+10 on removing the radio/neuro schemozzle.

But I'd prefer that NifTi just stores the data in a well defined co-ordinate system, like DICOM/MINC/etc. eg in MINC we have this:

X increases from patient left to right
Y increases from patient posterior to anterior
Z increases from patient inferior to superior

This is all we need as the whole neuro vs radio debate should not be about storage, its a viewing convention and should be left at that. My thought is all you need is a checkbox/preference setting for fslview/SPM/freesurfer that allows you to view your data in your particular flavour. We currently don't have such a checkbox in register/Display/other minc viewing things but then there has never been a call for it that I have heard. All MINC viewing tools are neuro oriented.

A side note is that there are ruminations afoot right now to read/write NifTi files with MINC, I for one am opposing it right now as I am loathe to drag MINC into this radio vs neuro "format" mess. As Cinly mentions, currently if I am given a NifTi file to import I cannot resolve the L/R issue unless I know something about the files provenance.


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