nipype.interfaces.ants.utils module

ANTs’ utilities.

AI

Link to code

Bases: ANTSCommand

Wrapped executable: antsAI.

Calculate the optimal linear transform parameters for aligning two images.

Examples

>>> AI(
...     fixed_image='structural.nii',
...     moving_image='epi.nii',
...     metric=('Mattes', 32, 'Regular', 1),
... ).cmdline
'antsAI -c [10,1e-06,10] -d 3 -m Mattes[structural.nii,epi.nii,32,Regular,1]
-o initialization.mat -p 0 -s [20,0.12] -t Affine[0.1] -v 0'
>>> AI(fixed_image='structural.nii',
...    moving_image='epi.nii',
...    metric=('Mattes', 32, 'Regular', 1),
...    search_grid=(12, (1, 1, 1)),
... ).cmdline
'antsAI -c [10,1e-06,10] -d 3 -m Mattes[structural.nii,epi.nii,32,Regular,1]
-o initialization.mat -p 0 -s [20,0.12] -g [12.0,1x1x1] -t Affine[0.1] -v 0'
Mandatory Inputs
  • fixed_image (a pathlike object or string representing an existing file) – Image to which the moving_image should be transformed.

  • metric (a tuple of the form: (‘Mattes’ or ‘GC’ or ‘MI’, an integer, ‘Regular’ or ‘Random’ or ‘None’, 0.0 <= a floating point number <= 1.0)) – The metric(s) to use. Maps to a command-line argument: -m %s.

  • moving_image (a pathlike object or string representing an existing file) – Image that will be transformed to fixed_image.

Optional Inputs
  • args (a string) – Additional parameters to the command. Maps to a command-line argument: %s.

  • convergence (a tuple of the form: (1 <= an integer <= 10000, a float, 1 <= an integer <= 100)) – Convergence. Maps to a command-line argument: -c [%d,%g,%d]. (Nipype default value: (10, 1e-06, 10))

  • dimension (3 or 2) – Dimension of output image. Maps to a command-line argument: -d %d. (Nipype default value: 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’) – Environment variables. (Nipype default value: {})

  • fixed_image_mask (a pathlike object or string representing an existing file) – Fixed mage mask. Maps to a command-line argument: -x %s.

  • moving_image_mask (a pathlike object or string representing an existing file) – Moving mage mask. Requires inputs: fixed_image_mask.

  • num_threads (an integer) – Number of ITK threads to use. (Nipype default value: 1)

  • output_transform (a pathlike object or string representing a file) – Output file name. Maps to a command-line argument: -o %s. (Nipype default value: initialization.mat)

  • principal_axes (a boolean) – Align using principal axes. Maps to a command-line argument: -p %d. Mutually exclusive with inputs: blobs. (Nipype default value: False)

  • search_factor (a tuple of the form: (a float, 0.0 <= a floating point number <= 1.0)) – Search factor. Maps to a command-line argument: -s [%g,%g]. (Nipype default value: (20, 0.12))

  • search_grid (a tuple of the form: (a float, a tuple of the form: (a float, a float, a float)) or a tuple of the form: (a float, a tuple of the form: (a float, a float))) – Translation search grid in mm. Maps to a command-line argument: -g %s.

  • transform (a tuple of the form: (‘Affine’ or ‘Rigid’ or ‘Similarity’, a floating point number > 0.0)) – Several transform options are available. Maps to a command-line argument: -t %s[%g]. (Nipype default value: ('Affine', 0.1))

  • verbose (a boolean) – Enable verbosity. Maps to a command-line argument: -v %d. (Nipype default value: False)

Outputs

output_transform (a pathlike object or string representing an existing file) – Output file name.

AffineInitializer

Link to code

Bases: ANTSCommand

Wrapped executable: 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'
Mandatory Inputs
  • fixed_image (a pathlike object or string representing an existing file) – Reference image. Maps to a command-line argument: %s (position: 1).

  • moving_image (a pathlike object or string representing an existing file) – Moving image. Maps to a command-line argument: %s (position: 2).

Optional Inputs
  • args (a string) – Additional parameters to the command. Maps to a command-line argument: %s.

  • dimension (3 or 2) – Dimension. Maps to a command-line argument: %s (position: 0). (Nipype default value: 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’) – Environment variables. (Nipype default value: {})

  • local_search (an integer) – determines if a local optimization is run at each search point for the set number of iterations. Maps to a command-line argument: %d (position: 7). (Nipype default value: 10)

  • num_threads (an integer) – Number of ITK threads to use. (Nipype default value: 1)

  • out_file (a pathlike object or string representing a file) – Output transform file. Maps to a command-line argument: %s (position: 3). (Nipype default value: transform.mat)

  • principal_axes (a boolean) – Whether the rotation is searched around an initial principal axis alignment. Maps to a command-line argument: %d (position: 6). (Nipype default value: False)

  • radian_fraction (0.0 <= a floating point number <= 1.0) – Search this arc +/- principal axes. Maps to a command-line argument: %f (position: 5). (Nipype default value: 0.1)

  • search_factor (a float) – Increments (degrees) for affine search. Maps to a command-line argument: %f (position: 4). (Nipype default value: 15.0)

Outputs

out_file (a pathlike object or string representing a file) – Output transform file.

AverageAffineTransform

Link to code

Bases: ANTSCommand

Wrapped executable: 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'
Mandatory Inputs
  • dimension (3 or 2) – Image dimension (2 or 3). Maps to a command-line argument: %d (position: 0).

  • output_affine_transform (a pathlike object or string representing a file) – Outputfname.txt: the name of the resulting transform. Maps to a command-line argument: %s (position: 1).

  • transforms (a list of items which are a pathlike object or string representing an existing file) – Transforms to average. Maps to a command-line argument: %s (position: 3).

Optional Inputs
  • args (a string) – Additional parameters to the command. Maps to a command-line argument: %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’) – Environment variables. (Nipype default value: {})

  • num_threads (an integer) – Number of ITK threads to use. (Nipype default value: 1)

Outputs

affine_transform (a pathlike object or string representing an existing file) – Average transform file.

AverageImages

Link to code

Bases: ANTSCommand

Wrapped executable: 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'
Mandatory Inputs
  • dimension (3 or 2) – Image dimension (2 or 3). Maps to a command-line argument: %d (position: 0).

  • images (a list of items which are a pathlike object or string representing an existing file) – Image to apply transformation to (generally a coregistered functional). Maps to a command-line argument: %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. Maps to a command-line argument: %d (position: 2).

Optional Inputs
  • args (a string) – Additional parameters to the command. Maps to a command-line argument: %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’) – Environment variables. (Nipype default value: {})

  • num_threads (an integer) – Number of ITK threads to use. (Nipype default value: 1)

  • output_average_image (a pathlike object or string representing a file) – The name of the resulting image. Maps to a command-line argument: %s (position: 1). (Nipype default value: average.nii)

Outputs

output_average_image (a pathlike object or string representing an existing file) – Average image file.

ComposeMultiTransform

Link to code

Bases: ANTSCommand

Wrapped executable: 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'
Mandatory Inputs

transforms (a list of items which are a pathlike object or string representing an existing file) – Transforms to average. Maps to a command-line argument: %s (position: 3).

Optional Inputs
  • args (a string) – Additional parameters to the command. Maps to a command-line argument: %s.

  • dimension (3 or 2) – Image dimension (2 or 3). Maps to a command-line argument: %d (position: 0). (Nipype default value: 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’) – Environment variables. (Nipype default value: {})

  • num_threads (an integer) – Number of ITK threads to use. (Nipype default value: 1)

  • output_transform (a pathlike object or string representing a file) – The name of the resulting transform. Maps to a command-line argument: %s (position: 1).

  • reference_image (a pathlike object or string representing a file) – Reference image (only necessary when output is warpfield). Maps to a command-line argument: %s (position: 2).

Outputs

output_transform (a pathlike object or string representing an existing file) – Composed transform file.

CreateJacobianDeterminantImage

Link to code

Bases: ANTSCommand

Wrapped executable: 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'
Mandatory Inputs
  • deformationField (a pathlike object or string representing an existing file) – Deformation transformation file. Maps to a command-line argument: %s (position: 1).

  • imageDimension (3 or 2) – Image dimension (2 or 3). Maps to a command-line argument: %d (position: 0).

  • outputImage (a pathlike object or string representing a file) – Output filename. Maps to a command-line argument: %s (position: 2).

Optional Inputs
  • args (a string) – Additional parameters to the command. Maps to a command-line argument: %s.

  • doLogJacobian (0 or 1) – Return the log jacobian. Maps to a command-line argument: %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’) – Environment variables. (Nipype default value: {})

  • num_threads (an integer) – Number of ITK threads to use. (Nipype default value: 1)

  • useGeometric (0 or 1) – Return the geometric jacobian. Maps to a command-line argument: %d (position: 4).

Outputs

jacobian_image (a pathlike object or string representing an existing file) – Jacobian image.

ImageMath

Link to code

Bases: ANTSCommand, CopyHeaderInterface

Wrapped executable: ImageMath.

Operations over images.

Example

>>> ImageMath(
...     op1='structural.nii',
...     operation='+',
...     op2='2').cmdline
'ImageMath 3 structural_maths.nii + structural.nii 2'
>>> ImageMath(
...     op1='structural.nii',
...     operation='Project',
...     op2='1 2').cmdline
'ImageMath 3 structural_maths.nii Project structural.nii 1 2'
>>> ImageMath(
...     op1='structural.nii',
...     operation='G',
...     op2='4').cmdline
'ImageMath 3 structural_maths.nii G structural.nii 4'
>>> ImageMath(
...     op1='structural.nii',
...     operation='TruncateImageIntensity',
...     op2='0.005 0.999 256').cmdline
'ImageMath 3 structural_maths.nii TruncateImageIntensity structural.nii 0.005 0.999 256'
Mandatory Inputs
  • op1 (a pathlike object or string representing an existing file) – First operator. Maps to a command-line argument: %s (position: -2).

  • operation (‘m’ or ‘vm’ or ‘+’ or ‘v+’ or ‘-‘ or ‘v-‘ or ‘/’ or ‘^’ or ‘max’ or ‘exp’ or ‘addtozero’ or ‘overadd’ or ‘abs’ or ‘total’ or ‘mean’ or ‘vtotal’ or ‘Decision’ or ‘Neg’ or ‘Project’ or ‘G’ or ‘MD’ or ‘ME’ or ‘MO’ or ‘MC’ or ‘GD’ or ‘GE’ or ‘GO’ or ‘GC’ or ‘TruncateImageIntensity’) – Mathematical operations. Maps to a command-line argument: %s (position: 3).

Optional Inputs
  • args (a string) – Additional parameters to the command. Maps to a command-line argument: %s.

  • copy_header (a boolean) – Copy headers of the original image into the output (corrected) file. (Nipype default value: True)

  • dimension (an integer) – Dimension of output image. Maps to a command-line argument: %d (position: 1). (Nipype default value: 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’) – Environment variables. (Nipype default value: {})

  • num_threads (an integer) – Number of ITK threads to use. (Nipype default value: 1)

  • op2 (a pathlike object or string representing an existing file or a string) – Second operator. Maps to a command-line argument: %s (position: -1).

  • output_image (a pathlike object or string representing a file) – Output image file. Maps to a command-line argument: %s (position: 2).

Outputs

output_image (a pathlike object or string representing an existing file) – Output image file.

LabelGeometry

Link to code

Bases: ANTSCommand

Wrapped executable: 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'
Mandatory Inputs
  • intensity_image (a pathlike object or string representing an existing file) – Intensity image to extract values from. This is an optional input. Maps to a command-line argument: %s (position: 2). (Nipype default value: [])

  • label_image (a pathlike object or string representing a file) – Label image to use for extracting geometry measures. Maps to a command-line argument: %s (position: 1).

Optional Inputs
  • args (a string) – Additional parameters to the command. Maps to a command-line argument: %s.

  • dimension (3 or 2) – Image dimension (2 or 3). Maps to a command-line argument: %d (position: 0). (Nipype default value: 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’) – Environment variables. (Nipype default value: {})

  • num_threads (an integer) – Number of ITK threads to use. (Nipype default value: 1)

  • output_file (a string) – Name of output file. Maps to a command-line argument: %s (position: 3).

Outputs

output_file (a pathlike object or string representing an existing file) – CSV file of geometry measures.

MultiplyImages

Link to code

Bases: ANTSCommand

Wrapped executable: 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'
Mandatory Inputs
  • dimension (3 or 2) – Image dimension (2 or 3). Maps to a command-line argument: %d (position: 0).

  • first_input (a pathlike object or string representing an existing file) – Image 1. Maps to a command-line argument: %s (position: 1).

  • output_product_image (a pathlike object or string representing a file) – Outputfname.nii.gz: the name of the resulting image. Maps to a command-line argument: %s (position: 3).

  • second_input (a pathlike object or string representing an existing file or a float) – Image 2 or multiplication weight. Maps to a command-line argument: %s (position: 2).

Optional Inputs
  • args (a string) – Additional parameters to the command. Maps to a command-line argument: %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’) – Environment variables. (Nipype default value: {})

  • num_threads (an integer) – Number of ITK threads to use. (Nipype default value: 1)

Outputs

output_product_image (a pathlike object or string representing an existing file) – Average image file.

ResampleImageBySpacing

Link to code

Bases: ANTSCommand, CopyHeaderInterface

Wrapped executable: ResampleImageBySpacing.

Resample an image with a given spacing.

Examples

>>> res = ResampleImageBySpacing(dimension=3)
>>> res.inputs.input_image = 'structural.nii'
>>> res.inputs.output_image = 'output.nii.gz'
>>> res.inputs.out_spacing = (4, 4, 4)
>>> res.cmdline  
'ResampleImageBySpacing 3 structural.nii output.nii.gz 4 4 4'
>>> res = ResampleImageBySpacing(dimension=3)
>>> res.inputs.input_image = 'structural.nii'
>>> res.inputs.output_image = 'output.nii.gz'
>>> res.inputs.out_spacing = (4, 4, 4)
>>> res.inputs.apply_smoothing = True
>>> res.cmdline  
'ResampleImageBySpacing 3 structural.nii output.nii.gz 4 4 4 1'
>>> res = ResampleImageBySpacing(dimension=3)
>>> res.inputs.input_image = 'structural.nii'
>>> res.inputs.output_image = 'output.nii.gz'
>>> res.inputs.out_spacing = (0.4, 0.4, 0.4)
>>> res.inputs.apply_smoothing = True
>>> res.inputs.addvox = 2
>>> res.inputs.nn_interp = False
>>> res.cmdline  
'ResampleImageBySpacing 3 structural.nii output.nii.gz 0.4 0.4 0.4 1 2 0'
Mandatory Inputs
  • copy_header (a boolean) – Copy headers of the original image into the output (corrected) file. (Nipype default value: True)

  • input_image (a pathlike object or string representing an existing file) – Input image file. Maps to a command-line argument: %s (position: 2).

  • out_spacing (a list of from 2 to 3 items which are a float or a tuple of the form: (a float, a float, a float) or a tuple of the form: (a float, a float)) – Output spacing. Maps to a command-line argument: %s (position: 4).

Optional Inputs
  • addvox (an integer) – Addvox pads each dimension by addvox. Maps to a command-line argument: %d (position: 6). Requires inputs: apply_smoothing.

  • apply_smoothing (a boolean) – Smooth before resampling. Maps to a command-line argument: %d (position: 5).

  • args (a string) – Additional parameters to the command. Maps to a command-line argument: %s.

  • dimension (an integer) – Dimension of output image. Maps to a command-line argument: %d (position: 1). (Nipype default value: 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’) – Environment variables. (Nipype default value: {})

  • nn_interp (a boolean) – Nn interpolation. Maps to a command-line argument: %d (position: -1). Requires inputs: addvox.

  • num_threads (an integer) – Number of ITK threads to use. (Nipype default value: 1)

  • output_image (a pathlike object or string representing a file) – Output image file. Maps to a command-line argument: %s (position: 3).

Outputs

output_image (a pathlike object or string representing an existing file) – Resampled file.

ThresholdImage

Link to code

Bases: ANTSCommand, CopyHeaderInterface

Wrapped executable: ThresholdImage.

Apply thresholds on images.

Examples

>>> thres = ThresholdImage(dimension=3)
>>> thres.inputs.input_image = 'structural.nii'
>>> thres.inputs.output_image = 'output.nii.gz'
>>> thres.inputs.th_low = 0.5
>>> thres.inputs.th_high = 1.0
>>> thres.inputs.inside_value = 1.0
>>> thres.inputs.outside_value = 0.0
>>> thres.cmdline  
'ThresholdImage 3 structural.nii output.nii.gz 0.500000 1.000000 1.000000 0.000000'
>>> thres = ThresholdImage(dimension=3)
>>> thres.inputs.input_image = 'structural.nii'
>>> thres.inputs.output_image = 'output.nii.gz'
>>> thres.inputs.mode = 'Kmeans'
>>> thres.inputs.num_thresholds = 4
>>> thres.cmdline  
'ThresholdImage 3 structural.nii output.nii.gz Kmeans 4'
Mandatory Inputs
  • copy_header (a boolean) – Copy headers of the original image into the output (corrected) file. (Nipype default value: True)

  • input_image (a pathlike object or string representing an existing file) – Input image file. Maps to a command-line argument: %s (position: 2).

Optional Inputs
  • args (a string) – Additional parameters to the command. Maps to a command-line argument: %s.

  • dimension (an integer) – Dimension of output image. Maps to a command-line argument: %d (position: 1). (Nipype default value: 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’) – Environment variables. (Nipype default value: {})

  • input_mask (a pathlike object or string representing an existing file) – Input mask for Otsu, Kmeans. Maps to a command-line argument: %s. Requires inputs: num_thresholds.

  • inside_value (a float) – Inside value. Maps to a command-line argument: %f (position: 6). Requires inputs: th_low.

  • mode (‘Otsu’ or ‘Kmeans’) – Whether to run Otsu / Kmeans thresholding. Maps to a command-line argument: %s (position: 4). Mutually exclusive with inputs: th_low, th_high. Requires inputs: num_thresholds.

  • num_threads (an integer) – Number of ITK threads to use. (Nipype default value: 1)

  • num_thresholds (an integer) – Number of thresholds. Maps to a command-line argument: %d (position: 5).

  • output_image (a pathlike object or string representing a file) – Output image file. Maps to a command-line argument: %s (position: 3).

  • outside_value (a float) – Outside value. Maps to a command-line argument: %f (position: 7). Requires inputs: th_low.

  • th_high (a float) – Upper threshold. Maps to a command-line argument: %f (position: 5). Mutually exclusive with inputs: mode.

  • th_low (a float) – Lower threshold. Maps to a command-line argument: %f (position: 4). Mutually exclusive with inputs: mode.

Outputs

output_image (a pathlike object or string representing an existing file) – Resampled file.