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Reslice diffusion datasets
==========================

Overview
--------
Often in imaging it is common to reslice images in different resolutions.
Especially in dMRI we usually want images with isotropic voxel size as they
facilitate most tractography algorithms. In this example we show how you
can reslice a dMRI dataset to have isotropic voxel size.

::
  
  import nibabel as nib
  

The function we need to use is called resample.

::
  
  from dipy.align.reslice import reslice
  from dipy.data import get_data
  

We use here a very small dataset to show the basic principles but you can
replace the following line with the path of your image.

::
  
  fimg = get_data('aniso_vox')
  

We load the image and print the shape of the volume

::
  
  img = nib.load(fimg)
  data = img.get_data()
  data.shape
  

``(58, 58, 24)``

Load the affine of the image. The affine is the transformation matrix
which maps image coordinates to world (mm) coordinates.

::
  
  affine = img.get_affine()
  

Load and show the zooms which hold the voxel size.

::
  
  zooms = img.get_header().get_zooms()[:3]
  zooms
  

``(4.0, 4.0, 5.0)``

Set the required new voxel size.

::
  
  new_zooms = (3., 3., 3.)
  new_zooms
  

``(3.0, 3.0, 3.0)``

Start resampling (reslicing). Trilinear interpolation is used by default.

::
  
  data2, affine2 = reslice(data, affine, zooms, new_zooms)
  data2.shape
  

``(77, 77, 40)``

Save the result as a new Nifti file.

::
  
  img2 = nib.Nifti1Image(data2, affine2)
  nib.save(img2, 'iso_vox.nii.gz')
  

Or as analyze format or any other supported format.

::
  
  img3 = nib.Spm2AnalyzeImage(data2, affine2)
  nib.save(img3,'iso_vox.img')
  

Done. Check your datasets. As you may have already realized the same
code can be used for general reslicing problems not only for dMRI data.


        
.. admonition:: Example source code

   You can download :download:`the full source code of this example <./reslice_datasets.py>`.
   This same script is also included in the dipy source distribution under the
   :file:`doc/examples/` directory.

