How to Plot/Display NIFTI(.nii) medical images in Python

Ryle Zhou
2 min readJan 6, 2022
Brain MRI slices from Google search.

NiBabel vs SimpleITK

Nibabel and SimpleITK are currently widely being used for advanced medical imaging processing for AI/ML development. NiBabel offers high-level format-independent access to neuroimages, as well as an API with various levels of format-specific access to all available information in a particular file format. While SimpleITK is good for…

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Ryle Zhou

Writing short and useful articles to benefit active learners. Making CS concepts easier to understand. Studied Computer Science at Stanford.