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I need to convert 512 dicom files from Bruker into .nii . I firstly add .dcm to my Bruker multi gradient echo phase files then enter the following command : mri_convert MRIm001.dcm phaseMGE.nii

Here is the first message :

reading from MRIm001.dcm... Starting DICOMRead2() dcmfile = /mnt/c/Users/Sahadatou/Documents/Stage_JEAN_2022/data/fantomes/tests/bug_test2/MRIm001.dcm dcmdir = /mnt/c/Users/Sahadatou/Documents/Stage_JEAN_2022/data/fantomes/tests/bug_test2 ERROR: don't know how to get DWI parameters from --Bruker BioSpin MRI GmbH -- ERROR: GetDICOMInfo(): dcmGetDWIParams() 1 DICOM File: /mnt/c/Users/Sahadatou/Documents/Stage_JEAN_2022/data/fantomes/tests/bug_test2/MRIm001.dcm break /home/rd521/space_freesurfer/build/docker_ubuntu18/trunk/rd521-7.2.0/utils/DICOMRead.cpp:4930 Ref Series No = 4 Found 514 files, checking for dicoms ERROR: don't know how to get DWI parameters from --Bruker BioSpin MRI GmbH -- ERROR: GetDICOMInfo(): dcmGetDWIParams() 1 DICOM File: /mnt/c/Users/Sahadatou/Documents/Stage_JEAN_2022/data/fantomes/tests/bug_test2/MRIm001.dcm break /home/rd521/space_freesurfer/build/docker_ubuntu18/trunk/rd521-7.2.0/utils/DICOMRead.cpp:4930 ERROR: don't know how to get DWI parameters from --Bruker BioSpin MRI GmbH -- ERROR: GetDICOMInfo(): dcmGetDWIParams() 1

Then 508 error messages like the three last lines appear. It ends with :

First Sorting Computing Slice Direction Vs: 0 0 1 Vs: 0 0 1 Second Sorting IsDWI = 0, IsPhilipsDWI = 0 Counting frames nframes = 8 nslices = 63 ndcmfiles = 508 ERROR: the number of frames * number of slices does not equal the number of dicom files.

I did a test with only 448 files (I just copy-paste the first 448 files = 7 TE * 64 slices) and I obtained the same error messages but the nifti files are created and seem usable (quick test with Fiji). Here are the last lines :

First Sorting Computing Slice Direction Vs: 0 0 1 Vs: 0 0 1 Second Sorting IsDWI = 1, IsPhilipsDWI = 0 Counting frames nframes = 7 nslices = 64 ndcmfiles = 448 INFO: rescale not needed PE Dir = COL (dicom read) Loading pixel data TR=50.00, TE=3.10, TI=0.00, flip angle=15.00 i_ras = (-1, -0, 0) j_ras = (-0, -1, 0) k_ras = (-0, -0, 1) writing to phaseMGR.nii... Saving bvals and bvecs

I'm pretty new with mri convert and I don't understand why it stops converting to nii with 512 files (8 TE) but not 448 files for Brucker files.

Best Regards,

Mateo

Version: freesurfer-linux-ubuntu18_x86_64-7.2.0-20210721-aa8f76b