Hi Nero,
I guess what you are looking for is SPM's button labelled "DICOM import"
:) There are also numerous other tools that allow converting
scanner-specific or DICOM data into nifti-compliant format, but if you
want to work with spm, I would try using its own import functionality first.
Hope this helps,
Marko
Nero evero wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I am conducting an fMRI study on a 1.5T Siemens Magnetom and had a
> couple of questions. Our data was collected in DICOM format and from
> what I have been told the DICOM bit resolution (12-bit) is to low give
> the appropriate signal intensity in SPM. That brings me to my first
> question; is there any way to increase the bit resolution to at least
> 16-bit for our data that is in the DICOM format?
>
> If this is not possible is there any way to take the raw data both
> header and image (which I have been told is an .rda format for Siemens)
> and convert it to nifti so it can be processed and analyzed in SPM8? Any
> help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Nero
>
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