[Pkg-exppsy-pynifti] [Nipy-devel] Image, design, usecases

[Satrajit Ghosh]

> So, have we all agreed that the generic image reading code should go
> somewhere other than NIPY, with tentative plan for inclusion in scipy
> down the line?


Sounds like a good plan. Just a couple of quick questions.

1. Does this generic image reading code read any volume-based medical image
format?
2. Does this generic image reading code only read medical image formats?

import somepackage

(data1,meta1) = somepackage.load('foo.nii') # nifti
(data2,meta2) = somepackage.load('bar.dcm') # dicom
(data3,meta3) = somepackage.load('zip.img') # analyze

or 3. Can it also read other image formats:

(data4,meta4) = somepackage.load('help.tif') # common img formats



> Good names for this package?


If the answer to the questions 1, 2 and 3 are Yes, perhaps the package
should be called

blah.io.volimagereader

If the answer to only questions 1 and 2 are yes perhaps the package should
be called

blah.io.medical.volimagereader

Cheers,

Satra
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