MINCMAKESCALAR(1) MINC User's Guide MINCMAKESCALAR(1) NAME mincmakescalar - convert vector minc files to scalar SYNOPSIS mincmakescalar [<options>] <in>.mnc <out>.mnc DESCRIPTION Mincmakescalar converts vector minc files to scalar minc files. A vector minc file is one that contains the dimension vector_dimension as the fastest varying dimension of the image data and represents vector data at each voxel such as RGB images or gradient volumes. A scalar minc file does not contain the vector dimension and represents grayscale or intensity data. A variety of conversion schemes are possible. The simplest is an average of the components of the vector. The magnitude of the vector at each voxel can also be computed. RGB volumes can be converted to greyscale by a standard linear combination. Finally, the user can supply a list of coefficients for a linear combination of vector components. Some options will require a specific number of components on the input vec- tors (RGB data should have 3 components and the number of coefficients sup- plied for the linear combination should match the number of components on the input vectors), but the program will also accept input scalar data and will copy it through without modification. OPTIONS Note that options can be specified in abbreviated form (as long as they are unique) and can be given anywhere on the command line. General options -2 Create a MINC 2.0 format output file. -clobber Overwrite an existing file. -noclobber Don't overwrite an existing file (default). -no_clobber Synonym for -noclobber. -verbose Print out progress information for each chunk of data copied (de- fault). -quiet Do not print out progress information. -buffer_size size Specify the maximum size of the internal buffers (in kbytes). De- fault is 10 MB. -filetype Create an output file with the same type as the first input file (default). -byte Store output voxels as 8-bit integers. -short Store output voxels as 16-bit integers. -int Store output voxels as 32-bit integers -long Superseded by -int. -float Store output voxels as 32-bit floating point numbers. -double Store output voxels as 64-bit floating point numbers. -signed Create an output file with data stored in a signed type. This only has an effect if the one of the -byte, -short or -int options is specified. -unsigned Create an output file with data stored in an unsigned type. This only has an effect if the one of the -byte, -short or -int options is specified. -valid_range min max Create an output file with integer data stored in the specified re- stricted range. This only has an effect if the one of the -byte, -short or -int options is specified. Conversion options -magnitude Compute the magnitude of each vector (default). -average Compute the average of the components of each vector. -rgbtogrey Convert RGB (3-component) files to greyscale using a linear combina- tion with standard set of weighting coefficients. -rgbtogray Synonym for -rgbtogrey. -linear c1,c2,c3,... Compute a linear combination of the components of each vector using the specified coefficients (these weights must be given as a comma or space-separated list of numbers in a single command-line argu- ment). The number of coefficients must match the number of compo- nents on the input vectors. Generic options for all commands: -help Print summary of command-line options and exit. -version Print the program's version number and exit. EXAMPLES To convert an RGB file to an grayscale file: mincmakescalar -rgbtogrey rgb.mnc gray.mnc To compute the gradient magnitude from a gradient volume mincmakescalar -magnitude gradient.mnc magnitude.mnc To convert an RGB file to a grayscale file using a different set of weight- ing factors for red, green and blue: mincmakescalar -linear '0.2,0.5,0.3' rgb.mnc gray.mnc AUTHOR Peter Neelin COPYRIGHTS Copyright (C) 1997 by Peter Neelin $Date: 2004-05-20 21:52:08 $ MINCMAKESCALAR(1)
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