ana2ecat - tpcclib 0.8.0 © 2023 by Turku PET Centre
Conversion of Analyze 7.5 database(s) to ECAT 7 image volume or ECAT 6.3
image format.
Conversion can also be done using ImageConverter (.NET application).
Usage: ana2ecat [Options] database
Options:
-7 or -6
Images are written in ECAT 7 (default) or 6.3 format.
-O=<output path>
Data directory for ECAT images; by default current working directory.
-flip=<y|n>
Override the default and environment variable ANALYZE_FLIP setting
by always flipping/not flipping image in z-direction (planes).
If environment variable is not set, then default is y.
Images are always flipped in x,y-directions.
-h, --help
Display usage information on standard output and exit.
-v, --version
Display version and compile information on standard output and exit.
-d[n], --debug[=n], --verbose[=n]
Set the level (n) of debugging messages and listings.
-q, --quiet
Suppress displaying normal results on standard output.
-s, --silent
Suppress displaying anything except errors.
Analyze database can be specified as a path, or filename without extension.
Program reads time frame information from SIF, if SIF is located in
the Analyze database directory and if file is named with *.sif extension.
Example:
Conversion of all Analyze files in directory S:\temp\neuro to ECAT 7
images in directory C:\data in PC/Windows:
C:
cd \data
ana2ecat s:\temp\neuro
Specific extensions to Analyze 7.5 format:
-Scale factor to retain quantitation in image_dimension.funused1
-Isotope halflife (sec) in image_dimension.funused3;
this does not imply whether data is corrected for decay or not.
-String in data_history.descrip tells whether data is corrected for decay;
'Decay corrected.' or 'No decay correction.'
See also: ecat2ana, eframe, sif2ecat, e7emhdr, e7evhdr, flat2img, nii2ecat
Keywords: image, format conversion, ECAT, Analyze