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)