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Format

The Neuroimaging Informatics Technology Initiative File Format

Summary

Name
The Neuroimaging Informatics Technology Initiative File Format
Version
2
Identifiers
PUID: fmt/1094
Format type
Dataset
Description
A Neuroimaging format commonly used in medical industry for the analysis of MRI data. Version 2 is an extended version of NIfTI allowing 64 bit storage and addressing.
File extensions
nii
Submitted by
Bodleian Library, University of Oxford / Bodleian Library, University of Oxford

Relationships

Is subsequent version of

Internal signatures

The Neuroimaging Informatics Technology Initiative File Format V2 variant1

Description
Offset 4: 'ni2 ' 0x0D0A1A0A https://www.nitrc.org/forum/forum.php?thread_id=2148&forum_id=1941

Byte sequences

Min Frag Length
Absolute from BOF
Offset
4
Max offset
None
Byte Sequence
6E6932000D0A1A0A
Endianness
None

The Neuroimaging Informatics Technology Initiative File Format V2 variant2

Description
Offset 4: 'n+2 ' 0x0D0A1A0A https://www.nitrc.org/forum/forum.php?thread_id=2148&forum_id=1941

Byte sequences

Min Frag Length
Absolute from BOF
Offset
4
Max offset
None
Byte Sequence
6E2B32000D0A1A0A
Endianness
None

Changelog

  • V97

    Release date
    1 October 2020
    • Updated

      The Neuroimaging Informatics Technology Initiative File Format 2: Description amended. Submitted by John Pellman.

  • V92

    Release date
    20 September 2017
    • Added format

      The Neuroimaging Informatics Technology Initiative File Format 2: Full entry added. Submitted by Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford.

    • Added signature

      The Neuroimaging Informatics Technology Initiative File Format 2: Signature developed with Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford.