MINCCONVERT(1)							 MINC User's Guide						    MINCCONVERT(1)

NAME

       mincconvert - convert between MINC 1 to MINC 2 format.

SYNOPSIS

       mincconvert [-clobber] [-2] infile outfile

       mincconvert -help

DESCRIPTION

       mincconvert copies the input file to the output file, possibly converting the file from MINC 1 to MINC 2 format, or vice versa.

       With  the  -template  flag,  mincconvert  creates  a "template" volume from the input MINC volume. The template volume preserves all of the
       structure (dimensions, variables, and attributes) of the input MINC volume but omits all data.	Any  attempt  to  read	data  will  return
       zeroes.

       The  resulting  file is typically much shorter than a normal MINC volume, and may be useful for scripts which want to carry such structural
       information forward into their output files. As a hint to future programmers and users, this program places a special global  attribute	in
       the file, with the name class and the value template.

OPTIONS

       -2     Create a MINC 2 format file

       -clobber
	      Overwrite a pre-existing output file.  -help Print a summary of command line options and exit

       -template
	      Create a template file.

       -compress N
	      Compress	file with compression level N.	Valid compression levels are 0 for no compression to 9 for maximum compression. The option
	      has no effect if the output file is a MINC 1 file.

       -chunk M
	      Store file in a block-structured arrangement, using hypercubes of edge length M.	The option has no effect if the output file  is  a
	      MINC 1 file.

       -help  Print summary of command-line options and exit.

       -version
	      Print the program's version number and exit.

AUTHOR

       Bert Vincent - bert@bic.mni.mcgill.ca

COPYRIGHTS

       Copyright (C) 2003 by Robert Vincent and the Montreal Neurological Institute.

							   $Date: 2004-05-20 21:52:08 $ 					    MINCCONVERT(1)