ecattominc(1)

💖 ecattominc — the glow-up your ecat files deserve 💖

okay bestie, welcome to ecattominc(1), the manual page that's literally about turning an ecat format file (version 6.x or 7.x) into a minc format file. sit down, grab a strawberry 🍓, and let's get into it.

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✨ NAME ✨

ecattominc — convert an ecat format file (version 6.x or 7.x) to a minc format file

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

ecattominc [<options>] <infile> <outfile.mnc>

ecattominc [-help]

like. two ways to show up. either you're doing the thing with an input file and an output file, or you're just asking for help. that's it, that's the vibe.

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so ecattominc will convert an ecat data file (version 6.x or 7.x) to a minc file format. unless the -small_header option is specified, ecattominc will conserve the maximum information from the ecat header and subheader fields, which will be respectively stored as attributes of the ecat-main and ecat-subhdr minc variables. she's thorough. she's keeping receipts. 💅

by default the whole 3D or 4D volume is converted, however ecattominc allows for the selection of slice and frame ranges to be copied. so if you only want part of it? you can have part of it. no cap.

the voxel values of the generated minc file are decay corrected, unless the nodecay_correct flag is specified.

and finally — this is the cute part — blood data file can be inserted within the minc file with the -bloodfile option. 🩸✨

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👑 OPTIONS 👑

heads up bestie: options can be specified in abbreviated form (as long as they are unique) and can be given anywhere on the command line. anywhere!! main character energy fr fr.

🎀 General options

• -byte — Write out data as bytes (default).
• -short — Write out data as short integers.
• -clobber — Overwrite existing file.
• -noclobber — Don't overwrite existing file (default).
• -verbose — List files as they are converted (default)
• -quiet — Do not list files as they are converted.

🧚 Command specific options

• -decay_correct — Do decay correction on images (default).
• -nodecay_correct — Don't do decay correction.
• -slices — Range of slices to copy (counting from 0). Default value: -2147483648 -2147483648
• -frames — Range of frames to copy (counting from 0). Default value: -2147483648 -2147483648
• -frame — Single frame to copy (counting from 0). Default value: -2147483648
• -small_header — Copy only basic header information.
• -all_header — Copy all header information (default).
• -bloodfile — Insert blood data from this file.

🌈 Generic options for all commands

• -help — Print summary of command-line options and abort

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💀 KNOWN BUGS 💀

No bug listed so far :=)

(iconic behaviour honestly. not a single bug. we love a flawless queen. 👑)

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

minctoecat(1), rawtominc(1), minctoraw(1), dicomtominc(1)

go read those too, iykyk. the whole minc cinematic universe. 🌌

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🫶 AUTHOR 🫶

Peter Neelin and Anthonin Reilhac (anthonin.reilhac@cermep.fr)

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💜 COPYRIGHTS 💜

Copyrights 2005 by Peter Neelin

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okay that's the whole thing!! every flag, every default, every -2147483648, all of it. nothing skipped, nothing invented. you're gonna slay this conversion bestie 💅✨

and yeah, this lil page lives under the name ecattominc(1) — same name up top, same name at the bottom, symmetrical queen. 🎀 that's a wrap, mwah 💖