This is produced by the MNI tools, so you might look at their website. Basically, I think it's pretty simple, with the last 3 lines being the 3x4 matrix that converts RAS in the subject's space to RAS in talairach space (actually, MNI305 space).

doug

Tracy Wang wrote:

Hi all,
I was wondering if anyone knows what the format of the matrix in the talairach.xfm file is or if there is any documentation available describing the matrix format.

Thanks!
Tracy Wang

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