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Generic function to read image meta info given a file

Source: R/all_generic.R, R/file_format.R
read_meta_info-methods.Rd

Reads meta information from image files based on their format (NIFTI or AFNI).

Usage

read_meta_info(x, file_name)

# S4 method for class 'NIFTIFormat'
read_meta_info(x, file_name)

# S4 method for class 'AFNIFormat'
read_meta_info(x, file_name)

Arguments

x

A FileFormat object (either NIFTIFormat or AFNIFormat)

file_name

A character string specifying the file name to read meta information from

Value

A list containing the meta information read from the file.

An object of class NIFTIMetaInfo or AFNIMetaInfo, depending on the input format

Details

These methods use format-specific functions to read the header information and create the appropriate meta information object. The `.read_meta_info` helper function is used internally to streamline the process for both formats.