NAME
mnc2nii - convert a MINC format file to a NIfTI-1 or Analyze format
file.
SYNOPSIS
mnc2nii [<options>] <infile.mnc> <outfile.mnc>
mnc2nii -help
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.
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.
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
Other options
-noscanrange
Don’t scan data to determine valid range.
-quiet Quiet operation - do not print progress or debugging
information.
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.
SEE ALSO
nii2mnc
AUTHOR
Robert Vincent (bert@bic.mni.mcgill.ca) with assistance from the
NIfTI-1 library authored by Robert Cox et al.
COPYRIGHTS
Copyrights 2005 by Robert Vincent for the Montreal Neurological
Institute.
$Revision: 1.3 $ Apr 22 2005 mnc2mnc(1)