read_ctf_shape.m

function [shape] = read_ctf_shape(filename);

% READ_CTF_SHAPE reads headshape points and header information
% from a CTF *.shape teh accompanying *.shape_info file.
%
% Use as
%   [shape] = read_ctf_shape(filename)
% where filename should have the .shape extension 

% Copyright (C) 2003, Robert Oostenveld
%
shape = read_ctf_ascii([filename '_info']);

if ~strcmp(shape.MRI_Info.COORDINATES, 'HEAD')
  warning('points on head shape are NOT in headcoordinates')
end

fid = fopen(filename, 'rb');
num = fscanf(fid, '%d', 1);
shape.pnt = fscanf(fid, '%f', inf);
shape.pnt = reshape(shape.pnt, [3 num])';
fclose(fid);