Dear Angelique,
Are you using Freeview for visualization? If so, everything should overlap just right. If not: can you please send us a capture?
Cheers,
/Eugenio

Juan Eugenio Iglesias
http://www.jeiglesias.com 

On Oct 8, 2022, at 22:58, Paulk, Angelique C.,PHD <APAULK@mgh.harvard.edu> wrote:

Hello, 
Thank you very much for getting back to me. I keep trying to find 'mri_extract_region' and I can't find anything on it (we have Freesurfer 7 installed). I did find I could get .stl files to work with using the below commands (mris_smooth did not seem to work). 

current commands (done per nucleus label):
mri_extract_label ThalamicNuclei.v12.T1.mgz 8133 Left-VPL.nii
mri_mc Left-VPL.nii 128 Left-VPL.stl

However, the exported volumes and .stl files are not registered to the original T1.mgz output or the pial surfaces. Is there a command or option that I am missing to ensure that the output is all registered to the original volume or T1? I am guessing it is mri_convert but I am not clear on the transform file needed to register the ThalamicNuclei.v12.T1.mgz file to T1.mgz. It is clear Freeview does this automatically but, for electrode localization (intracranial recordings) and various measurements, I need to export the volumes and surfaces outside of FreeSurfer.

Thank you for any and all help,
Angelique

From: freesurfer-bounces@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu <freesurfer-bounces@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu> on behalf of Iglesias Gonzalez, Juan E.,PHD <JIGLESIASGONZALEZ@mgh.harvard.edu>
Sent: Saturday, September 24, 2022 8:09 PM
To: Freesurfer support list <freesurfer@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu>
Subject: Re: [Freesurfer] Thalamic nucleus segmentation 3D export
 
Dear Angelique
I’m not a 3DSlicer expert but you can extract the regions with mri_extract_region, turn them into stl meshes with mri_mc, and possibly smooth them a bit with mris_smooth
Cheers,
/E

Juan Eugenio Iglesias
http://www.jeiglesias.com 

On Sep 24, 2022, at 16:15, Paulk, Angelique C.,PHD <APAULK@mgh.harvard.edu> wrote:

Hello, 
I apologize if this has been answered before though I could not find this specific information in the archives. We are hoping to export the Thalamic nuclei segmentations to 3D volumes outside of Freeview/Freesurfer (e.g. .stl or other options) to perform a number of calculations in python or Matlab or visualize in Blender. I have been able to use 3DSlicer and get segmentation and 3D renders by importing the "aparc.DKTatlas+aseg.mgz" file and export .stl files in 3DSlicer, but, when I import the "ThalamicNuclei.v12.T1.FSvoxelSpace.mgz" file, it is only showing the entire thalamus as a mask in 3DSlicer though the nuclei are segmented in Freeview. 

Is there another type of export from FreeSurfer that would allow this type of saved volume/surface export?
Thank you for all your help,
Angelique
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