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nilearn.surface.load_surf_data

nilearn.surface.load_surf_data(surf_data)

Load data to be represented on a surface mesh.

Parameters:

surf_datastr, pathlib.Path, or numpy.ndarray

Either a file containing surface data (valid format are .gii, .gii.gz, .mgz, .nii, .nii.gz, or Freesurfer specific files such as .thickness, .curv, .sulc, .annot, .label), lists of 1D data files are returned as 2D arrays, or a Numpy array containing surface data.

Returns:

datanumpy.ndarray

An array containing surface data