[Homer-users] Formatting for NIRS-SPM

[gramigna at unicz.it]

Hi,
I'm also interested in a way to bring data pre-processed with Homer2 to
Nirs-Spm in order to perform group analysis and to visualize the results
on MRI brain.
Any suggestion would be greatly appreciated.
All the best


> Hi all,
>
> I am also interested in the answer to Drew's question. Who has experience
> with bringing .nirs files to NIRS-SPM?
>
> Kind regards,
> Laurien Nagels-Coune
>
> Laurien Nagels-Coune | Visiting Graduate Researcher at UCLA | Research
> Master in Clinical and Cognitive Neuroscience, track Cognitive
> Neuroscience | I6073928 | Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience |
> Maastricht University
> ________________________________________
> From: homer-users-bounces at nmr.mgh.harvard.edu
> [homer-users-bounces at nmr.mgh.harvard.edu] On Behalf Of Drew Halliday
> [d.halliday at ucl.ac.uk]
> Sent: 03 July 2015 18:35
> To: homer-users at nmr.mgh.harvard.edu
> Subject: [Homer-users] Formatting for NIRS-SPM
>
> Dear Homer2 Users,
>
> I am attempting to bring data that I've pre-processed in Homer2 to
> NIRS-SPM to run GLM analyses and am following what appears to be
> relatively out-dated protocol from NIRS-SPM (2009).  I'm wondering if
> anyone has had success with importing to NIRS-SPM and if so, if they might
> be able to help.
>
> Specifically, following the conversion option and after specifying that
> the data are from "HomER Software" I select the .nirs file and am then
> asked to import a .mat file, which according to the available protocol,
> comes from exporting Hb concentrations through 'delta Concentrations' in
> the  'Data Display Controls' menu.  My suspicion is that this description
> is based on an older version of HomER/EasyNIRS and that this option no
> longer exists in Homer2.  This .mat file is to contain the Hb
> concentrations, so is presumably what is exported through the export HRF
> option.  I tried loading a .nirs file and them writing a .mat file with
> procResult.dcAvg, but receive an error that the .mat file should be
> binary.  NIRS-SPM doesn't accept .txt or .csv.
>
> Any direction would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Cheers,
> Drew
>
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