Sorting multi-dimensional datasets

nordicICE interprets image volumes or acquisition series four-dimensionally, when appropriate. This becomes relevant where there is a multi-echo acquisition or a series of timed acquisitions such as for perfusion imaging. For four-dimensional datasets, a drop down scroll box appears automatically at the top of the image window allowing image scrolling according to the selected parameter. For example, if a multi-slice, multiple-timepoint dataset is loaded, the drop-down scroll box will contain the three entries All, Slice and Dyn.scan (see figure below). If All is selected, all images are included in the scroll list. If Slice is selected, then all slices for the current time-point (i.e. the time-point for the image displayed when the scroll box menu is activated) is included in the scroll list. If Dyn.scan is selected, then all dynamic scans for the current slice is included in the scroll list. Only the images in the scroll list will be visible when scrolling through loaded images. The scrollbar setting may also affect certain Region of Interest functions (see the section called Region of interest (ROI) Analysis ).

Note that multi-dimensional sorting is also available when multiple Nifti-files are loaded. E.g. if multiple DSC-volumes are loaded (where each volume is N slices in one .nii file), the drop-down scroll box will appear as for DICOM images, containing the options All, Slice and Dyn.scan.

Image Scroll-box enabling correct sorting and display of multi-dimensional datasets.

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The active image window