mnc2nii - convert a MINC format file to a NIfTI-1 or Analyze format file.
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Copyrights
Copyrights 2005 by Robert Vincent for the Montreal Neurological Institute.
$Revision: 1.3 $ Apr 22 2005 mnc2mnc(1)
Description
The mnc2nii command is used to convert MINC format files to either NIfTI-1 or Analyze format. The
NIfTI-1 format was developed by the members of the Neuroinformatics Technology Initiative's Data Format
Working Group (DFWG). The NIfTI-1 format is based upon the Mayo Clinic's Analyze 7.5 format.
The name of the program is derived from the common filename suffixes used for NIfTI-1 and MINC files.
NIfTI-1 defines two possible formats, a "header plus raw image" 2-file format, and a single-file format
that includes both header information and the image data. As with Analyze 7.5, the 2-file format
consists of one file with the suffix ".hdr" and another file with the extension ".img". In NIfTI-1
single-file format, the two files may be combined into a single file with a ".nii" filename suffix.
In addition to the NIfTI-1 formats, mnc2nii can convert MINC files to the Analyze 7.5 format.
Generic Options For All Commands
-help Print summary of command-line options and abort
-version
Print the program and library versions and abort
Known Bugs
Current handling of NIfTI-1 qform and sform coordinate transforms should probably be revised as the NIfTI
group clarifies the correct usage of these fields.
Name
mnc2nii - convert a MINC format file to a NIfTI-1 or Analyze format file.
Options
Note that options can be specified in abbreviated form (as long as they are unique) and can be given
anywhere on the command line.
Other Options
-noscanrange
Don't scan data to determine valid range.
-quiet Quiet operation - do not print progress or debugging information.
Output File Format
-dual Save file in NIfTI-1 two-file format (.hdr and .img)
-ASCII Save file in non-standard NIfTI-1 ASCII file format
-nii Save file in NIfTI-1 single-file format (.nii)
-analyze
Save file in Analyze 7.5 compatible format
Output Voxel Format
-float Save voxels in 32-bit floating point format
-double
Save voxels in 64-bit floating point format
-byte Save voxels in 8-bit integer format
-short Save voxels in 16-bit integer format
-int Save voxels in 32-bit integer format
-signed
Save voxels in signed (2's complement) integer format
-unsigned
Save voxels in unsigned integer format
See Also
nii2mnc
Synopsis
mnc2nii[<options>]<infile.mnc><outfile.mnc>mnc2nii-help
