Hi Zach
I think if you cut and flatten the cortical part of the surfaces, convert tha .annot files to separate label files, you can then use label2flat on each label to generate a flattened patch that is just taht label. I haven't used it in years (decades?), but I think it should work
cheers Bruce On Tue, 8 Aug 2017, Zach Humphrey wrote:
Hello All, I have been attempting to convert Label files generated using mri_annotation2label into surface files for use in external programs. In order to do this I first need to convert the label files into freesurfer binary. I have attempted to use the mri_label2vol function to generate an mgz file which could then be converted into freesurfer binary but this has resulted in mgz files which depict a solid cube rather than any brain structure. Any ideas as to why this could be?
I would also prefer to avoid ever converting the label files to a volume as converting the volume file to a surface file results in a lower quality than if the file has been maintained as a surface file throughout. Is there any way to use the Desikan Atlas to "divide" say the lh.pial surface file and generate a number of .pial files each consisting of one of the regions described by the Desikan Atlas?
Thanks, Zachary Humphrey