interfaces.ants.utils

AffineInitializer

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Wraps command antsAffineInitializer

Initialize an affine transform (as in antsBrainExtraction.sh)

>>> from nipype.interfaces.ants import AffineInitializer
>>> init = AffineInitializer()
>>> init.inputs.fixed_image = 'fixed1.nii'
>>> init.inputs.moving_image = 'moving1.nii'
>>> init.cmdline
'antsAffineInitializer 3 fixed1.nii moving1.nii transform.mat 15.000000 0.100000 0 10'

Inputs:

[Mandatory]
fixed_image: (an existing file name)
        reference image
        flag: %s, position: 1
moving_image: (an existing file name)
        moving image
        flag: %s, position: 2

[Optional]
args: (a unicode string)
        Additional parameters to the command
        flag: %s
dimension: (3 or 2, nipype default value: 3)
        dimension
        flag: %s, position: 0
environ: (a dictionary with keys which are a bytes or None or a value
         of class 'str' and with values which are a bytes or None or a value
         of class 'str', nipype default value: {})
        Environment variables
local_search: (an integer (int or long), nipype default value: 10)
         determines if a local optimization is run at each search point for
        the set number of iterations
        flag: %d, position: 7
num_threads: (an integer (int or long), nipype default value: 1)
        Number of ITK threads to use
out_file: (a file name, nipype default value: transform.mat)
        output transform file
        flag: %s, position: 3
principal_axes: (a boolean, nipype default value: False)
        whether the rotation is searched around an initial principal axis
        alignment.
        flag: %d, position: 6
radian_fraction: (0.0 <= a floating point number <= 1.0, nipype
         default value: 0.1)
        search this arc +/- principal axes
        flag: %f, position: 5
search_factor: (a float, nipype default value: 15.0)
        increments (degrees) for affine search
        flag: %f, position: 4

Outputs:

out_file: (a file name)
        output transform file

AverageAffineTransform

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Wraps command AverageAffineTransform

Examples

>>> from nipype.interfaces.ants import AverageAffineTransform
>>> avg = AverageAffineTransform()
>>> avg.inputs.dimension = 3
>>> avg.inputs.transforms = ['trans.mat', 'func_to_struct.mat']
>>> avg.inputs.output_affine_transform = 'MYtemplatewarp.mat'
>>> avg.cmdline
'AverageAffineTransform 3 MYtemplatewarp.mat trans.mat func_to_struct.mat'

Inputs:

[Mandatory]
dimension: (3 or 2)
        image dimension (2 or 3)
        flag: %d, position: 0
output_affine_transform: (a file name)
        Outputfname.txt: the name of the resulting transform.
        flag: %s, position: 1
transforms: (a list of items which are an existing file name)
        transforms to average
        flag: %s, position: 3

[Optional]
args: (a unicode string)
        Additional parameters to the command
        flag: %s
environ: (a dictionary with keys which are a bytes or None or a value
         of class 'str' and with values which are a bytes or None or a value
         of class 'str', nipype default value: {})
        Environment variables
num_threads: (an integer (int or long), nipype default value: 1)
        Number of ITK threads to use

Outputs:

affine_transform: (an existing file name)
        average transform file

AverageImages

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Wraps command AverageImages

Examples

>>> from nipype.interfaces.ants import AverageImages
>>> avg = AverageImages()
>>> avg.inputs.dimension = 3
>>> avg.inputs.output_average_image = "average.nii.gz"
>>> avg.inputs.normalize = True
>>> avg.inputs.images = ['rc1s1.nii', 'rc1s1.nii']
>>> avg.cmdline
'AverageImages 3 average.nii.gz 1 rc1s1.nii rc1s1.nii'

Inputs:

[Mandatory]
dimension: (3 or 2)
        image dimension (2 or 3)
        flag: %d, position: 0
images: (a list of items which are an existing file name)
        image to apply transformation to (generally a coregistered
        functional)
        flag: %s, position: 3
normalize: (a boolean)
        Normalize: if true, the 2nd image is divided by its mean. This will
        select the largest image to average into.
        flag: %d, position: 2

[Optional]
args: (a unicode string)
        Additional parameters to the command
        flag: %s
environ: (a dictionary with keys which are a bytes or None or a value
         of class 'str' and with values which are a bytes or None or a value
         of class 'str', nipype default value: {})
        Environment variables
num_threads: (an integer (int or long), nipype default value: 1)
        Number of ITK threads to use
output_average_image: (a file name, nipype default value:
         average.nii)
        the name of the resulting image.
        flag: %s, position: 1

Outputs:

output_average_image: (an existing file name)
        average image file

ComposeMultiTransform

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Wraps command ComposeMultiTransform

Take a set of transformations and convert them to a single transformation matrix/warpfield.

Examples

>>> from nipype.interfaces.ants import ComposeMultiTransform
>>> compose_transform = ComposeMultiTransform()
>>> compose_transform.inputs.dimension = 3
>>> compose_transform.inputs.transforms = ['struct_to_template.mat', 'func_to_struct.mat']
>>> compose_transform.cmdline
'ComposeMultiTransform 3 struct_to_template_composed.mat struct_to_template.mat func_to_struct.mat'

Inputs:

[Mandatory]
transforms: (a list of items which are an existing file name)
        transforms to average
        flag: %s, position: 3

[Optional]
args: (a unicode string)
        Additional parameters to the command
        flag: %s
dimension: (3 or 2, nipype default value: 3)
        image dimension (2 or 3)
        flag: %d, position: 0
environ: (a dictionary with keys which are a bytes or None or a value
         of class 'str' and with values which are a bytes or None or a value
         of class 'str', nipype default value: {})
        Environment variables
num_threads: (an integer (int or long), nipype default value: 1)
        Number of ITK threads to use
output_transform: (a file name)
        the name of the resulting transform.
        flag: %s, position: 1
reference_image: (a file name)
        Reference image (only necessary when output is warpfield)
        flag: %s, position: 2

Outputs:

output_transform: (an existing file name)
        Composed transform file

CreateJacobianDeterminantImage

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Wraps command CreateJacobianDeterminantImage

Examples

>>> from nipype.interfaces.ants import CreateJacobianDeterminantImage
>>> jacobian = CreateJacobianDeterminantImage()
>>> jacobian.inputs.imageDimension = 3
>>> jacobian.inputs.deformationField = 'ants_Warp.nii.gz'
>>> jacobian.inputs.outputImage = 'out_name.nii.gz'
>>> jacobian.cmdline
'CreateJacobianDeterminantImage 3 ants_Warp.nii.gz out_name.nii.gz'

Inputs:

[Mandatory]
deformationField: (an existing file name)
        deformation transformation file
        flag: %s, position: 1
imageDimension: (3 or 2)
        image dimension (2 or 3)
        flag: %d, position: 0
outputImage: (a file name)
        output filename
        flag: %s, position: 2

[Optional]
args: (a unicode string)
        Additional parameters to the command
        flag: %s
doLogJacobian: (0 or 1)
        return the log jacobian
        flag: %d, position: 3
environ: (a dictionary with keys which are a bytes or None or a value
         of class 'str' and with values which are a bytes or None or a value
         of class 'str', nipype default value: {})
        Environment variables
num_threads: (an integer (int or long), nipype default value: 1)
        Number of ITK threads to use
useGeometric: (0 or 1)
        return the geometric jacobian
        flag: %d, position: 4

Outputs:

jacobian_image: (an existing file name)
        jacobian image

LabelGeometry

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Wraps command LabelGeometryMeasures

Extracts geometry measures using a label file and an optional image file

Examples

>>> from nipype.interfaces.ants import LabelGeometry
>>> label_extract = LabelGeometry()
>>> label_extract.inputs.dimension = 3
>>> label_extract.inputs.label_image = 'atlas.nii.gz'
>>> label_extract.cmdline
'LabelGeometryMeasures 3 atlas.nii.gz [] atlas.csv'
>>> label_extract.inputs.intensity_image = 'ants_Warp.nii.gz'
>>> label_extract.cmdline
'LabelGeometryMeasures 3 atlas.nii.gz ants_Warp.nii.gz atlas.csv'

Inputs:

[Mandatory]
intensity_image: (an existing file name, nipype default value: [])
        Intensity image to extract values from. This is an optional input
        flag: %s, position: 2
label_image: (a file name)
        label image to use for extracting geometry measures
        flag: %s, position: 1

[Optional]
args: (a unicode string)
        Additional parameters to the command
        flag: %s
dimension: (3 or 2, nipype default value: 3)
        image dimension (2 or 3)
        flag: %d, position: 0
environ: (a dictionary with keys which are a bytes or None or a value
         of class 'str' and with values which are a bytes or None or a value
         of class 'str', nipype default value: {})
        Environment variables
num_threads: (an integer (int or long), nipype default value: 1)
        Number of ITK threads to use
output_file: (a unicode string)
        name of output file
        flag: %s, position: 3

Outputs:

output_file: (an existing file name)
        CSV file of geometry measures

MultiplyImages

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Wraps command MultiplyImages

Examples

>>> from nipype.interfaces.ants import MultiplyImages
>>> test = MultiplyImages()
>>> test.inputs.dimension = 3
>>> test.inputs.first_input = 'moving2.nii'
>>> test.inputs.second_input = 0.25
>>> test.inputs.output_product_image = "out.nii"
>>> test.cmdline
'MultiplyImages 3 moving2.nii 0.25 out.nii'

Inputs:

[Mandatory]
dimension: (3 or 2)
        image dimension (2 or 3)
        flag: %d, position: 0
first_input: (an existing file name)
        image 1
        flag: %s, position: 1
output_product_image: (a file name)
        Outputfname.nii.gz: the name of the resulting image.
        flag: %s, position: 3
second_input: (an existing file name or a float)
        image 2 or multiplication weight
        flag: %s, position: 2

[Optional]
args: (a unicode string)
        Additional parameters to the command
        flag: %s
environ: (a dictionary with keys which are a bytes or None or a value
         of class 'str' and with values which are a bytes or None or a value
         of class 'str', nipype default value: {})
        Environment variables
num_threads: (an integer (int or long), nipype default value: 1)
        Number of ITK threads to use

Outputs:

output_product_image: (an existing file name)
        average image file