
>     positions using matsimnibs
>     (https://simnibs.github.io/simnibs/build/html/documentation/sim_struct/position.html
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>     All the best,
>
>     AL
>
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>     ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>     *Da: *"Clayton E Curtis" <clayton.curtis at nyu.edu>
>     *A: *"Grace Hallenbeck" <geh261 at nyu.edu>
>     *Cc: *"discuss at simnibs.org" <discuss at simnibs.org>
>     *Inviato: *Venerdì, 15 aprile 2022 19:12:59
>     *Oggetto: *Re: [Simnibs-discuss] coil positioning in simnibs 3.2.6
>
>     Hi,
>     I just wanted to add a couple of details here. We are using
>     Brainsight to acquire the Coil Position, and that looks spot
>     on. But we are interested in correctly orienting the coil before
>     running the model. The documentation was rather sparse here.
>
>     Also, Grace is alluding the fact that when we make changes to the
>     Reference Coordinates, it makes changes to the Coil Position.  Not
>     sure what this is about?
>
>     Thanks for your help!
>
>     /cc
>
>     On Fri, Apr 15, 2022 at 12:48 PM Grace Hallenbeck <geh261 at nyu.edu>
>     wrote:
>
>         Dear simnibs crew,
>         Hello! My name is Grace Hallenbeck and I'm a post-doc working
>         with Clay Curtis (cc'ed here) at NYU. We're interested in
>         using simnibs to model the effects of TMS and today we've been
>         trying to correctly position the coil orientation in the
>         simnibs gui but are having some difficulty.
>
>         We have a coordinate of interest that we're plugging in for
>         the x,y,z 'Position' fields. But we're unclear on the best way
>         to work with the 'Direction Reference' coordinates, which is
>         what we think controls the coil orientation. In the screenshot
>         below, I've plugged in the same x,y,z coords as in 'Position',
>         but this has the coil handle (as I understand, 180 deg
>         opposite the green line) pointing slightly off the coil
>         orientation we actually applied TMS at with this subject (what
>         we are attempting to model).
>
>         So our question is: how can we finely modulate the coil
>         orientation, keeping the 'Position' x,y,z coords constant? We
>         would greatly appreciate any help on this as we're getting a
>         publication ready and hope to include some modeling results.
>         Screen Shot 2022-04-15 at 12.32.29 PM.png
>
>         All the best & thanks for your work,
>         Grace Hallenbeck
>
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