[FieldTrip] Creating volume conduction model and leadfieldmatrix using .elp
jan-mathijs schoffelen
jan.schoffelen at donders.ru.nl
Fri Oct 7 16:41:50 CEST 2011
Hi Brian,
What does your cfg.elec look like?
Best,
JM
On Oct 7, 2011, at 3:37 PM, <B.Mouthaan at neuro.umcn.nl> <B.Mouthaan at neuro.umcn.nl> wrote:
> Dear Fieldtrippers,
>
> I am using .avr files for source modelling on ERP data. From the ERP components, I have calculated the differencewaves in a .mat file. Until this it all went fine. However I get stuck at using .elp files.
> I can succesfully create the headmodel with ft_prepare_singleshell(cfg,segementedmri) with the semi-realistic head model developed by Nolte (2003)
> However when using ft_prepare_leadfield(cfg) I get problems.
>
> My code is like this:
>
> % discretize brainvolume in grid
> cfg=[]
> cfg.inputfile= 'C:\Users\Brian\Documents\MATLAB\AnalysisM\differencewave01'
> [lbl] = importdata([subjectdata.subjectdir filesep subjectdata.electrodes]) % reading in .elp files
>
> %renaming lbl.textdata to lbl.label, else it gives an error at ft_channelselection, because it is unable to read sens.label
> oldField = 'textdata';
> newField = 'label';
> [lbl.(newField)] = lbl.(oldField);
> lbl = rmfield(lbl,oldField);
> cfg.elec= lbl
> cfg.vol = vol;
> cfg.reducerank = 3;
> cfg.channel = 'Fz'
> cfg.grid.resolution = 1; % use a 3-D grid with a 1 cm resolution
> save cfg
> [grid] = ft_prepare_leadfield(cfg);
>
> When executing this I get the following commandscreen:
> ....
> .....
> using headmodel specified in the configuration
> using electrodes specified in the configuration
> ??? Error using ==> ft_prepare_vol_sens at 110
> the input does not look like EEG, nor like MEG
>
> Error in ==> prepare_headmodel at 114
> [vol, sens] = ft_prepare_vol_sens(vol, sens, 'channel', cfg.channel, 'order', cfg.order);
>
> Error in ==> ft_prepare_leadfield at 159
> [vol, sens, cfg] = prepare_headmodel(cfg, data);
>
> I think this is because I use .elp files? The .elp files contain N rows and 3 columns representing xyz or spherical coordinates I assume. However this is the only information I have about the electrodes, so I have to do with it.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Brian
>
>
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Jan-Mathijs Schoffelen, MD PhD
Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour,
Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging,
Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands
J.Schoffelen at donders.ru.nl
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