def dicom_series_to_nifti(original_dicom_directory, output_file=None, reorient_nifti=True):
    """ Converts dicom single series (see pydicom) to nifty, mimicking SPM

    Examples: See unit test


    will return a dictionary containing
    - the NIFTI under key 'NIFTI'
    - the NIFTI file path under 'NII_FILE'
    - the BVAL file path under 'BVAL_FILE' (only for dti)
    - the BVEC file path under 'BVEC_FILE' (only for dti)

    IMPORTANT:
    If no specific sequence type can be found it will default to anatomical and try to convert.
    You should check that the data you are trying to convert is supported by this code

    Inspired by http://nipy.sourceforge.net/nibabel/dicom/spm_dicom.html
    Inspired by http://code.google.com/p/pydicom/source/browse/source/dicom/contrib/pydicom_series.py

    :param reorient_nifti: if True the nifti affine and data will be updated so the data is stored LAS oriented
    :param output_file: file path to write to if not set to None
    :param original_dicom_directory: directory with the dicom files for a single series/scan
    :return nibabel image
    """
    # copy files so we can can modify without altering the original
    temp_directory = tempfile.mkdtemp()
    try:
        dicom_directory = os.path.join(temp_directory, 'dicom')
        shutil.copytree(original_dicom_directory, dicom_directory)

        dicom_input = common.read_dicom_directory(dicom_directory)

        return dicom_array_to_nifti(dicom_input, output_file, reorient_nifti)

    except AttributeError as exception:
        reraise(
            tp=ConversionError,
            value=ConversionError(str(exception)),
            tb=sys.exc_info()[2])

    finally:
        # remove the copied data
        shutil.rmtree(temp_directory)
Converts dicom single series (see pydicom) to nifty, mimicking SPM

    Examples: See unit test


    will return a dictionary containing
    - the NIFTI under key 'NIFTI'
    - the NIFTI file path under 'NII_FILE'
    - the BVAL file path under 'BVAL_FILE' (only for dti)
    - the BVEC file path under 'BVEC_FILE' (only for dti)

    IMPORTANT:
    If no specific sequence type can be found it will default to anatomical and try to convert.
    You should check that the data you are trying to convert is supported by this code

    Inspired by http://nipy.sourceforge.net/nibabel/dicom/spm_dicom.html
    Inspired by http://code.google.com/p/pydicom/source/browse/source/dicom/contrib/pydicom_series.py

    :param reorient_nifti: if True the nifti affine and data will be updated so the data is stored LAS oriented
    :param output_file: file path to write to if not set to None
    :param original_dicom_directory: directory with the dicom files for a single series/scan
    :return nibabel image