plot_morphometry.py

"""
Overlay Morphometry Data
========================

Display morphometry files generated during
the cortical reconstruction process.

"""
from surfer import Brain

print(__doc__)

brain = Brain("fsaverage", "both", "pial",
              background="dimgray")

if not brain.patch_mode:
    brain.show_view("frontal")

"""
Because the morphometry files generated by
recon-all live in a predicatble location,
all you need to call the add_morphometry
method with is the name of the measure you want.
Here, we'll look at cortical curvatuve values,
and plot them for both hemispheres.
"""
brain.add_morphometry("curv")

"""
Each of the possible values is displayed in an
appropriate full-color map, but you can also
display in grayscale. Here we only plot the
left hemisphere.
"""
brain.add_morphometry("sulc", hemi='lh', grayscale=True)

"""
You can also use a custom colormap and tweak its range.
"""
brain.add_morphometry("thickness",
                      colormap="PuBuGn", min=1, max=4)