mne.channels.read_polhemus_fastscan

mne.channels.read_polhemus_fastscan(fname, unit='mm', on_header_missing='raise', *, verbose=None)

Read Polhemus FastSCAN digitizer data from a .txt file.

Parameters

fnamestr

The filepath of .txt Polhemus FastSCAN file.

unit‘m’ | ‘cm’ | ‘mm’

Unit of the digitizer file. Polhemus FastSCAN systems data is usually exported in millimeters. Defaults to ‘mm’.

on_header_missingstr

Can be 'raise' (default) to raise an error, 'warn' to emit a warning, or 'ignore' to ignore when the FastSCAN header is missing.

New in version 0.22.

verbosebool, str, int, or None

If not None, override default verbose level (see mne.verbose() and Logging documentation for more). If used, it should be passed as a keyword-argument only.

Returns

pointsarray, shape (n_points, 3)

The digitization points in digitizer coordinates.

See also

read_dig_polhemus_isotrak

make_dig_montage

mne.channels.fix_mag_coil_types mne.channels.get_builtin_montages