The program 'niftov' converts NIfTI-1 images into vista. The following data types are allowed: anatomical data (ubyte or short), functional data (short), and statistical or parametric maps (float).
niftov -in niftiimage.nii -out vistaimage.v
For converting functional data, the repetition time (TR) must be specified:
niftov -in functional3D.nii -out functional3D.v -tr 2
Important: In Lipsia, raw functional slices (i.e. before preprocessing) must be ordered from ventral to dorsal (i.e. upside down). Therefore, for (2D-)functional raw data, the correct command line is:
niftov -in functional.nii -out functional.v -tr 2 -zflip true
To do a correct data conversion from the NIfTI to the Lipsia data format, please read the chapters 'The Lipsia data format' and 'How to convert data into the Lipsia data format'.
The converter 'niftov' does not put slicetime information into the header of the resulting vista file. If a slicetime correction should be performed with an output of 'niftov', the slicetime information must be specified in a text-file before using 'vslicetime'.