open.maybe.gzip

Open a connection that transparently handles gzip compression.

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Provides functions to read and write neuroimaging data in various file formats, with a focus on 'FreeSurfer' formats. This includes, but is not limited to, the following file formats: 1) MGH/MGZ/NIFTI 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

Van Essen Lab 

Montreal Neurological Institute (MNI) 

open.maybe.gzip function

<dl><dt>filepath</dt>
<dd>character string, path to the file.</dd>
<dt>gzipped</dt>
<dd>logical, whether the file is gzip-compressed (see
<code>is.gzip.file</code>).</dd>
<dt>mode</dt>
<dd>character string, 'r' for text or 'rb' for binary.</dd></dl>

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Open a connection that transparently handles gzip compression. — open.maybe.gzip

<dl>

<dt>filepath</dt>
<dd>character string, path to the file.</dd>


<dt>gzipped</dt>
<dd>logical, whether the file is gzip-compressed (see
<code>is.gzip.file</code>).</dd>


<dt>mode</dt>
<dd>character string, 'r' for text or 'rb' for binary.</dd>

</dl>

open.maybe.gzip: Open a connection that transparently handles gzip compression.

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