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)