[MINC-users] Modifying Minc Header

[Jason Lerch]

Paul GRAVEL wrote:
> Dear All,
>
> It is probably a basic question, but here it is.
>
> How would someone add a variable in the header of a minc file?  For
> example, I am currently running an analysis in PET and I would like to be
> able to add the parameters used for the analysis, e.g. No. of Basis
> Functions, Boundaries of iterations, etc., to the header of the resulting
> *.mnc file.  Then I would like to be able to extract these
> parameters/variables by using either mincheader or something like:
> mincinfo -attvalue:analysis_params.  Is this possible?
>   

Yup:

minc_modify_header -sinsert :globalvar="blah blah" filename.mnc

Use -dinsert for double precision numbers rather than strings (which is 
-sinsert), and of course you might want a different variable than 
:globalvar.

Jason
> Thanking you in advance.
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Paul
>
>
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