3D connectivity plots

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Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Newbie friendliness
20/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
python
Domain
computer-graphics, data-visualization

Research direction

Start by reviewing the issue's proposed scripts and the existing plot_alignment function; the issue does not name repository files, tests, or an entry point. Compare the Mayavi and bezier-based approaches, clarify the desired sensor-space and ROI-to-ROI behavior, and establish a concrete API and acceptance criteria before implementation.

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Description

Describe the problem

After I started working in a lab where @kingjr was, it became more and more often the request to plot his "flaming heads". I was fine, until two days ago.

Just to clarify, the flaming heads are the sensor space connectivity 3d plots (from JR's wSMI paper):
Screenshot 2019-05-07 at 13 51 03

Describe your solution

So I wrote a couple of scripts (horrible for now) that are able to do something like the image below, using Mayavi, some parts of the plot_alignment function, and the bezier package.

Screenshot 2019-05-07 at 13 47 22

If you feel like having something like this in MNE-Python, I'm more than happy to work on a PR.

I have a couple of features that I would like to add, including the possibility to do ROI to ROI connectivity (a and b from JR's paper).

This issue was just to open the discussion. I have to ways of plotting, but they depend on my limited knowledge on Mayavi. I have the impression that with some help we can make something better that can be also used to create faster figures.

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