{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/nipy/nipype/issues/1389","repository_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/nipy/nipype","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/nipy/nipype/issues/1389/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/nipy/nipype/issues/1389/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/nipy/nipype/issues/1389/events","html_url":"https://github.com/nipy/nipype/issues/1389","id":138175474,"number":1389,"title":"dcm2nii → dcm2niix","user":{"login":"DimitriPapadopoulos","id":3234522,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/3234522?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/DimitriPapadopoulos","html_url":"https://github.com/DimitriPapadopoulos","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/DimitriPapadopoulos/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/DimitriPapadopoulos/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/DimitriPapadopoulos/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/DimitriPapadopoulos/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/DimitriPapadopoulos/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/DimitriPapadopoulos/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/DimitriPapadopoulos/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/DimitriPapadopoulos/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/DimitriPapadopoulos/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":14,"created_at":"2016-03-03T13:18:09Z","updated_at":"2016-05-03T12:19:07Z","closed_at":null,"body":"We have found _dcm2nii_ is unable to convert some recent Philips DICOM files. Those files can be converted using _dcm2niix_ instead.\r\n\r\nI suggest adding _dcm2niix_ to Nipype.\r\n\r\nBecause _dcm2niix_ is not yet mature software and does not support all the proprietary formats supported by _dcm2nii_, I don't think `dcm2nii` should be changed to `dcm2niix` in [nipype/interfaces/dcm2nii.py](https://github.com/nipy/nipype/blob/master/nipype/interfaces/dcm2nii.py). Should we provide a duplicate interface for _dcm2niix_? Add an option to switch between _dcm2nii_ and _dcm2niix_?"},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/nipy/nipype/issues/comments/216510424","html_url":"https://github.com/nipy/nipype/issues/1389#issuecomment-216510424","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/nipy/nipype/issues/1389","id":216510424,"user":{"login":"neurolabusc","id":8930807,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/8930807?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/neurolabusc","html_url":"https://github.com/neurolabusc","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/neurolabusc/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/neurolabusc/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/neurolabusc/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/neurolabusc/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/neurolabusc/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/neurolabusc/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/neurolabusc/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/neurolabusc/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/neurolabusc/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2016-05-03T12:19:07Z","updated_at":"2016-05-03T12:19:07Z","body":"OK, that would work. Alternatively, you should simply be able to call \"-s y\" to convert a single image, which would typically save time relative to copying files to a tmpdir (assuming you have fast write speeds to the source directory)."}}