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[BUG] fsLR template description is (probably) inaccurate #1901

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fsLR:
value: fsLR
display_name: fsLR
description: |
The `fsLR` is a **dual template** providing both volumetric and surface coordinates references.
The volumetric template corresponds to `MNI152NLin6Asym`.
Surface templates are given at several sampling densities:
164k (used by HCP pipelines for 3T and 7T anatomical analysis),
59k (used by HCP pipelines for 7T MRI bold and DWI analysis),
32k (used by HCP pipelines for 3T MRI bold and DWI analysis), or
4k (used by HCP pipelines for MEG analysis) fsaverage_LR surface reconstructed from the T1w image.
Used by Freesurfer.

The fsLR template isn't actually a dual template. The combination of the fsLR surface with MNI152NLin6Asym volume is a convention, not a rule.

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fsLR should only describe the surface template. See #1900 for discussion of the distinction between the surface and volume templates in combined surface-volume files (i.e., CIFTIs).

BIDS specification section

https://bids-specification.readthedocs.io/en/stable/glossary.html#fslr-enums

https://bids-specification.readthedocs.io/en/stable/appendices/coordinate-systems.html#standard-template-identifiers

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