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nilearn.image.swap_img_hemispheres

nilearn.image.swap_img_hemispheres(img)

Performs swapping of hemispheres in the indicated nifti.

Use case: synchronizing ROIs across hemispheres

Parameters:

img: Niimg-like object :

See http://nilearn.github.io/building_blocks/manipulating_mr_images.html#niimg. Images to swap.

Returns:

output: nibabel.Nifti1Image :

hemispherically swapped image

Notes

Supposes a nifti of a brain that is sagitally aligned

Should be used with caution (confusion might be caused with radio/neuro conventions)

Note that this does not require a change of the affine matrix.