nifticreate.m

function header = nifticreate(img, format)
%
%    header=nifticreate(img)
%       or
%    header=nifticreate(img,format)
%
%    Create a default NIfTI header
%
%    author: Qianqian Fang (q.fang <at> neu.edu)
%
%    input:
%        img: the image data matching the header
%        format: can only be 'nifti1'. can be ignored
%
%    output:
%        header: a struct that is byte-wise compatible with NIfTI-1
%
%    this file is part of JNIfTI specification: https://github.com/NeuroJSON/jnifti
%
%    License: Apache 2.0, see https://github.com/NeuroJSON/jnifti for details
%

if (nargin < 2)
    format = 'nifti1';
end

datatype = struct('int8', 256, 'int16', 4, 'int32', 8, 'int64', 1024, 'uint8', 2, 'uint16', 512, 'uint32', 768, 'uint64', 1280, 'single', 16, 'double', 64);

if (strcmp(format, 'nifti1'))
    headerlen = 348;
else
    headerlen = 540;
end

header = memmapstream(uint8(zeros(1, headerlen + 4)), niiformat(format));
header.sizeof_hdr = cast(headerlen, class(header.sizeof_hdr));
header.datatype = cast(datatype.(class(img)), class(header.datatype));
header.dim(1:end) = cast(1, class(header.dim));
header.dim(1:ndims(img) + 1) = cast([ndims(img), size(img)], class(header.dim));
header.pixdim(1:ndims(img) + 1) = cast(1, class(header.pixdim));
header.vox_offset = cast(headerlen + 4, class(header.vox_offset));
if (header.sizeof_hdr == 540)
    header.magic(1:3) = cast('ni2', class(header.magic));
else
    header.magic(1:3) = cast('ni1', class(header.magic));
end
header.srow_x(1) = cast(1, class(header.srow_x));
header.srow_y(2) = cast(1, class(header.srow_y));
header.srow_z(3) = cast(1, class(header.srow_z));
header.sform_code = cast(1, class(header.sform_code));