Hi Frank, check out our coordinate systems page
http://www.freesurfer.net/fswiki/CoordinateSystems
doug

Frank Leone wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> I wrote my own function to show the 3D surfaces in Matlab, works
> splendidly. I now however want to be able to point out Tailarach/MNI
> coordinates on the 3D surface. I however only have the x, y, z format
> that is saved in the asc files, which is just where a certex is
> located in space, with no relation to the original brain whatsoever.
> The only thing I can retrieve is the vertex index (because that's in
> the asc file).
>
> How can convert the 3D X, Y, Z values (the same values you get in the
> console if you click on a point on the surface in tksurfer) to either
> Vertex RAS/Talairach or Volume index? I read the information on
> conversions between surface Talairach and Volume Index, that works,
> but this case is different: I am actually referring to the 3D
> locations of the vertices. Hopefully someone can help me, thanks a lot
> in advance,
>
>          best,
>
>                   Frank
>
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