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.. _example_smri_ants_build_template:


===============================================
sMRI: Using new ANTS for creating a T1 template
===============================================

In this tutorial we will use ANTS (old version aka "ANTS") based workflow  to
create a template out of multiple T1 volumes.

1. Tell python where to find the appropriate functions.

::
  
  from __future__ import print_function, unicode_literals
  from builtins import open
  from future import standard_library
  standard_library.install_aliases()
  
  import os
  import nipype.interfaces.utility as util
  import nipype.interfaces.ants as ants
  import nipype.interfaces.io as io
  import nipype.pipeline.engine as pe  # pypeline engine
  
  from nipype.workflows.smri.ants import ANTSTemplateBuildSingleIterationWF

2. Download T1 volumes into home directory

::
  
  import urllib.request
  import urllib.error
  import urllib.parse
  homeDir = os.getenv("HOME")
  requestedPath = os.path.join(homeDir, 'nipypeTestPath')
  mydatadir = os.path.realpath(requestedPath)
  if not os.path.exists(mydatadir):
      os.makedirs(mydatadir)
  print(mydatadir)
  
  MyFileURLs = [
      ('http://slicer.kitware.com/midas3/download?bitstream=13121',
       '01_T1_half.nii.gz'),
      ('http://slicer.kitware.com/midas3/download?bitstream=13122',
       '02_T1_half.nii.gz'),
      ('http://slicer.kitware.com/midas3/download?bitstream=13124',
       '03_T1_half.nii.gz'),
      ('http://slicer.kitware.com/midas3/download?bitstream=13128',
       '01_T1_inv_half.nii.gz'),
      ('http://slicer.kitware.com/midas3/download?bitstream=13123',
       '02_T1_inv_half.nii.gz'),
      ('http://slicer.kitware.com/midas3/download?bitstream=13125',
       '03_T1_inv_half.nii.gz'),
  ]
  for tt in MyFileURLs:
      myURL = tt[0]
      localFilename = os.path.join(mydatadir, tt[1])
      if not os.path.exists(localFilename):
          remotefile = urllib.request.urlopen(myURL)
  
          localFile = open(localFilename, 'wb')
          localFile.write(remotefile.read())
          localFile.close()
          print("Downloaded file: {0}".format(localFilename))
      else:
          print("File previously downloaded {0}".format(localFilename))
  
  input_images = [
      os.path.join(mydatadir, '01_T1_half.nii.gz'),
      os.path.join(mydatadir, '02_T1_half.nii.gz'),
      os.path.join(mydatadir, '03_T1_half.nii.gz')
  ]
  input_passive_images = [{
      'INV_T1':
      os.path.join(mydatadir, '01_T1_inv_half.nii.gz')
  }, {
      'INV_T1':
      os.path.join(mydatadir, '02_T1_inv_half.nii.gz')
  }, {
      'INV_T1':
      os.path.join(mydatadir, '03_T1_inv_half.nii.gz')
  }]

3. Define the workflow and its working directory

::
  
  tbuilder = pe.Workflow(name="ANTSTemplateBuilder")
  tbuilder.base_dir = requestedPath

4. Define data sources. In real life these would be replace by DataGrabbers

::
  
  datasource = pe.Node(
      interface=util.IdentityInterface(
          fields=['imageList', 'passiveImagesDictionariesList']),
      run_without_submitting=True,
      name='InputImages')
  datasource.inputs.imageList = input_images
  datasource.inputs.passiveImagesDictionariesList = input_passive_images
  datasource.inputs.sort_filelist = True

5. Template is initialized by a simple average

::
  
  initAvg = pe.Node(interface=ants.AverageImages(), name='initAvg')
  initAvg.inputs.dimension = 3
  initAvg.inputs.normalize = True
  
  tbuilder.connect(datasource, "imageList", initAvg, "images")

6. Define the first iteration of template building

::
  
  buildTemplateIteration1 = ANTSTemplateBuildSingleIterationWF('iteration01')
  tbuilder.connect(initAvg, 'output_average_image', buildTemplateIteration1,
                   'inputspec.fixed_image')
  tbuilder.connect(datasource, 'imageList', buildTemplateIteration1,
                   'inputspec.images')
  tbuilder.connect(datasource, 'passiveImagesDictionariesList',
                   buildTemplateIteration1,
                   'inputspec.ListOfPassiveImagesDictionaries')

7. Define the second iteration of template building

::
  
  buildTemplateIteration2 = ANTSTemplateBuildSingleIterationWF('iteration02')
  tbuilder.connect(buildTemplateIteration1, 'outputspec.template',
                   buildTemplateIteration2, 'inputspec.fixed_image')
  tbuilder.connect(datasource, 'imageList', buildTemplateIteration2,
                   'inputspec.images')
  tbuilder.connect(datasource, 'passiveImagesDictionariesList',
                   buildTemplateIteration2,
                   'inputspec.ListOfPassiveImagesDictionaries')

8. Move selected files to a designated results folder

::
  
  datasink = pe.Node(io.DataSink(), name="datasink")
  datasink.inputs.base_directory = os.path.join(requestedPath, "results")
  
  tbuilder.connect(buildTemplateIteration2, 'outputspec.template', datasink,
                   'PrimaryTemplate')
  tbuilder.connect(buildTemplateIteration2,
                   'outputspec.passive_deformed_templates', datasink,
                   'PassiveTemplate')
  tbuilder.connect(initAvg, 'output_average_image', datasink,
                   'PreRegisterAverage')

8. Run the workflow

::
  
  tbuilder.run()


.. include:: ../../links_names.txt



.. admonition:: Example source code

   You can download :download:`the full source code of this example <../../../examples/smri_ants_build_template.py>`.
   This same script is also included in the Nipype source distribution under the
   :file:`examples` directory.

