parseScannerInfo.m

function Scanners = parseScannerInfo(filename)
	
	if nargin < 1
		fid = fopen('scanners.txt');
	else
		fid = fopen(filename);
	end
	
	headerline = fgetl(fid);
	% format is: 	  Name FOV HalfFOV AltMin AltIdeal AltMax LongName
	C = textscan(fid, '%s %f %f %f %f %f %s','Delimiter','\b\r\n\t','MultipleDelimsAsOne',1,'CommentStyle','%');
												% ^^^ this lets us put comments in the files
									% ^^ this combines all tabs into one delimiter, 
									%	so the data file can look nice
						% ^ this removes ' ' from being a valid delimiter
						% 	so that strings with spaces can be sucked up by %s
	h = strread(headerline,'%s');
	fclose(fid);
	
	for i = 1:length(C{1})
		for j = 1:length(h)
			field = h{j};
				if iscell(C{j})
					fieldVal = C{j}{i};
				else
					fieldVal = C{j}(i);
				end
			P.(field)=fieldVal;
		end
		Scanners(i)=P;
	end
end