Definitions

• hyperslab - An N-dimensional block of data. Known as a ``hypercube'' if all dimensions are equal.
• volume - A MINC file. Volume and file can be used interchangeably as it is not common to use volume for more than 3 dimensions and MINC 2 is N dimensional.
• voxel - Volume element, analogous to ``pixel'' for ``picture element''. A single datapoint in a multidimensional image.
• opaque datatype - An object oriented concept used to refer to datatypes whose implementation details are explicitly hidden from the programmer.