From a710ab323d9d8eeeeb22257a23821e41b3aad292 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Qianqian Fang <fangqq@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2023 22:07:07 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] allow converting integer cfg.vol to json

---
 utils/mcx2json.m | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/utils/mcx2json.m b/utils/mcx2json.m
index 631bca7d..b11a9e06 100644
--- a/utils/mcx2json.m
+++ b/utils/mcx2json.m
@@ -95,7 +95,13 @@ function mcx2json(cfg,filestub)
                 cfg.vol=single(cfg.vol);
             end
             if(all(mod(cfg.vol(:),1) == 0))
-                Domain.MediaFormat='integer';
+                if(max(cfg.vol(:))<256)
+                    Domain.MediaFormat='byte';
+                    cfg.vol=uint8(cfg.vol);
+                else
+                    Domain.MediaFormat='integer';
+                    cfg.vol=uint32(cfg.vol);
+                end
             elseif(ndims(cfg.vol)==4)
                 if(size(cfg.vol,1))==1
                     Domain.MediaFormat='mua_float';