[Insight-users] How to use MetaImageImporter

[Haiwen Shi]

Hi, Luis;

Thanks for your email. I think it is a good idea to
use MetaImage header. However, when I looked for the
directory

	Insight/Applications/MetaImageImporter

I didn't find anything in it except a CVS directory.
Do you mind to check it out and tell me where I can
find the MetaImageImporter? 

Actually, I saw other people use Meta Image header,
which looks like the following:

NDims = 3
DimSize = 181 217 180
ElementType = MET_UCHAR
ElementSpacing = 1.0 1.0 1.0
ElementByteOrderMSB = False
ElementDataFile = brainweb165a10f17.raw


However, the data type of my image is double instead
of unsigned char. Do you know what kind of
'ElementType' I should use? Is it a right meta header
file? 

I will really appreciate if you give me more
information about how to write a Mate Image header
file.

Thank you very much!

Haiwen Shi


--- Luis Ibanez <luis.ibanez@kitware.com> wrote:
> 
> HI Haiwen,
> 
> As an alternative to Kent's detailed instructions
> for
> using RawImageIO, I would suggest you to consider
> the
> option of using a MetaImage header.
> 
> This short text based header contains information
> about
> your binary file. For example: the origin, spacing
> and
> dimensions of the data. The header has the filename
> of
> the raw file, so it doesn't duplicate any
> information.
> 
> The easieast way to create a MetaImage header is to
> use
> the small application:
> 
>                MetaImageImporter
> 
> available in
> 
>       InsightApplications/MetaImageImporter
> 
> 
> Whenever you want to read your file, simply pass the
> full filename of the MetaImage header to the
> ImageFileReader.
> In that way, the information of the raw file is not
> hard coded in your program. The information is
> specified in
> this external file, allowing your program to work
> with more
> than one single file.
> 
> 
>     Luis
> 
> 
> 
> ------------------
> Haiwen Shi wrote:
> > Hi, All;
> > 
> > I want to use itk to read a MR image file that
> > consists of only binary data(the data type is
> double),
> > not any header information in it. Some people
> > suggested me to use RawImageIO to read the data
> file.
> > Can anybody tell me how to use this class? An
> example
> > will be perfect. Or if you have any other
> suggestion,
> > please let me know. 
> > 
> > I will really appreciate your help!
> > 
> > Haiwen Shi
> > 
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