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 | None

Control verbosity of the logging output. If None, use the default verbosity level. See the logging documentation and mne.verbose() for details. Should only be passed as a keyword argument.

Returns

pointsarray, shape (n_points, 3)

The digitization points in digitizer coordinates.

See also

read_dig_polhemus_isotrak

make_dig_montage

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