read a NifTi Neuroimaging Informatics Technology Initiative volume data = read_nii(filename) <http://nifti.nimh.nih.gov/> references: http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/8797-tools-for-nifti-and-analyze-image Jimmy Shen 23 Oct 2005 (Updated 22 Jan 2014) and <http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/29344-read-medical-data-3d> by Dirk-Jan Kroon 10 Nov 2010 (Updated 23 Feb 2011) See also: read_poscar, read_pdb, read_xyz, read_mrc, read_analyze