MRI_TO_PGM
MRI Data => PGM Image File Sequence

MRI_TO_PGM is a C program which reads a file containing MRI information in binary format, and writes a sequence of PGM graphics files corresponding to successive XY planes of data.

Usage:

mri_to_pgm prefix

• prefix.dat is the name of the binary file containing the MRI information.
• prefix_nn.pgm is the name of the nn-th PGM file created.

Licensing:

The computer code and data files described and made available on this web page are distributed under the GNU LGPL license.

Languages:

MRI_TO_PGM is available in a C version.

Related Data and Programs:

ASCII_TO_MRI, a C program which converts translated ASCII text back to binary format.

MRI_TO_ASCII, a C program which converts binary MRI information to ASCII text format.

PGH_MRI, a data directory which contains examples of PGH MRI files, a format for storing brain scan data gathered by magnetic resonance imaging;

PGMA_IO, a C library which can read or write ASCII PGM image files.

PPMA_IO, a C library which can read or write ASCII PPM (Portable Pixel Map) graphics files.

REGION, a FORTRAN90 library which reads an ASCII MRI file and groups the voxels into regions.

Source Code:

• mri_to_pgm.c, the source code;

Examples and Tests:

ROI is a set of MRI data, which comes as separate header and data files.

• roi.mri, the header part of the MRI file;
• roi.dat, the main part of the MRI file;
• roi_01.pgm,
• roi_02.pgm,
• roi_03.pgm,
• roi_04.pgm,
• roi_05.pgm,
• roi_06.pgm,
• roi_07.pgm,
• roi_08.pgm,
• roi_09.pgm,
• roi_10.pgm,
• roi_11.pgm,
• roi_12.pgm,
• roi_13.pgm,
• roi_14.pgm,
• roi_15.pgm,
• roi_16.pgm,
• roi_17.pgm,
• roi_18.pgm,
• roi_19.pgm,
• roi_20.pgm,
• roi_21.pgm,
• roi_22.pgm,
• roi_23.pgm,
• roi_24.pgm,
• roi_25.pgm,
• roi_26.pgm,

You can go up one level to the C source codes.