# UNC formatted image

**URL:** <https://discourse.itk.org/t/unc-formatted-image/657>\
**Category:** Beginner Questions\
**Created:** [February 8, 2018, 4:03pm UTC](https://discourse.itk.org/t/unc-formatted-image/657 "2018-02-08T16:03:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![arman.eshaghi](https://discourse.itk.org/user_avatar/discourse.itk.org/arman.eshaghi/32/36_2.png) [@arman.eshaghi](https://discourse.itk.org/u/arman.eshaghi)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2018, 4:03pm UTC](https://discourse.itk.org/t/unc-formatted-image/657/1 "2018-02-08T16:03:37Z")

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What is the best way of reading UNC formatted images (.unc) and the associated header from disk?

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**Author:** ![dzenanz](https://discourse.itk.org/user_avatar/discourse.itk.org/dzenanz/32/1093_2.png) [@dzenanz](https://discourse.itk.org/u/dzenanz)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2018, 4:06pm UTC](https://discourse.itk.org/t/unc-formatted-image/657/2 "2018-02-08T16:06:40Z")

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Can you point us to the definition of this UNC format?

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**Author:** ![arman.eshaghi](https://discourse.itk.org/user_avatar/discourse.itk.org/arman.eshaghi/32/36_2.png) [@arman.eshaghi](https://discourse.itk.org/u/arman.eshaghi)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2018, 4:10pm UTC](https://discourse.itk.org/t/unc-formatted-image/657/3 "2018-02-08T16:10:11Z")

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It is apparaently a mysterious format, the only thing I have found is here [http://www.xinapse.com/Manual/](http://www.xinapse.com/Manual/) : “The UNC format from the university of North Carolina Computer Science department (unclib). This data format was modified to include image information fields by David Plummer, University College London.”

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**Author:** ![dzenanz](https://discourse.itk.org/user_avatar/discourse.itk.org/dzenanz/32/1093_2.png) [@dzenanz](https://discourse.itk.org/u/dzenanz)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2018, 4:18pm UTC](https://discourse.itk.org/t/unc-formatted-image/657/4 "2018-02-08T16:18:40Z")

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Can you provide an example of this image? Or only its header? Neither me nor @vicory have heard about this format before.

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**Author:** ![lassoan](https://discourse.itk.org/user_avatar/discourse.itk.org/lassoan/32/27_2.png) [@lassoan](https://discourse.itk.org/u/lassoan)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2018, 5:27pm UTC](https://discourse.itk.org/t/unc-formatted-image/657/5 "2018-02-09T17:27:12Z")

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Does the UNC format have any special feature that you must use; or is there a chance you can switch to more commonly used format, such as nrrd, metaimage (.mhd/.mha), or Nifti (.nii)?