[MINC-users] spm2mnc & .mat file question/confusion

[Christopher]

Dear MINC-users,

I've been trying to use an MINC script, "mincresample," to normalize 
volumes using an spm2 template brain, but the input volumes need to be 
in MINC format.   MINC comes with  ANALYZE to MINC converters that 
should work to get everything in the corrrect format, but I'm bit 
confused about the SPM-based input required -- perhaps this will make 
more sense to you:

"spm2mnc" will convert a SPM ANALYZE .hdr .img .mat tuple to a MINC 
file.  I was thinking smp2mnc could be used to convert an arbitrary 
ANALYZED-format template anatomical (e.g., spm2/template/scalpedt1.img) 
into a MINC format (this would be the first step to using this toolbox 
to normalize volumes to arbitrary template brains), but spm2mnc requires 
a mat file (?), but it's not clear to me why you need a .mat file or how 
to get one for scalpedt1.img (you normally get one when you realign a 
volume or coregister it).

I'm still digging into this, but could someone break it down for me?  
Thanks.

- Cheers,
      Christopher

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Christopher Currie
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Department of Psychology, Neuroimaging fMRI lab 
Columbia University 
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