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mnc2mnc(1)                                                          mnc2mnc(1)


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)

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