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nilearn.datasets.load_mni152_template

nilearn.datasets.load_mni152_template(resolution=None)

Load the MNI152 skullstripped T1 template.

This function takes the skullstripped, re-scaled 1mm-resolution version of the MNI ICBM152 T1 template and re-samples it using a different resolution, if specified.

For more information, see Fonov et al.[1], and Fonov et al.[2].

Parameters:

resolution: int, default=1

If resolution is different from 1, the template is re-sampled with the specified resolution.

Added in version 0.8.1.

Returns:

mni152_templateNifti1Image, image representing the re-sampled

whole-brain template

See also

nilearn.datasets.fetch_icbm152_2009

for details regarding the difference between NiLearn and fMRIPrep ICBM152 template.

nilearn.datasets.load_mni152_gm_template

for details about version of the MNI152 grey-matter template.

nilearn.datasets.load_mni152_wm_template

for details about version of the MNI152 white-matter template.

References

[1]

Vladimir Fonov, Alan C. Evans, Kelly Botteron, C. Robert Almli, Robert C. McKinstry, and D. Louis Collins. Unbiased average age-appropriate atlases for pediatric studies. NeuroImage, 54(1):313–327, 2011. URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1053811910010062, doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2010.07.033.

[2]

VS Fonov, AC Evans, RC McKinstry, CR Almli, and DL Collins. Unbiased nonlinear average age-appropriate brain templates from birth to adulthood. NeuroImage, 47(Supplement 1):S102, 2009. doi:10.1016/S1053-8119(09)70884-5.

Examples using nilearn.datasets.load_mni152_template

Resample an image to a template

Resample an image to a template