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+#ifndef ANTSPYREADIMAGE_H
+#define ANTSPYREADIMAGE_H
+
+#include <nanobind/nanobind.h>
+#include <nanobind/stl/vector.h>
+#include <nanobind/stl/string.h>
+#include <nanobind/stl/tuple.h>
+#include <nanobind/ndarray.h>
+
+#include <tuple>
+#include "itkImageFileWriter.h"
+#include "itkImageIOBase.h"
+#include "itkNiftiImageIOFactory.h"
+#include "itkMetaImageIOFactory.h"
+#include "itkImageFileReader.h"
+#include "itkImage.h"
+#include "itkPyBuffer.h"
+
+#include "antsImage.h"
+
+namespace nb = nanobind;
+using namespace nb::literals;
+
+template <typename ImageType>
+AntsImage<ImageType> fromNumpy( nb::ndarray<nb::numpy> data, nb::tuple datashape );
+
+
+#endif // ANTSPYREADIMAGE_H
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