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8.2.28. nilearn.datasets.fetch_atlas_talairach

nilearn.datasets.fetch_atlas_talairach(level_name, data_dir=None, verbose=1)[source]

Download the Talairach atlas.

For more information, see 1, 2, and 3.

New in version 0.4.0.

Parameters
level_namestring {‘hemisphere’, ‘lobe’, ‘gyrus’, ‘tissue’, ‘ba’}

Which level of the atlas to use: the hemisphere, the lobe, the gyrus, the tissue type or the Brodmann area.

data_dirstr, optional

Path of the data directory. Used to force data storage in a specified location.

verboseint, optional

Verbosity level (0 means no message). Default=1.

Returns
sklearn.datasets.base.Bunch

Dictionary-like object, contains:

  • maps: 3D Nifti image, values are indices in the list of labels.

  • labels: list of strings. Starts with ‘Background’.

  • description: a short description of the atlas and some references.

References

1

Talairach atlas labels. http://talairach.org/about.html#Labels. Accessed: 2021-05-19.

2

Jack L. Lancaster, Marty G. Woldorff, Lawrence M. Parsons, Mario Liotti, Catarina S. Freitas, Lacy Rainey, Peter V. Kochunov, Dan Nickerson, Shawn A. Mikiten, and Peter T. Fox. Automated talairach atlas labels for functional brain mapping. Human Brain Mapping, 10(3):120–131, 2000. URL: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/1097-0193%28200007%2910%3A3%3C120%3A%3AAID-HBM30%3E3.0.CO%3B2-8, arXiv:https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/1097-0193%28200007%2910%3A3%3C120%3A%3AAID-HBM30%3E3.0.CO%3B2-8, doi:https://doi.org/10.1002/1097-0193(200007)10:3<120::AID-HBM30>3.0.CO;2-8.

3

J.L. Lancaster, L.H. Rainey, J.L. Summerlin, C.S. Freitas, P.T. Fox, A.C. Evans, A.W. Toga, and J.C. Mazziotta. Automated labeling of the human brain: a preliminary report on the development and evaluation of a forward-transform method. Human Brain Mapping, 5(4):238–242, 1997. URL: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/%28SICI%291097-0193%281997%295%3A4%3C238%3A%3AAID-HBM6%3E3.0.CO%3B2-4, arXiv:https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/%28SICI%291097-0193%281997%295%3A4%3C238%3A%3AAID-HBM6%3E3.0.CO%3B2-4, doi:https://doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1097-0193(1997)5:4<238::AID-HBM6>3.0.CO;2-4.