.. only:: html

    .. note::
        :class: sphx-glr-download-link-note

        Click :ref:`here <sphx_glr_download_auto_examples_utils_plot_get_roi_vertices.py>`     to download the full example code
    .. rst-class:: sphx-glr-example-title

    .. _sphx_glr_auto_examples_utils_plot_get_roi_vertices.py:


=======================
Get Vertices for an ROI
=======================

In this example we show how to get the vertices that are inside an ROI that was
defined in the SVG ROI file (see :doc:`/rois.rst`).



.. image:: /auto_examples/utils/images/sphx_glr_plot_get_roi_vertices_001.png
    :alt: plot get roi vertices
    :class: sphx-glr-single-img


.. rst-class:: sphx-glr-script-out

 Out:

 .. code-block:: none


    <Figure size 1960x1024 with 2 Axes>





|


.. code-block:: default

    import cortex

    # get vertices for fusiform face area FFA in subject S1
    roi_verts = cortex.get_roi_verts('S1', 'FFA')

    # roi_verts is a dictionary (in this case with only one entry)
    ffa_verts = roi_verts['FFA']

    # this includes indices from both hemispheres
    # let's create an empty Vertex object and fill FFA

    ffa_map = cortex.Vertex.empty('S1', cmap='plasma')
    ffa_map.data[ffa_verts] = 1.0

    cortex.quickshow(ffa_map)


.. rst-class:: sphx-glr-timing

   **Total running time of the script:** ( 0 minutes  2.310 seconds)


.. _sphx_glr_download_auto_examples_utils_plot_get_roi_vertices.py:


.. only :: html

 .. container:: sphx-glr-footer
    :class: sphx-glr-footer-example



  .. container:: sphx-glr-download sphx-glr-download-python

     :download:`Download Python source code: plot_get_roi_vertices.py <plot_get_roi_vertices.py>`



  .. container:: sphx-glr-download sphx-glr-download-jupyter

     :download:`Download Jupyter notebook: plot_get_roi_vertices.ipynb <plot_get_roi_vertices.ipynb>`


.. only:: html

 .. rst-class:: sphx-glr-signature

    `Gallery generated by Sphinx-Gallery <https://sphinx-gallery.github.io>`_