SPEC2NII-PHILIPS(1)

✨ spec2nii-philips(1) — bestie edition ✨

okay so. this is the spec2nii philips manual page, and it's literally your girl for converting files out of the Philips spar/sdat format. if that's your vibe, you're in the right place. pull up a chair, grab a strawberry 🍓, we're doing this.

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🌸 NAME 🌸

spec2nii philips — convert from Philips spar/sdat format

like. that's the whole job. it takes your Philips spar/sdat situation and turns it into something else. iconic behavior honestly.

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

spec2nii philips [-h] [-t TAGS [TAGS ...]]  [-s SHAPE [SHAPE ...]]
[--special SPECIAL] [-j] [-f FILEOUT] [-o OUTDIR] [--nifti1]
[--override_nucleus OVERRIDE_NUCLEUS [OVERRIDE_NUCLEUS ...]]
[--override_frequency OVERRIDE_FREQUENCY [OVERRIDE_FREQUENCY ...]]
[--override_dwelltime OVERRIDE_DWELLTIME] [--anon] [--verbose] sdat spar

okay yes it's a lot of brackets, don't panic, we're gonna go through every single one together. that's what besties do 💅

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🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

👑 POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS 👑

• sdat — your SDAT file. yes you have to give it. it's not optional, it's the main character of this whole operation.
• spar — your SPAR file. also required, also not negotiable. the duo goes together, fr fr.

💖 OPTIONAL ARGUMENTS 💖

• -h, --help — show a help message and exit. the classic. when in doubt, ask for help, we love a self-aware king.
• -t TAGS [TAGS ...], --tags TAGS [TAGS ...] — specify the NIfTI MRS tags used for the higher (5th-7th) dimensions. defaults to DIM_DYN if more than one spectrum is present. and you can absolutely use this to create singleton higher dimensions if that's the energy you're bringing.
• -s SHAPE [SHAPE ...], --shape SHAPE [SHAPE ...] — specify the shape of those higher (5th-7th) dimensions. applies numpy style reshaping. so like, numpy-coded reshaping, you know the one.
• --special SPECIAL — identify a special case sequence. the options are: 'hyper', 'hyper-ref'. that's it, that's the list, no notes.
• -j, --json — create a json sidecar. yes queen, give us the sidecar 📎
• -f FILEOUT, --fileout FILEOUT — output file base name. the default is the input file name, so if you say nothing it just keeps the name it came in with. lowkey respectful.
• -o OUTDIR, --outdir OUTDIR — output location. default is . — which, yes, is just right here. very "we're already home" of it.
• --nifti1 — that's it. that's the whole entry. the manpage gives no description for this one and honestly? mysterious. enigmatic. main character energy. it's listed, it's real, we respect it 🙈
• --override_nucleus OVERRIDE_NUCLEUS [OVERRIDE_NUCLEUS ...] — override the ResonantNucleus field with your input(s). e.g. '2H'. you get to say what the nucleus is and it listens.
• --override_frequency OVERRIDE_FREQUENCY [OVERRIDE_FREQUENCY ...] — override the SpectrometerFrequency field with your input(s). the input is in MHz, keep that in mind, bestie, units matter.
• --override_dwelltime OVERRIDE_DWELLTIME — override the dwell time field with your input. input is in seconds. one value, not a list. just the one.
• --anon — create a file without sensitive metadata. for greater control, use spec2nii-anon(1) instead. so this is the quick version, and the other one is the deluxe version.
• --verbose — again, no description in the manpage. it's just there, being quiet about being verbose. the irony is not lost on me 💀

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• spec2nii(1)

and the whole extended family, because we don't gatekeep:

• spec2nii-auto(1), spec2nii-twix(1), spec2nii-dicom(1), spec2nii-rda(1), spec2nii-uih(1), spec2nii-philips_dl(1), spec2nii-philips_dcm(1), spec2nii-ge(1), spec2nii-text(1), spec2nii-jmrui(1), spec2nii-raw(1), spec2nii-bruker(1), spec2nii-varian(1), spec2nii-anon(1), spec2nii-dump(1), spec2nii-extract(1), spec2nii-insert(1), spec2nii-clean(1)

the whole squad. go say hi. 🫶

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💜 reminder that this page is spec2nii-philips(1) from April 2026 — and that's the whole thing, no cap. go convert something. slay. ✨🧚💅