upet2mnc(1)

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✨ upet2mnc ✨

okay bestie, so upet2mnc is a little command from the upet2mnc(1) manual page and it does exactly one iconic thing: it turns a Concorde microPET format file into a MINC format file. that's it. that's the whole job. and it ate. 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

upet2mnc [<options>] <infile> <outfile.mnc>

upet2mnc -help

like, you hand it a file, you get an .mnc back. so simple. so clean. 🎀

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so the upet2mnc command converts Concorde microPET format files into MINC format. no cap, that's literally the entire personality. ✨

now here's the part you gotta pay attention to, bestie, because it's giving "two files pretending to be one file" energy: the microPET format is actually made up of two files — a binary image and a text header. the header file generally has the same name as the image, with the suffix .hdr appended. 📎

normally you can specify the name of either the binary image or the text header file on the command line. but — and this is the catch — both of the files should be in the same directory for the converter to locate both files correctly. so don't be out here splitting them up across folders and then acting surprised. 🙈

💖 OPTIONS 💖

quick lil heads up before we dive in: options can be specified in abbreviated form (as long as they are unique) and can be given anywhere on the command line. yes anywhere. go off. 👑

  • -head — orients the image according to typical neurological conventions: the Y axis oriented from the posterior to anterior, the Z axis oriented from inferior to superior, and X oriented from patient left to patient right. brain-mode activated 🧠
  • -body — orients the image so the Y axis is oriented from superior to inferior, the Z axis is oriented from posterior to anterior, and X from patient left to patient right. body-mode activated 🫀
  • -quiet — quiet operation, bestie. do not print progress or debugging information. shhh. 🤫

⭐ Generic options for all commands ⭐

  • -help — prints a summary of the command-line options and aborts. it's giving "i just wanna know my options" 💭
  • -version — prints the program and library versions and aborts. receipts, basically. 🧾

👑 AUTHOR 👑

Robert Vincent (bert@bic.mni.mcgill.ca)

🌈 COPYRIGHTS 🌈

Copyrights 2005 by Robert Vincent for the Montreal Neurological Institute.

okay that's the whole page, you're welcome, go convert something. 🎀💜

this has been the upet2mnc(1) era — $Revision: 1.3 $, dated May 03 2005. periodt. 💅✨
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