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+/* ----------------------------- MNI Header -----------------------------------
+@NAME       : vff2mnc.h
+@DESCRIPTION: Header file that includes things needed for vff2mnc
+@METHOD     : 
+@GLOBALS    : 
+@CREATED    : Jul 2006 (Leila Baghdadi)
+@MODIFIED   : 
+ * $Log: vff2mnc.h,v $
+ * Revision 1.1  2007-01-16 18:38:18  baghdadi
+ * header file for vff2mnc
+ *
+ * Adopted from vfftominc (perl script) of John G. Sled.
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
+#if HAVE_CONFIG_H
+#include "config.h"
+#endif
+
+#if HAVE_SYS_TYPES_H
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#endif
+
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <ctype.h>
+#include <memory.h>
+#include <limits.h>
+#include <math.h>
+#if HAVE_FLOAT_H
+#include <float.h>
+#endif
+
+#include <time_stamp.h>
+#include "minc2.h"
+
+#ifndef TRUE
+#  define TRUE 1
+#endif
+#ifndef FALSE
+#  define FALSE 0
+#endif
+
+#define MAX_VFF_DIMS 3
+#define MAX_BUF_LINE 80
+#define MAX_BUF_TEXT 1000
+#define MAX_DESCRIPTION 2
+
+typedef char string_t[511+1];
+#define STRING_T_LEN (sizeof(string_t) - 1)
+
+#ifndef S_ISDIR
+#define S_ISDIR(x) (((x) & _S_IFMT) == _S_IFDIR)
+#endif
+
+#define CHKMEM(x) \
+    if ((x) == NULL) \
+        (fprintf(stderr, "Out of memory at %s:%d\n", __FILE__, __LINE__), \
+         exit(-1))
+
+#define TESTRPT(msg, val) (fprintf(stderr, \
+                                  "Error reported on line #%d, %s: %d\n", \
+                                  __LINE__, msg, val), r)
+
+struct globals {
+    char *minc_history;  /* Global for minc history */
+    char *pname;         /* program name */
+    int little_endian;
+    char * dirname;
+    int List;
+   
+};
+
+extern struct globals G;
+
+struct vff_attrs {
+  int y_bin;
+  int z_bin;
+  int bands;
+  double center_of_rotation;
+  double central_slice;
+  double rfan_y;
+  double rfan_z;
+  double angle_increment;
+  int reverse_order;
+  int bits;
+  int day;
+  int month;
+  int year;
+  string_t cmd_line;
+};
+
+struct mnc_vars {
+  mitype_t mnc_type;   
+  int mnc_ndims;              /* MINC image dimension count */  
+  long mnc_start[MAX_VFF_DIMS]; /* MINC data starts */
+  long mnc_count[MAX_VFF_DIMS]; /* MINC data counts */
+  char *mnc_hist;             /* MINC history */
+  double mnc_srange[2];       /* MINC image min/max */
+  double mnc_starts[MAX_VFF_DIMS];
+  double mnc_steps[MAX_VFF_DIMS];
+};