.. _transformconvert:

transformconvert
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Synopsis
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Convert linear transformation matrices

Usage
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::

    transformconvert [ options ]  input [ input ... ] operation output

-  *input*: the input for the specified operation
-  *operation*: the operation to perform, one of:flirt_import, itk_import.flirt_import: Convert a transformation matrix produced by FSL's flirt command into a format usable by MRtrix. You'll need to provide as additional arguments the NIfTI images that were passed to flirt with the -in and -ref options:matrix_in in ref flirt_import outputitk_import: Convert a plain text transformation matrix file produced by ITK's (ANTS, Slicer) affine registration into a format usable by MRtrix.
-  *output*: the output transformation matrix.

Description
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This command allows to convert the transformation matrix provided by FSL's flirt command and ITK's linear transformation format to a format usable in MRtrix.

Options
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Standard options
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

-  **-info** display information messages.

-  **-quiet** do not display information messages or progress status. Alternatively, this can be achieved by setting the MRTRIX_QUIET environment variable to a non-empty string.

-  **-debug** display debugging messages.

-  **-force** force overwrite of output files. Caution: Using the same file as input and output might cause unexpected behaviour.

-  **-nthreads number** use this number of threads in multi-threaded applications (set to 0 to disable multi-threading).

-  **-help** display this information page and exit.

-  **-version** display version information and exit.

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**Author:** Max Pietsch (maximilian.pietsch@kcl.ac.uk)

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