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Other converters

The following tools can help you with miscelaneous tasks that may require you to convert to and from BIDS to work with certain, specific tools. These tools are very workflow specific and may not apply to the majority of projects.

'From BIDS' converters

Converters that take a BIDS dataset as input to convert it into something else. Not mentioned here are the many software that can import a BIDS data as data structure they are more familiar with.

Name Expected input Language Distribution Updated
BIDS2ISATab BIDS
Python
"GitHub last commit"
BIDSto3col BIDS
shell
Python
"GitHub last commit"
BIDS2NDA BIDS
Python
"GitHub last commit"
bids2xar - for XNAT import BIDS
Python
"GitHub last commit"
BIDS2NIDM BIDS
Python
"GitHub last commit"
AFNI BIDS-tools BIDS
shell
Python
"GitHub last commit"

Miscellaneous

Not exactly BIDS converters but are common tools that can used by other BIDS converters.

Name Expected input Language Distribution Updated
convert-eprime E-Prime log files
Python
"GitHub last commit"
DCM2NIIx ???
C++ (compiled versions available from NITRC)
"GitHub last commit"
DICM2NII DICOM
MATLAB
"GitHub last commit"
sim2bids CSV/TSV/DAT/Numpy
arrays/HDF5
zip folders
code files in MATLAB/Python/R
Python
"GitHub last commit"