fread3

Read a 3-byte integer from a binary file handle. Advances the pointer accordingly.

internal

Provides functions to read and write neuroimaging data in various file formats, with a focus on 'FreeSurfer' <http://freesurfer.net/> formats. This includes, but is not limited to, the following file formats: 1) MGH/MGZ format files, which can contain multi-dimensional images or other data. Typically they contain time-series of three-dimensional brain scans acquired by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). They can also contain vertex-wise measures of surface morphometry data. The MGH format is named after the Massachusetts General Hospital, and the MGZ format is a compressed version of the same format. 2) 'FreeSurfer' morphometry data files in binary 'curv' format. These contain vertex-wise surface measures, i.e., one scalar value for each vertex of a brain surface mesh. These are typically values like the cortical thickness or brain surface area at each vertex. 3) Annotation file format. This contains a brain surface parcellation derived from a cortical atlas. 4) Surface file format. Contains a brain surface mesh, given by a list of vertices and a list of faces.

Tim Schc3<a4>fer

freesurferformats

Read and Write 'FreeSurfer' Neuroimaging File Formats

Tim Schäfer

fread3 function

<dl><dt>filehandle</dt>
<dd>file handle</dd></dl>

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Read 3-byte integer. — fread3

<dl>

<dt>filehandle</dt>
<dd>file handle</dd>

</dl>

fread3: Read 3-byte integer.

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