nifti libraries overview

The following libraries are currently under development:

nifticlib

niftilib

Language: C
Description: i/o routines to read and write nifti-1 datasets. Most routines focus on manipulating the header field information, limited image handling routines. Also handles Analyze 7.5 format. Handles compressed and "wrong-endian" datasets.
Depends on: znzlib
Authors: Bob Cox, revised by Mark Jenkinson and Rick Reynolds
License: public domain
Current release: beta 2.0.0

fsliolib

Language: C
Description: higher level i/o routines to read and write nifti-1 datasets. Multiple methods for reading image volumes/timecourses, image orientation issues addressed.
Depends on: znzlib niftiio
Authors: Mark Jenkinson
License:
Current release: development stage

znzlib

Language: C
Description: low level compression library that mirrors various C calls such as fwrite(), fread(), to permit i/o to compressed files.
Depends on: zlib, which is widely available on Unix platforms.
Authors: Mark Jenkinson
License: public domain
Current release: stable

niftijlib

Language: Java
Description: Simple i/o routines to read/write nifti-1 datasets. Compressed and "wrong-endian" data handled. Image orientation issues are not yet addressed.
Depends on: Java 1.4 including some nio methods.
Authors: Kate Fissell
License: public domain
Current release: beta, 0.2

niftimatlib

Language: Matlab
Description: Object oriented Matlab routines to read and write nifti1 volumes. i/o code used in SPM8.
Depends on: Matlab version 6.5 or higher
Authors: John Ashburner
License: GPL
Current release: 1.2

PyNIfTI

Language: Python
Description: Python interface to the NIfTI I/O libraries.
Using PyNIfTI one can easily read and write NIfTI and ANALYZE images from within Python. The NiftiImage class provides Python-style access to the full header information. Image data is made available via NumPy arrays.
Depends on: niftilib, Python 2.4 or later, NumPy
Authors: Michael Hanke
License: MIT License