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AddCSVColumn

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Short interface to add an extra column and field to a text file

Example

>>> import nipype.algorithms.misc as misc
>>> addcol = misc.AddCSVColumn()
>>> addcol.inputs.in_file = 'degree.csv'
>>> addcol.inputs.extra_column_heading = 'group'
>>> addcol.inputs.extra_field = 'male'
>>> addcol.run() 

Inputs:

[Mandatory]
in_file: (an existing file name)
        Input comma-separated value (CSV) files

[Optional]
extra_column_heading: (a string)
        New heading to add for the added field.
extra_field: (a string)
        New field to add to each row. This is useful for saving the group or
        subject ID in the file.
in_file: (an existing file name)
        Input comma-separated value (CSV) files
out_file: (a file name, nipype default value: extra_heading.csv)
        Output filename for merged CSV file

Outputs:

csv_file: (a file name)
        Output CSV file containing columns

CalculateNormalizedMoments

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Calculates moments of timeseries.

Example

>>> import nipype.algorithms.misc as misc
>>> skew = misc.CalculateNormalizedMoments()
>>> skew.inputs.moment = 3
>>> skew.inputs.timeseries_file = 'timeseries.txt'
>>> skew.run() 

Inputs:

[Mandatory]
moment: (an integer)
        Define which moment should be calculated, 3 for skewness, 4 for
        kurtosis.
timeseries_file: (an existing file name)
        Text file with timeseries in columns and timepoints in rows,
        whitespace separated

[Optional]
moment: (an integer)
        Define which moment should be calculated, 3 for skewness, 4 for
        kurtosis.
timeseries_file: (an existing file name)
        Text file with timeseries in columns and timepoints in rows,
        whitespace separated

Outputs:

moments: (a list of items which are a float)
        Moments

CreateNifti

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Inputs:

[Mandatory]
data_file: (an existing file name)
        ANALYZE img file
header_file: (an existing file name)
        corresponding ANALYZE hdr file

[Optional]
affine: (an array)
        affine transformation array
data_file: (an existing file name)
        ANALYZE img file
header_file: (an existing file name)
        corresponding ANALYZE hdr file
ignore_exception: (a boolean, nipype default value: False)
        Print an error message instead of throwing an exception in case the
        interface fails to run

Outputs:

nifti_file: (an existing file name)

Distance

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Calculates distance between two volumes.

Inputs:

[Mandatory]
volume1: (an existing file name)
        Has to have the same dimensions as volume2.
volume2: (an existing file name)
        Has to have the same dimensions as volume1.

[Optional]
ignore_exception: (a boolean, nipype default value: False)
        Print an error message instead of throwing an exception in case the
        interface fails to run
mask_volume: (an existing file name)
        calculate overlap only within this mask.
method: ('eucl_min' or 'eucl_cog' or 'eucl_mean' or 'eucl_wmean' or
         'eucl_max', nipype default value: eucl_min)
        ""eucl_min": Euclidean distance between two closest points
        "eucl_cog": mean Euclidian distance between the Center of Gravity of
        volume1 and CoGs of volume2 "eucl_mean": mean Euclidian minimum
        distance of all volume2 voxels to volume1 "eucl_wmean": mean
        Euclidian minimum distance of all volume2 voxels to volume1 weighted
        by their values "eucl_max": maximum over minimum Euclidian distances
        of all volume2 voxels to volume1 (also known as the Hausdorff
        distance)
volume1: (an existing file name)
        Has to have the same dimensions as volume2.
volume2: (an existing file name)
        Has to have the same dimensions as volume1.

Outputs:

distance: (a float)
histogram: (a file name)
point1: (an array with shape (3,))
point2: (an array with shape (3,))

FuzzyOverlap

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Calculates various overlap measures between two maps, using the fuzzy definition proposed in: Crum et al., Generalized Overlap Measures for Evaluation and Validation in Medical Image Analysis, IEEE Trans. Med. Ima. 25(11),pp 1451-1461, Nov. 2006.

in_ref and in_tst are lists of 2/3D images, each element on the list containing one volume fraction map of a class in a fuzzy partition of the domain.

Example

>>> overlap = FuzzyOverlap()
>>> overlap.inputs.in_ref = [ 'ref_class0.nii', 'ref_class1.nii' ]
>>> overlap.inputs.in_tst = [ 'tst_class0.nii', 'tst_class1.nii' ]
>>> overlap.inputs.weighting = 'volume'
>>> res = overlap.run() 

Inputs:

[Mandatory]
in_ref: (an existing file name)
        Reference image. Requires the same dimensions as in_tst.
in_tst: (an existing file name)
        Test image. Requires the same dimensions as in_ref.

[Optional]
ignore_exception: (a boolean, nipype default value: False)
        Print an error message instead of throwing an exception in case the
        interface fails to run
in_ref: (an existing file name)
        Reference image. Requires the same dimensions as in_tst.
in_tst: (an existing file name)
        Test image. Requires the same dimensions as in_ref.
out_file: (a file name, nipype default value: diff.nii)
        alternative name for resulting difference-map
weighting: ('none' or 'volume' or 'squared_vol', nipype default
         value: none)
        ""none": no class-overlap weighting is performed "volume": computed
        class-overlaps are weighted by class volume "squared_vol": computed
        class-overlaps are weighted by the squared volume of the class

Outputs:

class_fdi: (a list of items which are a float)
        Array containing the fDIs of each computed class
class_fji: (a list of items which are a float)
        Array containing the fJIs of each computed class
dice: (a float)
        Fuzzy Dice Index (fDI), all the classes
diff_file: (an existing file name)
        resulting difference-map of all classes, using the chosen weighting
jaccard: (a float)
        Fuzzy Jaccard Index (fJI), all the classes

Gunzip

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Inputs:

[Mandatory]
in_file: (an existing file name)

[Optional]
ignore_exception: (a boolean, nipype default value: False)
        Print an error message instead of throwing an exception in case the
        interface fails to run
in_file: (an existing file name)

Outputs:

out_file: (an existing file name)

Matlab2CSV

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Simple interface to save the components of a MATLAB .mat file as a text file with comma-separated values (CSVs).

CSV files are easily loaded in R, for use in statistical processing. For further information, see cran.r-project.org/doc/manuals/R-data.pdf

Example

>>> import nipype.algorithms.misc as misc
>>> mat2csv = misc.Matlab2CSV()
>>> mat2csv.inputs.in_file = 'cmatrix.mat'
>>> mat2csv.run() 

Inputs:

[Mandatory]
in_file: (an existing file name)
        Input MATLAB .mat file

[Optional]
in_file: (an existing file name)
        Input MATLAB .mat file
reshape_matrix: (a boolean, nipype default value: True)
        The output of this interface is meant for R, so matrices will be
        reshaped to vectors by default.

Outputs:

csv_files: (a file name)

MergeCSVFiles

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This interface is designed to facilitate data loading in the R environment. It takes input CSV files and merges them into a single CSV file. If provided, it will also incorporate column heading names into the resulting CSV file.

CSV files are easily loaded in R, for use in statistical processing. For further information, see cran.r-project.org/doc/manuals/R-data.pdf

Example

>>> import nipype.algorithms.misc as misc
>>> mat2csv = misc.MergeCSVFiles()
>>> mat2csv.inputs.in_files = ['degree.mat','clustering.mat']
>>> mat2csv.inputs.column_headings = ['degree','clustering']
>>> mat2csv.run() 

Inputs:

[Mandatory]
in_files: (an existing file name)
        Input comma-separated value (CSV) files

[Optional]
column_headings: (a list of items which are a string)
        List of column headings to save in merged CSV file (must be equal to
        number of input files). If left undefined, these will be pulled from
        the input filenames.
extra_column_heading: (a string)
        New heading to add for the added field.
extra_field: (a string)
        New field to add to each row. This is useful for saving the group or
        subject ID in the file.
in_files: (an existing file name)
        Input comma-separated value (CSV) files
out_file: (a file name, nipype default value: merged.csv)
        Output filename for merged CSV file
row_heading_title: (a string, nipype default value: label)
        Column heading for the row headings added
row_headings: (a list of items which are a string)
        List of row headings to save in merged CSV file (must be equal to
        number of rows in the input files).

Outputs:

csv_file: (a file name)
        Output CSV file containing columns

ModifyAffine

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Left multiplies the affine matrix with a specified values. Saves the volume as a nifti file.

Inputs:

[Mandatory]
volumes: (an existing file name)
        volumes which affine matrices will be modified

[Optional]
ignore_exception: (a boolean, nipype default value: False)
        Print an error message instead of throwing an exception in case the
        interface fails to run
transformation_matrix: (an array with shape (4, 4), nipype default
         value: (<bound method Array.copy_default_value of
         <traits.trait_numeric.Array object at 0x6f14e90>>, (array([[ 1.,
         0.,  0.,  0.],        [ 0.,  1.,  0.,  0.],        [ 0.,  0.,  1.,
         0.],        [ 0.,  0.,  0.,  1.]]),), None))
        transformation matrix that will be left multiplied by the affine
        matrix
volumes: (an existing file name)
        volumes which affine matrices will be modified

Outputs:

transformed_volumes: (a file name)

Overlap

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Calculates various overlap measures between two maps.

Example

>>> overlap = Overlap()
>>> overlap.inputs.volume1 = 'cont1.nii'
>>> overlap.inputs.volume1 = 'cont2.nii'
>>> res = overlap.run() 

Inputs:

[Mandatory]
volume1: (an existing file name)
        Has to have the same dimensions as volume2.
volume2: (an existing file name)
        Has to have the same dimensions as volume1.

[Optional]
ignore_exception: (a boolean, nipype default value: False)
        Print an error message instead of throwing an exception in case the
        interface fails to run
mask_volume: (an existing file name)
        calculate overlap only within this mask.
out_file: (a file name, nipype default value: diff.nii)
volume1: (an existing file name)
        Has to have the same dimensions as volume2.
volume2: (an existing file name)
        Has to have the same dimensions as volume1.

Outputs:

dice: (a float)
diff_file: (an existing file name)
jaccard: (a float)
volume_difference: (an integer)

PickAtlas

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Returns ROI masks given an atlas and a list of labels. Supports dilation and left right masking (assuming the atlas is properly aligned).

Inputs:

[Mandatory]
atlas: (an existing file name)
        Location of the atlas that will be used.
labels: (an integer or a list of items which are an integer)
        Labels of regions that will be included in the mask. Must be
        compatible with the atlas used.

[Optional]
atlas: (an existing file name)
        Location of the atlas that will be used.
dilation_size: (an integer, nipype default value: 0)
        Defines how much the mask will be dilated (expanded in 3D).
hemi: ('both' or 'left' or 'right', nipype default value: both)
        Restrict the mask to only one hemisphere: left or right
ignore_exception: (a boolean, nipype default value: False)
        Print an error message instead of throwing an exception in case the
        interface fails to run
labels: (an integer or a list of items which are an integer)
        Labels of regions that will be included in the mask. Must be
        compatible with the atlas used.
output_file: (a file name)
        Where to store the output mask.

Outputs:

mask_file: (an existing file name)
        output mask file

SimpleThreshold

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Inputs:

[Mandatory]
threshold: (a float)
        volumes to be thresholdedeverything below this value will be set to
        zero
volumes: (an existing file name)
        volumes to be thresholded

[Optional]
ignore_exception: (a boolean, nipype default value: False)
        Print an error message instead of throwing an exception in case the
        interface fails to run
threshold: (a float)
        volumes to be thresholdedeverything below this value will be set to
        zero
volumes: (an existing file name)
        volumes to be thresholded

Outputs:

thresholded_volumes: (an existing file name)
        thresholded volumes

TSNR

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Computes the time-course SNR for a time series

Typically you want to run this on a realigned time-series.

Example

>>> tsnr = TSNR()
>>> tsnr.inputs.in_file = 'functional.nii'
>>> res = tsnr.run() 

Inputs:

[Mandatory]
in_file: (an existing file name)
        realigned 4D file or a list of 3D files

[Optional]
ignore_exception: (a boolean, nipype default value: False)
        Print an error message instead of throwing an exception in case the
        interface fails to run
in_file: (an existing file name)
        realigned 4D file or a list of 3D files
regress_poly: (an integer >= 1)
        Remove polynomials

Outputs:

detrended_file: (a file name)
        detrended input file
mean_file: (an existing file name)
        mean image file
stddev_file: (an existing file name)
        std dev image file
tsnr_file: (an existing file name)
        tsnr image file

calc_moments()

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Returns nth moment (3 for skewness, 4 for kurtosis) of timeseries (list of values; one per timeseries).

Keyword arguments: timeseries_file – text file with white space separated timepoints in rows

makefmtlist()

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maketypelist()

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matlab2csv()

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merge_csvs()

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remove_identical_paths()

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replaceext()

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