How to convert Nifti file to Numpy array?

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Char picture Char · Jun 7, 2017 · Viewed 10.4k times · Source

I have 3D array in Nifti file (.ii.gz) and I want to save it as a 3D numpy array. I used Nibabel to convert Numpy to Nifti1. Can I do the opposite?

Answer

piRSquared picture piRSquared · Jun 7, 2017

From nipy

import numpy as np
import nibabel as nib

img = nib.load(example_filename)

a = np.array(img.dataobj)

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