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nilearn.plotting.plot_anat¶

nilearn.plotting.plot_anat(anat_img=<MNI152Template>, cut_coords=None, output_file=None, display_mode='ortho', figure=None, axes=None, title=None, annotate=True, threshold=None, draw_cross=True, black_bg='auto', dim='auto', cmap=<matplotlib.colors.LinearSegmentedColormap object>, colorbar=False, cbar_tick_format='%.2g', radiological=False, vmin=None, vmax=None, **kwargs)[source]¶

Plot cuts of an anatomical image.

By default 3 cuts: Frontal, Axial, and Lateral.

Parameters:

anat_imgNiimg-like object, default=MNI152TEMPLATE

See Input and output: neuroimaging data representation. The anatomical image to be used as a background. If None is given, nilearn tries to find a T1 template.

cut_coordsNone, a tuple of float, or int, optional

The MNI coordinates of the point where the cut is performed.

If display_mode is ‘ortho’ or ‘tiled’, this should be a 3-tuple: (x, y, z)
For display_mode == “x”, “y”, or “z”, then these are the coordinates of each cut in the corresponding direction.
If None is given, the cuts are calculated automatically.
If display_mode is ‘mosaic’, and the number of cuts is the same for all directions, cut_coords can be specified as an integer. It can also be a length 3 tuple specifying the number of cuts for every direction if these are different.

Note

If display_mode is “x”, “y” or “z”, cut_coords can be an integer, in which case it specifies the number of cuts to perform.

output_filestr, or None, optional

The name of an image file to export the plot to. Valid extensions are .png, .pdf, .svg. If output_file is not None, the plot is saved to a file, and the display is closed.

display_mode{“ortho”, “tiled”, “mosaic”, “x”, “y”, “z”, “yx”, “xz”, “yz”}, default=”ortho”

Choose the direction of the cuts:

"x": sagittal
"y": coronal
"z": axial
"ortho": three cuts are performed in orthogonal directions
"tiled": three cuts are performed and arranged in a 2x2 grid
"mosaic": three cuts are performed along multiple rows and columns

figureint, or matplotlib.figure.Figure, or None, optional

Matplotlib figure used or its number. If None is given, a new figure is created.

axesmatplotlib.axes.Axes, or 4 tuple of float: (xmin, ymin, width, height), default=None

The axes, or the coordinates, in matplotlib figure space, of the axes used to display the plot. If None, the complete figure is used.

titlestr, or None, default=None

The title displayed on the figure.

annotatebool, default=True

If annotate is True, positions and left/right annotation are added to the plot.

thresholda number, None, or ‘auto’, optional

If None is given, the image is not thresholded. If a number is given, it is used to threshold the image: values below the threshold (in absolute value) are plotted as transparent. If “auto” is given, the threshold is determined magically by analysis of the image.

draw_crossbool, default=True

If draw_cross is True, a cross is drawn on the plot to indicate the cut position.

black_bgbool, or “auto”, optional

If True, the background of the image is set to be black. If you wish to save figures with a black background, you will need to pass facecolor=”k”, edgecolor=”k” to matplotlib.pyplot.savefig. Default=’auto’.

dimfloat, or “auto”, optional

Dimming factor applied to background image. By default, automatic heuristics are applied based upon the background image intensity. Accepted float values, where a typical span is between -2 and 2 (-2 = increase contrast; 2 = decrease contrast), but larger values can be used for a more pronounced effect. 0 means no dimming. Default=’auto’.

cmapmatplotlib.colors.Colormap, or str, optional

The colormap to use. Either a string which is a name of a matplotlib colormap, or a matplotlib colormap object. Default=`plt.cm.gray`.

colorbarbool, default=False

If True, display a colorbar on the right of the plots.

cbar_tick_formatstr, default=”%.2g” (scientific notation)

Controls how to format the tick labels of the colorbar. Ex: use “%i” to display as integers.

radiologicalbool, default=False

Invert x axis and R L labels to plot sections as a radiological view. If False (default), the left hemisphere is on the left of a coronal image. If True, left hemisphere is on the right.

vminfloat, optional

Lower bound of the colormap. If None, the min of the image is used. Passed to matplotlib.pyplot.imshow.

vmaxfloat, optional

Upper bound of the colormap. If None, the max of the image is used. Passed to matplotlib.pyplot.imshow.

kwargsextra keyword arguments, optional

Extra keyword arguments ultimately passed to matplotlib.pyplot.imshow via add_overlay.

Returns:

displayOrthoSlicer or None: An instance of the OrthoSlicer class. If output_file is defined, None is returned.

Notes

Arrays should be passed in numpy convention: (x, y, z) ordered.

For visualization, non-finite values found in passed ‘anat_img’ are set to zero.

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