Dear Julie,
I think you should be fine with your converted .par/.rec data, but you
may want to try SPM5 DICOM import instead and compare the results.
Volkmar
Quoting JULIE E MCENTEE <[log in to unmask]>:
> Thanks for your responses Ged, Volkmar, Bas,
>
> So am I doing myself a disservice by transforming my .par/.rec (raw
> Philips scanner data format) into NifTi format and
> analyzing my data using SPM5? Am I losing data or any important
> properties thereof if I can't take advantage of the 12 df voxel
> world-mappings?
>
> Do other scanner users have this problem? The 3T Philips scanner
> that we use allows one to download the data in DICOM,
> REC, Analyze 3D, or Analyze 4D formats. Would any of these other
> formats be more compatible as far as transforming to NifTi
> format or using and taking the most advantage of the improvements in SPM5?
>
> Thank-you! Julie
>
> Julie E. McEntee, M.A.
> Senior Research Program Coordinator
> Department of Psychiatry- Neuroimaging
> Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
> 600 N. Wolfe St./ Phipps 300
> Baltimore, MD 21287
> Phone: 410-502-0468
> Fax: 410-614-3676
>
>
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