+mhdImageMerger="clitkImageArithm"
+test -x "./clitkImageArithm" && mhdImageMerger="./clitkImageArithm"
+
+function merge_mhd_image {
+local merged="$1"
+local merged_bin="${merged%.*}.raw"
+shift
+echo " ${indent}entering mhd image merger"
+echo " ${indent}merger is ${mhdImageMerger}"
+echo " ${indent}creating ${merged}"
+local count=0
+start_bar $#
+while test $# -gt 0
+do
+ local partial="$1"
+ local partial_bin="${partial%.*}.raw"
+ shift
+ let count++
+
+ if test ! -f "${merged}"
+ then
+ update_bar ${count} "copying first partial result ${partial}"
+ cp "${partial}" "${merged}"
+ cp "${partial_bin}" "${merged_bin}"
+ continue
+ fi
+
+ update_bar ${count} "adding ${partial}"
+ ${mhdImageMerger} -t 0 -i "${partial}" -j "${merged}" -o "${merged}" 2> /dev/null > /dev/null || warning "error while calling ${mhdImageMerger}"
+done
+end_bar
+echo " ${indent}merged ${count} files"
+}
+