nifti.transform.type.name: Get the name of the transform type from a form code.
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nifti.transform.type.name

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Get the name of the transform type from a form code.

Description

The form code is a code stored in the sform_code and/or qform_code NIFTI header fields.

Usage

nifti.transform.type.name(form_code)

Arguments

form_code

integer, the value retrieved from the sform_code or the qform_code NIFTI header fields

Value

character string, the meaning of the code. Usually this expresses to what the data will be aligned after application of the vox2ras transformation method. (The type of transformation to perform in order to achieve this alignment depends on whether the value was retrieved from the sform or the qform field and does not matter here.)

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