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nilearn.datasets.fetch_icbm152_brain_gm_mask

nilearn.datasets.fetch_icbm152_brain_gm_mask(data_dir=None, threshold=0.2, resume=True, n_iter=2, verbose=1)[source]

Download ICBM152 template first, then loads the ‘gm’ mask.

The default template of fMRIPrep is the asymmetrical ICBM152 2009, release c (MNI152NLin2009cSAsym). The NiLearn template is asymmetrical ICBM152 2009, release a. If you wish to use the exact same release as fMRIPrep, please refer to TemplateFlow (https://www.templateflow.org/).

Added in version 0.2.5.

Parameters:
data_dirpathlib.Path or str, optional

Path where data should be downloaded. By default, files are downloaded in a nilearn_data folder in the home directory of the user. See also nilearn.datasets.utils.get_data_dirs.

thresholdfloat, default=0.2

Values of the ICBM152 grey-matter template above this threshold will be included.

resumebool, default=True

Whether to resume download of a partly-downloaded file.

n_iterint, default=2

Number of repetitions of dilation and erosion steps performed in scipy.ndimage.binary_closing function.

Added in version 0.8.1.

verboseint, default=1

Verbosity level (0 means no message).

Returns:
gm_mask_imgNifti1Image, image corresponding to the brain gray matter

from ICBM152 template.

See also

nilearn.datasets.fetch_icbm152_2009

for details regarding the ICBM152 template.

nilearn.datasets.load_mni152_template

for details about version of MNI152 template and related.

Notes

This function relies on ICBM152 templates where we particularly pick gray matter template and threshold the template at .2 to take one fifth of the values. Then, do a bit post processing such as binary closing operation to more compact mask image.

Note

It is advised to check the mask image with your own data processing.

Examples using nilearn.datasets.fetch_icbm152_brain_gm_mask

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