Converters

The following list of converters is provided to help you convert your raw data into a BIDS compliant dataset.

MRI Converters

Converters for processing MRI data.

Name	Expected input	Language	Distribution	Updated
BIDScoin	DICOM (MRI/PET/CT) PAR/REC Twix, SDAT/SPAR, P-file (MRS) NeuroBS Presentation PsychoPy Nifti	Python
BIDSconvertR	DICOM	R
BIDSme	DICOM Nifti Brain Vision	Python
BMAT	DICOM	Python
BrkRaw	Bruker MRI scanner data	Python
Clinica	ADNI AIBL GENFI HABS IXI NIFD OASIS OASIS-3 UKB	Python
Data2Bids	not DICOM	Python
Dcm2Bids	DICOM	Python
dcm2niix	DICOM	C++
Explore ASL	DICOM Nifti	MATLAB
FieldTrip - data2bids	any EEG or MEG file format NBS Presentation logfiles DICOM nifti	MATLAB
HeuDiConv	DICOM	Python
Horos (Osirix) export plugin	???	objective C
OpenfMRI2BIDS	openfMRI datasets	???
ReproIn	DICOM	Python
SAMRI	Bruker ParaVision NIfTI	Python shell
XNAT2BIDS	DICOM	shell
bidskit	DICOM	Python
dac2bids	DICOM	Python
ezBIDS	DICOM NIfTI/JSON events (tsv, csv, txt, out, xlsx)	Vue TypeScript Javascript Python shell
mercure-dcm2bids	DICOM	Python
niix2bids	Nifti converted from DICOM using dcm2niix	Python

MRS Converters

Converters for processing MRS data.

Name	Expected input	Language	Distribution	Updated
spec2nii	ASCII (.txt) Bruker (2dseq, fid) GE P-file jMRUI (.mrui, .txt) LCModel (.RAW) Philips (.data/.list, DICOM, SDAT/SPAR) Siemens (DICOM [.ima/.dcm], RDA, TWIX) UIH DICOM Varian	Python

PET Converters

Converters for processing PET data.

Name	Expected input	Language	Distribution	Updated
BIDScoin	DICOM (MRI/PET/CT) PAR/REC Twix, SDAT/SPAR, P-file (MRS) NeuroBS Presentation PsychoPy Nifti	Python
Clinica	ADNI AIBL GENFI HABS IXI NIFD OASIS OASIS-3 UKB	Python
dcm2niix	DICOM	C++
PET2BIDS	DICOM ECAT	MATLAB Python

EEG/MEEG/iEEG Converters

Converters for processing EEG, MEEG, and/or iEEG data.

Name	Expected input	Language	Distribution	Updated
BIDSme	DICOM Nifti Brain Vision	Python
EEG2BIDS	EDF Set	Javascript Python
EEGLAB EEG-BIDS	EDF BDF Brain Vision Exchange Format EEGLAB .set files BIDS	MATLAB Compiled
FieldTrip - data2bids	any EEG or MEG file format NBS Presentation logfiles DICOM nifti	MATLAB
MNE-BIDS	raw MEG for BIDS conversion raw EEG for BIDS conversion raw iEEG for BIDS conversion raw NIRS for BIDS conversion BIDS dataset for reading	Python
sovabids	???	Python

fNIRS Converters

Converters for processing fNIRS data.

Name	Expected input	Language	Distribution	Updated
Cedalion	SNIRF	Python

Physio Converters

Physiological data converters.

Name	Expected input	Language	Distribution	Updated
BIDScoin	DICOM (MRI/PET/CT) PAR/REC Twix, SDAT/SPAR, P-file (MRS) NeuroBS Presentation PsychoPy Nifti	Python
bidsphysio	CMRR AcqKnowledge Siemens PMU	Python
phys2bids	Acqknowledge Labchart GE physiological files	Python

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
BIDS2NDA	BIDS	Python
bids2xar - for XNAT import	BIDS	Python

Miscellaneous Converters

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
sim2bids	CSV/TSV/DAT/Numpy arrays/HDF5 zip folders code files in MATLAB/Python/R	Python

Experimental Converters

The converters listed below are considered 'experimental', usually because they relate to BIDS extensions that have not yet been approved.

Microelectrode Electrophysiology Converters

Converters for processing microelectrode electrophysiology data (ecephys/icephys).

Name	Expected input	Language	Distribution	Updated
nwb2bids	NWB	Python