Adding scouts by coordinates

PerinelliAlessio · February 15, 2018, 4:38pm

Hello,

I would like to add volume scouts by their coordinates, and this can be easily done via the gui, by clicking on “Scout -> New: Coordinates”. However, I would like to add many volume scouts: their coordinates are stored, say, in a text file, easily convertible in a matlab variable of some sort.
Is there a way to add volume scout by coordinates with a command/script of some sort? Clicking and copy-pasting coordinates is quite slow and error-prone. I’ve temporarily solved the issue with a bash script, and by making use of xdotools I have emulated the human actions; however, this solution is not so elegant…

Maybe my problem has a trivial solution, but I couldn’t find any neither in the Tutorial pages nor in the forum. Thank you in advance,
Alessio

Francois · February 15, 2018, 5:51pm

Hi Alessio,

I don’t have any easy solution to offer. But you could find inspiration from the code that is used to create these scouts:

github.com

brainstorm-tools/brainstorm3/blob/master/toolbox/gui/panel_scout.m#L3068


    SetSelectedScouts(iScout);

else

    % Update panel "Scouts" fields

    UpdateScoutProperties();

    % Display/hide scouts and update MRI overlay mask

    UpdateScoutsDisplay('current');

end

end



%% ===== CREATE SCOUT: MNI COORDINATES =====

function CreateScoutMni()

global GlobalData;

% Prevent edition of read-only atlas

if isAtlasReadOnly()

    return;

end

% Stop scouts edition

SetSelectionState(0);



% Find current surface

[sAtlas, iAtlas, sSurf, iSurf] = GetAtlas();

Cheers
Francois

PerinelliAlessio · February 16, 2018, 8:44am

Thank you for the valuable hint, that’s a good starting point.
Have a nice day!
Alessio

EmmanuelleKris · November 15, 2019, 8:34am

Hey @PerinelliAlessio,
If you found a solution, I'm interested please ;).
Regards,
Emmanuelle