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+function V = mha_read_volume(info)
+% Function for reading the volume of a Insight Meta-Image (.mha, .mhd) file
+%
+% volume = tk_read_volume(file-header)
+%
+% examples:
+% 1: info = mha_read_header()
+% V = mha_read_volume(info);
+% imshow(squeeze(V(:,:,round(end/2))),[]);
+%
+% 2: V = mha_read_volume('test.mha');
+
+if(~isstruct(info)), info=mha_read_header(info); end
+
+
+switch(lower(info.DataFile))
+ case 'local'
+ otherwise
+ % Seperate file
+ info.Filename=fullfile(fileparts(info.Filename),info.DataFile);
+end
+
+% Open file
+switch(info.ByteOrder(1))
+ case ('true')
+ fid=fopen(info.Filename,'rb','ieee-be');
+ otherwise
+ fid=fopen(info.Filename,'rb','ieee-le');
+end
+
+switch(lower(info.DataFile))
+ case 'local'
+ % Skip header
+ fseek(fid,info.HeaderSize,'bof');
+ otherwise
+ fseek(fid,0,'bof');
+end
+
+datasize=prod(info.Dimensions)*info.BitDepth/8; % in bytes
+
+switch(info.CompressedData(1))
+ case 'f'
+ % Read the Data
+ switch(info.DataType)
+ case 'char'
+ V = int8(fread(fid,datasize,'char'));
+ case 'uchar'
+ V = uint8(fread(fid,datasize,'uchar'));
+ case 'short'
+ V = int16(fread(fid,datasize,'short'));
+ case 'ushort'
+ V = uint16(fread(fid,datasize,'ushort'));
+ case 'int'
+ V = int32(fread(fid,datasize,'int'));
+ case 'uint'
+ V = uint32(fread(fid,datasize,'uint'));
+ case 'float'
+ V = single(fread(fid,datasize,'float'));
+ case 'double'
+ V = double(fread(fid,datasize,'double'));
+ end
+ case 't'
+ switch(info.DataType)
+ case 'char', DataType='int8';
+ case 'uchar', DataType='uint8';
+ case 'short', DataType='int16';
+ case 'ushort', DataType='uint16';
+ case 'int', DataType='int32';
+ case 'uint', DataType='uint32';
+ case 'float', DataType='single';
+ case 'double', DataType='double';
+ end
+ Z = fread(fid,inf,'uchar=>uint8');
+ V = zlib_decompress(Z,DataType);
+
+end
+
+fclose(fid);
+V = reshape(V,info.Dimensions);
+
+function M = zlib_decompress(Z,DataType)
+import com.mathworks.mlwidgets.io.InterruptibleStreamCopier
+a=java.io.ByteArrayInputStream(Z);
+b=java.util.zip.InflaterInputStream(a);
+isc = InterruptibleStreamCopier.getInterruptibleStreamCopier;
+c = java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
+isc.copyStream(b,c);
+M=typecast(c.toByteArray,DataType);