GIFTI converter plugin


This is a brief introduction to the GIFTI-1 converter.

Origins

NIfTI is the successor of the Analyze 7.5 data format that was designed by the Mayo Clinic (Rochester, USA). NIfTI is a designed by the Data Format Working Group (DFWG) by invitation of the National Institutes for Health (NIH)(chair: Stephen Strother). The format is used to store volumetric data. For more information about the NIfTI-1 format, please consult the NIfTI-1 website.
GIFTI is designed by the Geometry subcommittee of NIfTI (chair: Ziad Saad, NIH). This file format is designed to store discrete surface files (triangular meshes), functional data on surfaces and statistical maps on surfaces. The GIFTI project page can be found at our project page: GIFTI at NITRC.org.

Accepted formats

This plugin converts between BrainVoyager surface files, time series and statistical files (*.srf, *.mtc, *.smp) and GIFTI surface files (*.surf.gii, *.time.gii, *.func.gii).

Information pages

Main menu
Import GIFTI to BrainVoyager
Export BrainVoyager to GIFTI
Print header information
GIFTI file format

Status of the plugin

This plugin is version 1.0 of the GIFTI compliant file format converter. This version exports surface files to GIFTI format and imports GIFTI files to BrainVoyager formats.
In this some functions have been changed and added, for example exporting currently opened BrainVoyager files or exporting after reading from hard disk, importing GIFTI files and replacement of the TinyXML library by the GIFTI C-library (incl. Expat XML library).
Please consult the BrainVoyager QX 2.0 support site or the GIFTI project page at NITRC for updates and tools.
This plugin version is written for BrainVoyager QX version 2.0.

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Rick Reynolds and Ziad Saad (NIH) for the GIFTI C-library (gifticlib). Thanks to prof. Goebel for advice on surface meshes.

About

This converter was developed by Joost Mulders and Hester Breman for BrainVoyager QX 2.0 by prof. Rainer Goebel.

Latest update of this page: May 17, 2009