NAME

       minctecat - convert a minc format file to an Ecat7 format file

SYNOPSIS

       minctoecat [<options>] <infile.mnc> <outfile.v>

       minctoecat [-help]

DESCRIPTION

       minctoecat will convert a 2D image, a 3D volumes or a 4D dynamic volumes written in minc file format to a
       2D,  3D  or  4D  Ecat7  file.   Whereas  the Ecat7 format has been designed for PET volume issued by Ecat
       scanners (CTI/SIEMENS - Knoxville, TN, USA) it reads any minc volume type (static PET, dynamic PET, aMRI,
       fMRI, labels) natively delivered by any tomograph brand and transform it to a viable Ecat7 file  in  term
       of  number of dimensions, dimension size, dimension step, orientation, spatial position, voxel values and
       voxel unit.  Furthermore, it tries the best as it can to fill  optional  Ecat7  header  fields  from  the
       available minc variables and attributes. By default, it extracts these additional information from common
       minc  variables,  namely:  patient_variable, study_variable, acquisition_variable. In the case of volumes
       originally delivered by an Ecat PET scanners, then, other variable are  generally  available  within  the
       minc  header:  ecat_acquisition_variable, ecat_main and ecat_sub-header_variable.  There, for a such minc
       volume, the conversion yields a Ecat7 volume almost identical to the original native volume in  terms  of
       header fields.  The user can alter this behaviour using the ignore-list options (see the option section).

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.

Command specific options

       -ignore_patient_variable: Ignore information from the minc patient variable (MIpatient).

       -ignore_study_variable: Ignore information from the minc study variable (MIstudy).

       -ignore_acquisition_variable: Ignore information from the minc acquisition variable (MIacquisition).

       -ignore_ecat_accquisition_variable: Ignore information from the minc ecat acquisition variable
       (MIecat_acquisition).

       -ignore_ecat_main_variable: Ignore information from the minc ecat-mainheader variable (MIecat-main).

       -ignore_ecat_subheader_variable: Ignore information from the minc ecat-subheader variable
       (MIecat-subheader).

       -no_decay_corr_fctr: do not regenerate the decay correction factors employed as part as the
       reconstruction of the original PET volume. The correction factors is a field in the ecat sub-headers
       which can be used by processing programs. By default, if the volume is a PET volume ,those factors are
       regenerated. This option has no interest in the case of non PET data.

       -label: Treats voxel as integer values instead of floating point values. In this case, the scale factors
       and the calibration factors are both set to unity. This option is particularly useful when the input minc
       files is a volume of labels.

General options

       -help: Print summary of command-line options and abort

       -version: Print the program's version and abort

KNOWN BUGS

       No bug listed so far :=)

SEE ALSO

       ecattominc(1), rawtominc(1), minctoraw(1), dicomtominc(1)

AUTHOR

       Anthonin Reilhac (anthonin.reilhac@cermep.fr)

COPYRIGHTS

       Copyrights 2005 by Anthonin Reilhac

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