Header files differences

[Dianne Patterson]

Dear Group,
I do some editing in ImageJ, creating lines and angles, then save those back
into Nifti-1 format.
For most images processed in FSL 4.X after May 2008, I can view the lines
and angles in fslview.

When I looked at the headers for the older images, I saw that they lacked
intent codes, so I added those.

  intent_code = '1002'
  intent_p1 = '0'
  intent_p2 = '0'
  intent_p3 = '0'
About half of the older images display the lines and angles just fine since
I added the intent codes to the headers.

However, something more subtle (to me anyhow) still seems to be causing
trouble in about 1/2 of the older images and 1 of the newer images.

It seems that cal_max and cal_min look like this in the misbehaving files:
cal_max        32768.0000
cal_min        -32768.0000
----------
but cal_max and cal_min look like this in the well-behaved files
cal_max        1.0000
cal_min         0.0000
are just fine.

It seems that ImageJ is changing the values from 1 and 0 (which they are
before I import them) to 32768 and -32768...
but I presume something else in the header must be causing ImageJ to treat
this handful of image differently.

I am including a good header and a bad header in case I'm missing something,
and I'm sending this to both FSL and ImageJ listserves...
since the problem seems to fall in between somewhere.  Any insights would be
greatly appreciated.

Thankyou for your time.
=========================
A newer file that is misbehaving (after ImageJ Processing)
=========================
filename       CC/cc-dpJ.nii

sizeof_hdr     348
data_type      INT16
dim0           4
dim1           128
dim2           57
dim3           128
dim4           1
dim5           1
dim6           1
dim7           1
vox_units      Unknown
time_units     Unknown
datatype       4
nbyper         2
bitpix         16
pixdim0        0.0000000000
pixdim1        1.0000000000
pixdim2        1.0000000000
pixdim3        1.0000000000
pixdim4        1.0000000000
pixdim5        0.0000000000
pixdim6        0.0000000000
pixdim7        0.0000000000
vox_offset     352
cal_max        32768.0000
cal_min        -32768.0000
scl_slope      1.000000
scl_inter      0.000000
phase_dim      0
freq_dim       0
slice_dim      0
slice_name     Unknown
slice_code     0
slice_start    0
slice_end      0
slice_duration 0.000000
time_offset    0.000000
intent         Label index
intent_code    1002
intent_name
intent_p1      0.000000
intent_p2      0.000000
intent_p3      0.000000
qform_name     Scanner Anat
qform_code     1
qto_xyz:1      0.000000  0.000000  -1.000000  166.955002
qto_xyz:2      1.000000  0.000000  -0.000000  -142.800690
qto_xyz:3      0.000000  1.000000  -0.000000  -64.605103
qto_xyz:4      0.000000  0.000000  0.000000  1.000000
qform_xorient  Posterior-to-Anterior
qform_yorient  Inferior-to-Superior
qform_zorient  Right-to-Left
sform_name     Scanner Anat
sform_code     1
sto_xyz:1      0.000000  0.000000  -2.601560  166.955002
sto_xyz:2      2.601560  0.000000  0.000000  -142.800690
sto_xyz:3      0.000000  2.600002  0.000000  -64.605103
sto_xyz:4      0.000000  0.000000  0.000000  1.000000
sform_xorient  Posterior-to-Anterior
sform_yorient  Inferior-to-Superior
sform_zorient  Right-to-Left
file_type      NIFTI-1+
file_code      1
descrip        FSL4.0
aux_file
=====================
A newer file that is behaving correctly (header after ImageJ Processing)
=====================
filename       CC/cc-dpJ.nii

sizeof_hdr     348
data_type      INT16
dim0           4
dim1           128
dim2           57
dim3           128
dim4           1
dim5           1
dim6           1
dim7           1
vox_units      Unknown
time_units     Unknown
datatype       4
nbyper         2
bitpix         16
pixdim0        0.0000000000
pixdim1        1.0000000000
pixdim2        1.0000000000
pixdim3        1.0000000000
pixdim4        1.0000000000
pixdim5        1.0000000000
pixdim6        1.0000000000
pixdim7        1.0000000000
vox_offset     352
cal_max        1.0000
cal_min        0.0000
scl_slope      1.000000
scl_inter      0.000000
phase_dim      0
freq_dim       0
slice_dim      0
slice_name     Unknown
slice_code     0
slice_start    0
slice_end      0
slice_duration 0.000000
time_offset    0.000000
intent         Label index
intent_code    1002
intent_name
intent_p1      0.000000
intent_p2      0.000000
intent_p3      0.000000
qform_name     Scanner Anat
qform_code     1
qto_xyz:1      0.000000  0.000000  -1.000000  170.466995
qto_xyz:2      1.000000  0.000000  -0.000000  -142.800995
qto_xyz:3      0.000000  1.000000  -0.000000  -51.141701
qto_xyz:4      0.000000  0.000000  0.000000  1.000000
qform_xorient  Posterior-to-Anterior
qform_yorient  Inferior-to-Superior
qform_zorient  Right-to-Left
sform_name     Scanner Anat
sform_code     1
sto_xyz:1      0.000000  0.000000  -2.601560  170.466995
sto_xyz:2      2.601560  0.000000  0.000000  -142.800995
sto_xyz:3      0.000000  2.600000  0.000000  -51.141701
sto_xyz:4      0.000000  0.000000  0.000000  1.000000
sform_xorient  Posterior-to-Anterior
sform_yorient  Inferior-to-Superior
sform_zorient  Right-to-Left
file_type      NIFTI-1+
file_code      1
descrip        FSL4.0
aux_file
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Dianne Patterson, Ph.D.
[hidden email]
University of Arizona
SLHS 328
621-5105