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Format

The Neuroimaging Informatics Technology Initiative File Format

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Summary

Name
The Neuroimaging Informatics Technology Initiative File Format
Version
1
Identifiers
PUID: fmt/798
Format type
Dataset
Description
A Neuroimaging format commonly used in medical industry for the analysis of MRI data.
File extensions
nii
Source
University of Edinburgh / University of Edinburgh

Relationships

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Internal signatures

The Neuroimaging Informatics Technology Initiative File Format V1 variant1

Note
Offset 344: ni1.

Byte sequences

Min Frag Length
Absolute from BOF
Offset
344
Max offset
0
Byte Sequence
6E693100
Endianness
None

The Neuroimaging Informatics Technology Initiative File Format V1 variant2

Note
Offset 344: n+1.

Byte sequences

Min Frag Length
Absolute from BOF
Offset
344
Max offset
0
Byte Sequence
6E2B3100
Endianness
None

Changelog

  • Updated in V97

    Release date
    1 October 2020

    The Neuroimaging Informatics Technology Initiative File Format 1: Description amended. Submitted by John Pellman.

  • Updated in V92

    Release date
    20 September 2017

    The Neuroimaging Informatics Technology Initiative File Format 1: Added version number. Added missing extension and second signature variant. Added alias 'NIfTI-1 Data Format'. Added format type 'Dataset'. Additional information provided by Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford.

  • Added in V83

    Release date
    17 December 2015

    The Neuroimaging Informatics Technology Initiative File format: Signature developed through PRONOM Research.

    The Neuroimaging Informatics Technology Initiative File format: Full entry added. Submitted by University of Edinburgh.