diff --git a/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/CMakeLists.txt b/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/CMakeLists.txt
index bf539c1c7e1..f387b03f388 100644
--- a/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -7,12 +7,12 @@ PROJECT(LIBMINC)
 
 SET(LIBMINC_PACKAGE_VERSION_MAJOR 2)
 SET(LIBMINC_PACKAGE_VERSION_MINOR 4)
-SET(LIBMINC_PACKAGE_VERSION_PATCH 05)
+SET(LIBMINC_PACKAGE_VERSION_PATCH 06)
 
 SET(LIBMINC_SOVERSION "5.3.0")
 
 SET(LIBMINC_PACKAGE "libminc")
-SET(LIBMINC_PACKAGE_BUGREPORT "a.janke@gmail.com")
+SET(LIBMINC_PACKAGE_BUGREPORT "vladimir.fonov@gmail.com")
 
 SET(LIBMINC_PACKAGE_NAME    "libminc")
 SET(LIBMINC_PACKAGE_VERSION "${LIBMINC_PACKAGE_VERSION_MAJOR}.${LIBMINC_PACKAGE_VERSION_MINOR}.${LIBMINC_PACKAGE_VERSION_PATCH}")
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ IF(NOT LIBMINC_EXTERNALLY_CONFIGURED)
   OPTION(LIBMINC_USE_NIFTI               "Build with NIfTI support" OFF)
   OPTION(LIBMINC_USE_SYSTEM_NIFTI        "Use system NIfTI-1 library" OFF)
 
+  OPTION(LIBMINC_USE_ASAN                "Build with Address Sanitizer" OFF)
+
   SET (LIBMINC_EXPORTED_TARGETS "LIBMINC-targets")
   SET (LIBMINC_INSTALL_BIN_DIR bin)
   SET (LIBMINC_INSTALL_LIB_DIR lib${LIB_SUFFIX})
@@ -109,6 +111,13 @@ IF(UNIX)
   SET(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -fPIC")
 ENDIF(UNIX)
 
+
+IF(LIBMINC_USE_ASAN)
+  add_compile_options(-fno-omit-frame-pointer -fsanitize=address)
+  add_link_options(-fno-omit-frame-pointer -fsanitize=address)
+ENDIF(LIBMINC_USE_ASAN)
+
+
 # check for prereqs
 INCLUDE(CheckFunctionExists)
 INCLUDE(CheckSymbolExists)
diff --git a/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/libcommon/ParseArgv.c b/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/libcommon/ParseArgv.c
index 83fc3c8c57b..260f5745fae 100644
--- a/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/libcommon/ParseArgv.c
+++ b/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/libcommon/ParseArgv.c
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ static void PrintVersion(ArgvInfo *argTable);
  *
  * Quick replacement for strtol which eliminates the undesirable property
  * of interpreting numbers with leading '0' characters as octal, while
- * retaining "0x" as indicating a hexidecimal number.
+ * retaining "0x" as indicating a hexadecimal number.
  */
 long int
 ParseLong(const char *argPtr, char **endPtr)
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ ParseArgv(argcPtr, argv, argTable, flags)
       length = strlen(curArg);
       
       /*
-       * Loop throught the argument descriptors searching for one with
+       * Loop through the argument descriptors searching for one with
        * the matching key string.  If found, leave a pointer to it in
        * matchPtr.
        */
diff --git a/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/libcommon/minc2_error.c b/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/libcommon/minc2_error.c
index 2c9185948d2..fab28b51d96 100644
--- a/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/libcommon/minc2_error.c
+++ b/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/libcommon/minc2_error.c
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
  * A few fixes to the configure script.
  *
  * Revision 6.1  1999/10/19 14:45:09  neelin
- * Fixed Log subsitutions for CVS
+ * Fixed Log substitutions for CVS
  *
  * Revision 6.0  1997/09/12 13:24:54  neelin
  * Release of minc version 0.6
diff --git a/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/libcommon/minc2_error.h b/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/libcommon/minc2_error.h
index 396538907bc..3b1864fe416 100644
--- a/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/libcommon/minc2_error.h
+++ b/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/libcommon/minc2_error.h
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 @DESCRIPTION: File containing error codes for libminc package.
 @GLOBALS    : 
 @CALLS      : 
-@CREATED    : 17 Feburary, 2004 (Robert Vincent)
+@CREATED    : 17 February, 2004 (Robert Vincent)
 @MODIFIED   : 
  *
  * $Log: minc_error.h,v $
diff --git a/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/libcommon/minc_error.c b/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/libcommon/minc_error.c
index f64b7799c5c..64752e817ed 100644
--- a/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/libcommon/minc_error.c
+++ b/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/libcommon/minc_error.c
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
  * A few fixes to the configure script.
  *
  * Revision 6.1  1999/10/19 14:45:09  neelin
- * Fixed Log subsitutions for CVS
+ * Fixed Log substitutions for CVS
  *
  * Revision 6.0  1997/09/12 13:24:54  neelin
  * Release of minc version 0.6
diff --git a/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/libcommon/minc_error.h b/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/libcommon/minc_error.h
index 2788e953666..50502b4f5d0 100644
--- a/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/libcommon/minc_error.h
+++ b/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/libcommon/minc_error.h
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 @DESCRIPTION: File containing error codes for minc package.
 @GLOBALS    : 
 @CALLS      : 
-@CREATED    : 17 Feburary, 2004 (Robert Vincent)
+@CREATED    : 17 February, 2004 (Robert Vincent)
 @MODIFIED   : 
  *
  * $Log: minc_error.h,v $
diff --git a/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/libcommon/time_stamp.c b/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/libcommon/time_stamp.c
index 172ec2cd7d3..663934cc6fb 100644
--- a/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/libcommon/time_stamp.c
+++ b/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/libcommon/time_stamp.c
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
  * Fixed log message containing log substitution
  *
  * Revision 6.1  1999/10/19 14:45:14  neelin
- * Fixed Log subsitutions for CVS
+ * Fixed Log substitutions for CVS
  *
  * Revision 6.0  1997/09/12 13:23:41  neelin
  * Release of minc version 0.6
diff --git a/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/libcommon/time_stamp.h b/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/libcommon/time_stamp.h
index 77035126855..2987eca3a94 100644
--- a/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/libcommon/time_stamp.h
+++ b/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/libcommon/time_stamp.h
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
  * Fixed log message containing log substitution
  *
  * Revision 6.1  1999/10/19 14:45:14  neelin
- * Fixed Log subsitutions for CVS
+ * Fixed Log substitutions for CVS
  *
  * Revision 6.0  1997/09/12 13:23:41  neelin
  * Release of minc version 0.6
diff --git a/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/libsrc/dim_conversion.c b/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/libsrc/dim_conversion.c
index 0a17201393f..845539c77f0 100644
--- a/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/libsrc/dim_conversion.c
+++ b/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/libsrc/dim_conversion.c
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
  * Use standard labs() and fabs() instead of our private macros
  *
  * Revision 6.1  1999/10/19 14:45:07  neelin
- * Fixed Log subsitutions for CVS
+ * Fixed Log substitutions for CVS
  *
  * Revision 6.0  1997/09/12 13:24:54  neelin
  * Release of minc version 0.6
@@ -537,7 +537,7 @@ PRIVATE int MI_get_dim_bufsize_step(mi_icv_type *icvp, int subsc[])
                  dimensions
 @OUTPUT     : (none)
 @RETURNS    : MI_ERROR if an error occurs
-@DESCRIPTION: Sets the variables for dimensions converions
+@DESCRIPTION: Sets the variables for dimensions conversions
 @METHOD     : 
 @GLOBALS    : 
 @CALLS      : NetCDF routines
diff --git a/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/libsrc/hdf_convenience.c b/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/libsrc/hdf_convenience.c
index 657188f21cf..13342f32a1e 100644
--- a/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/libsrc/hdf_convenience.c
+++ b/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/libsrc/hdf_convenience.c
@@ -309,12 +309,12 @@ hdf_is_dimension_name(struct m2_file *file, const char *varnm)
  * may not yet exist in the file.
  */
 static hid_t
-hdf_path_from_name(struct m2_file *file, const char *varnm, char *varpath)
+hdf_path_from_name(struct m2_file *file, const char *varnm, char *varpath, size_t varpathlength)
 {
     if (!strcmp(varnm, MIimage) ||
       !strcmp(varnm, MIimagemax) ||
       !strcmp(varnm, MIimagemin)) {
-      sprintf(varpath, "/minc-2.0/image/%d/", file->resolution);
+      snprintf(varpath, varpathlength, "/minc-2.0/image/%d/", file->resolution);
     }
     else if (hdf_is_dimension_name(file, varnm)) {
       strcpy(varpath, "/minc-2.0/dimensions/");
@@ -1102,7 +1102,7 @@ hdf_attput(int fd, int varid, const char *attnm, nc_type val_typ,
             char temp[128];
             unsigned int i;
 
-            sprintf(temp, "junkXXXX");
+            snprintf(temp, sizeof(temp), "junkXXXX");
 
             new_type_id = H5Tcopy(var->ftyp_id);
             if (new_type_id < 0) {
@@ -1295,7 +1295,7 @@ hdf_vardef(int fd, const char *varnm, nc_type vartype, int ndims,
       return (MI_ERROR);
     }
 
-    if (hdf_path_from_name(file, varnm, varpath) < 0) {
+    if (hdf_path_from_name(file, varnm, varpath, sizeof(varpath)) < 0) {
       return (MI_ERROR);
     }
 
@@ -2221,7 +2221,7 @@ hdf_open(const char *path, int mode)
     
     /*Set cachine parameters*/
     fpid=H5Pcreate( H5P_FILE_ACCESS );
-    /* Limit file compatability to 1.8.x */
+    /* Limit file compatibility to 1.8.x */
     H5Pset_libver_bounds (fpid, H5F_LIBVER_V18, H5F_LIBVER_V18);
     
     /*setup a bigger cache to work with typical chunking ( MI_MAX_VAR_BUFFER_SIZE )*/
@@ -2332,7 +2332,7 @@ hdf_create(const char *path, int cmode, struct mi2opts *opts_ptr)
 
     /*Set cachine parameters*/
     fpid = H5Pcreate (H5P_FILE_ACCESS);
-    /* Limit file compatability to 1.8.x */
+    /* Limit file compatibility to 1.8.x */
     H5Pset_libver_bounds (fpid, H5F_LIBVER_V18, H5F_LIBVER_V18);
     
     /*setup a bigger cache to work with typical chunking ( MI_MAX_VAR_BUFFER_SIZE )*/
diff --git a/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/libsrc/image_conversion.c b/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/libsrc/image_conversion.c
index 4856b1f63d4..5769b1cf126 100644
--- a/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/libsrc/image_conversion.c
+++ b/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/libsrc/image_conversion.c
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
  * A few fixes to the configure script.
  *
  * Revision 6.1  1999/10/19 14:45:07  neelin
- * Fixed Log subsitutions for CVS
+ * Fixed Log substitutions for CVS
  *
  * Revision 6.0  1997/09/12 13:24:54  neelin
  * Release of minc version 0.6
diff --git a/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/libsrc/minc.h b/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/libsrc/minc.h
index e33ca9a0903..2da1677ad2c 100644
--- a/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/libsrc/minc.h
+++ b/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/libsrc/minc.h
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
  * Start of modifications to get minc working with netcdf 3.5.
  *
  * Revision 6.1  1999/10/19 14:45:08  neelin
- * Fixed Log subsitutions for CVS
+ * Fixed Log substitutions for CVS
  *
  * Revision 6.0  1997/09/12 13:24:54  neelin
  * Release of minc version 0.6
diff --git a/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/libsrc/minc_basic.h b/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/libsrc/minc_basic.h
index f9c66ed5da7..84addae2f1c 100644
--- a/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/libsrc/minc_basic.h
+++ b/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/libsrc/minc_basic.h
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
  * A few fixes to the configure script.
  *
  * Revision 6.1  1999/10/19 14:45:08  neelin
- * Fixed Log subsitutions for CVS
+ * Fixed Log substitutions for CVS
  *
  * Revision 6.0  1997/09/12 13:24:54  neelin
  * Release of minc version 0.6
diff --git a/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/libsrc/minc_convenience.c b/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/libsrc/minc_convenience.c
index 655b3d3aa31..5e41caef2a6 100644
--- a/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/libsrc/minc_convenience.c
+++ b/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/libsrc/minc_convenience.c
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@
  * A few fixes to the configure script.
  *
  * Revision 6.1  1999/10/19 14:45:09  neelin
- * Fixed Log subsitutions for CVS
+ * Fixed Log substitutions for CVS
  *
  * Revision 6.0  1997/09/12 13:24:54  neelin
  * Release of minc version 0.6
@@ -1342,7 +1342,7 @@ MNCAPI int micreate_group_variable(int cdfid, const char *name)
 @INPUT      : id - cdf file id
               tm_stamp  - timestamp as returned by time_stamp() function.
 @OUTPUT     : (none)
-@RETURNS    : MI_NOERROR if successfuly
+@RETURNS    : MI_NOERROR if successful
 @DESCRIPTION: Appends the string (which should be in the format returned
               by the time_stamp() function) to the global "history" 
               attribute.
diff --git a/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/libsrc/minc_private.h b/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/libsrc/minc_private.h
index f3ae4493bcd..28d418b58f9 100644
--- a/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/libsrc/minc_private.h
+++ b/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/libsrc/minc_private.h
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
  * #include minc_config.h and minc_error.h
  *
  * Revision 6.1  1999/10/19 14:45:09  neelin
- * Fixed Log subsitutions for CVS
+ * Fixed Log substitutions for CVS
  *
  * Revision 6.0  1997/09/12 13:24:54  neelin
  * Release of minc version 0.6
diff --git a/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/libsrc/minc_routines.h b/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/libsrc/minc_routines.h
index 3e0d6b62c6d..cd85e3de8e9 100644
--- a/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/libsrc/minc_routines.h
+++ b/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/libsrc/minc_routines.h
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
  * Minor changes for Windows compatibility
  *
  * Revision 6.1  1999/10/19 14:45:10  neelin
- * Fixed Log subsitutions for CVS
+ * Fixed Log substitutions for CVS
  *
  * Revision 6.0  1997/09/12 13:24:54  neelin
  * Release of minc version 0.6
diff --git a/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/libsrc/minc_simple.c b/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/libsrc/minc_simple.c
index f294676a060..21817823338 100644
--- a/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/libsrc/minc_simple.c
+++ b/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/libsrc/minc_simple.c
@@ -529,7 +529,7 @@ minc_save_start(char *path,     /* Path to the file */
     int var_ndims;              /* Number of dimensions per variable */
     int var_dims[MI_S_NDIMS];   /* Dimension ID's per variable */
     int i, j;                   /* Generic loop counters */
-    int old_ncopts;             /* For supressing fatal error messages */
+    int old_ncopts;             /* For suppressing fatal error messages */
     struct file_info *p_file;   /* For accessing the file structure */
     struct var_info *p_var;
     struct att_info *p_att;
diff --git a/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/libsrc/minc_structures.h b/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/libsrc/minc_structures.h
index 9c177293d31..b9896748dae 100644
--- a/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/libsrc/minc_structures.h
+++ b/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/libsrc/minc_structures.h
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 @MODIFIED   : 
  * $Log: minc_structures.h,v $
  * Revision 6.1  1999-10-19 14:45:10  neelin
- * Fixed Log subsitutions for CVS
+ * Fixed Log substitutions for CVS
  *
  * Revision 6.0  1997/09/12 13:24:54  neelin
  * Release of minc version 0.6
diff --git a/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/libsrc/minc_useful.h b/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/libsrc/minc_useful.h
index 9a4479c51a0..8c777913dcf 100644
--- a/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/libsrc/minc_useful.h
+++ b/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/libsrc/minc_useful.h
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
  * Minor changes for Windows compatibility
  *
  * Revision 6.1  1999/10/19 14:45:10  neelin
- * Fixed Log subsitutions for CVS
+ * Fixed Log substitutions for CVS
  *
  * Revision 6.0  1997/09/12 13:24:54  neelin
  * Release of minc version 0.6
diff --git a/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/libsrc/minc_varlists.h b/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/libsrc/minc_varlists.h
index 638ca2d33ec..d199505ad85 100644
--- a/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/libsrc/minc_varlists.h
+++ b/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/libsrc/minc_varlists.h
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 @MODIFIED   : 
  * $Log: minc_varlists.h,v $
  * Revision 6.1  1999-10-19 14:45:11  neelin
- * Fixed Log subsitutions for CVS
+ * Fixed Log substitutions for CVS
  *
  * Revision 6.0  1997/09/12 13:24:54  neelin
  * Release of minc version 0.6
diff --git a/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/libsrc/nd_loop.c b/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/libsrc/nd_loop.c
index 36896accfdc..dd1888d775a 100644
--- a/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/libsrc/nd_loop.c
+++ b/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/libsrc/nd_loop.c
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
  * in order to include them in the main minc library.
  *
  * Revision 6.1  1999/10/19 14:45:13  neelin
- * Fixed Log subsitutions for CVS
+ * Fixed Log substitutions for CVS
  *
  * Revision 6.0  1997/09/12 13:23:41  neelin
  * Release of minc version 0.6
diff --git a/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/libsrc/nd_loop.h b/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/libsrc/nd_loop.h
index d7f4290a897..e1984d84511 100644
--- a/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/libsrc/nd_loop.h
+++ b/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/libsrc/nd_loop.h
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
  * in order to include them in the main minc library.
  *
  * Revision 6.1  1999/10/19 14:45:14  neelin
- * Fixed Log subsitutions for CVS
+ * Fixed Log substitutions for CVS
  *
  * Revision 6.0  1997/09/12 13:23:41  neelin
  * Release of minc version 0.6
diff --git a/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/libsrc/netcdf_convenience.c b/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/libsrc/netcdf_convenience.c
index dabfc55d3fc..c7dbf763460 100644
--- a/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/libsrc/netcdf_convenience.c
+++ b/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/libsrc/netcdf_convenience.c
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@
  * For newer versions of glibc, this would cause a seg fault.
  *
  * Revision 6.2  1999/10/19 14:45:11  neelin
- * Fixed Log subsitutions for CVS
+ * Fixed Log substitutions for CVS
  *
  * Revision 6.1  1997/10/06 12:54:08  neelin
  * Changed call to tmpnam to tempnam so that TMPDIR variable is checked when
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ PRIVATE int execute_decompress_command(char *command, const char *infile,
    /* we now ignore header_only and always uncompress the whole
     * file as the previous "header only" hack that used to work
     * on MINC1 files doesn't work reliably with MINC2 */
-   (void) sprintf(whole_command, "exec %s %s > %s 2> /dev/null", 
+   (void) snprintf(whole_command, sizeof(whole_command), "exec %s %s > %s 2> /dev/null", 
                   command, infile, outfile);
    status = system(whole_command);
 
diff --git a/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/libsrc/strdup.c b/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/libsrc/strdup.c
index f82adedb954..86135cdb638 100644
--- a/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/libsrc/strdup.c
+++ b/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/libsrc/strdup.c
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 @MODIFIED   : 
  * $Log: strdup.c,v $
  * Revision 6.1  1999-10-19 14:45:11  neelin
- * Fixed Log subsitutions for CVS
+ * Fixed Log substitutions for CVS
  *
  * Revision 6.0  1997/09/12 13:24:54  neelin
  * Release of minc version 0.6
diff --git a/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/libsrc/type_limits.h b/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/libsrc/type_limits.h
index 52c28319335..6695e29427a 100644
--- a/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/libsrc/type_limits.h
+++ b/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/libsrc/type_limits.h
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 @MODIFIED   : 
  * $Log: type_limits.h,v $
  * Revision 6.1  1999-10-19 14:45:12  neelin
- * Fixed Log subsitutions for CVS
+ * Fixed Log substitutions for CVS
  *
  * Revision 6.0  1997/09/12 13:24:54  neelin
  * Release of minc version 0.6
diff --git a/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/libsrc/value_conversion.c b/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/libsrc/value_conversion.c
index f9129be212f..4aa4d6ed677 100644
--- a/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/libsrc/value_conversion.c
+++ b/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/libsrc/value_conversion.c
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
  * A few fixes to the configure script.
  *
  * Revision 6.1  1999/10/19 14:45:12  neelin
- * Fixed Log subsitutions for CVS
+ * Fixed Log substitutions for CVS
  *
  * Revision 6.0  1997/09/12 13:24:54  neelin
  * Release of minc version 0.6
diff --git a/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/libsrc/voxel_loop.c b/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/libsrc/voxel_loop.c
index 6961de19b83..e7cc0d2db2d 100644
--- a/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/libsrc/voxel_loop.c
+++ b/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/libsrc/voxel_loop.c
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@
  * in their own way.
  *
  * Revision 6.1  1999/10/19 14:45:15  neelin
- * Fixed Log subsitutions for CVS
+ * Fixed Log substitutions for CVS
  *
  * Revision 6.0  1997/09/12 13:23:41  neelin
  * Release of minc version 0.6
diff --git a/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/libsrc/voxel_loop.h b/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/libsrc/voxel_loop.h
index 7361630f001..d86e5af2ff1 100644
--- a/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/libsrc/voxel_loop.h
+++ b/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/libsrc/voxel_loop.h
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
  * in their own way.
  *
  * Revision 6.1  1999/10/19 14:45:16  neelin
- * Fixed Log subsitutions for CVS
+ * Fixed Log substitutions for CVS
  *
  * Revision 6.0  1997/09/12 13:23:41  neelin
  * Release of minc version 0.6
diff --git a/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/libsrc2/datatype.c b/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/libsrc2/datatype.c
index 9935df7c137..d6bf234d2b0 100644
--- a/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/libsrc2/datatype.c
+++ b/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/libsrc2/datatype.c
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ int miget_data_type ( mihandle_t volume, mitype_t *data_type )
   return ( MI_NOERROR );
 }
 
-/** Return the byte size of the voxel datatytpe
+/** Return the byte size of the voxel datatype
  */
 int miget_data_type_size ( mihandle_t volume, misize_t *voxel_size )
 {
diff --git a/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/libsrc2/dimension.c b/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/libsrc2/dimension.c
index 63caa35963e..bfbd2016f06 100644
--- a/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/libsrc2/dimension.c
+++ b/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/libsrc2/dimension.c
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ int micopy_dimension ( midimhandle_t dim_ptr, midimhandle_t *new_dim_ptr )
   * enough range to represent detail on the order of 10 Angstroms in
   * typical medical imaging applications.
   *
-  * For the detailed defintion of \a class and \a type refer to the MINC 2.0 API
+  * For the detailed definition of \a class and \a type refer to the MINC 2.0 API
   * definition.
   * \ingroup mi2Dim
   */
@@ -1217,7 +1217,7 @@ int miset_dimension_separation ( midimhandle_t dimension, double separation )
   * Get the sampling interval (STEP) for a list of dimensions.
   * \param dimensions An array of dimension handles.
   * \param voxel_order The order in which the voxel indices increase/decrease.
-  * \param array_length The number of dimensions in the dimesions array.
+  * \param array_length The number of dimensions in the dimensions array.
   * \param separations An array of dimensions sampling intervals (step) values.
   *
   * Get or Set the scalar separation (sampling interval)
@@ -1245,7 +1245,7 @@ int miget_dimension_separations ( const midimhandle_t dimensions[],
 /**
   * Set the sampling interval (STEP) for a list of dimensions.
   * \param dimensions An array of dimension handles.
-  * \param array_length The number of dimensions in the dimesions array.
+  * \param array_length The number of dimensions in the dimensions array.
   * \param separations An array of dimensions sampling intervals (step) values.
   *
   * Refer to miget_dimension_separations().
diff --git a/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/libsrc2/grpattr.c b/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/libsrc2/grpattr.c
index 2d4a0f801b9..bb0c6d8dea7 100644
--- a/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/libsrc2/grpattr.c
+++ b/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/libsrc2/grpattr.c
@@ -899,7 +899,7 @@ int miset_attr_values ( mihandle_t vol, mitype_t data_type, const char *path,
 
   full_path_for_attr(fullpath, sizeof(fullpath), path, name, vol);
 
-  /* find last occurance of '/' */
+  /* find last occurrence of '/' */
   pch = strrchr ( path, '/' );
 
   if ( pch != NULL ) {
diff --git a/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/libsrc2/hyper.c b/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/libsrc2/hyper.c
index deb7354a2cc..71d8d13bcaf 100644
--- a/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/libsrc2/hyper.c
+++ b/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/libsrc2/hyper.c
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ static int mirw_hyperslab_raw(int opcode,
     return MI_LOG_ERROR(MI2_MSG_GENERIC,"Trying to write to a volume thumbnail");
   }
 
-  sprintf(path, MI_ROOT_PATH "/image/%d/image", volume->selected_resolution);
+  snprintf(path, sizeof(path), MI_ROOT_PATH "/image/%d/image", volume->selected_resolution);
   /*printf("Using:%s\n",path);*/
   
   /* Open the dataset with the specified path
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ static int mirw_hyperslab_icv(int opcode,
     return MI_LOG_ERROR(MI2_MSG_GENERIC,"Trying to write to a volume thumbnail");
   }
   
-  sprintf(path, MI_ROOT_PATH "/image/%d/image", volume->selected_resolution);
+  snprintf(path, sizeof(path), MI_ROOT_PATH "/image/%d/image", volume->selected_resolution);
   /*printf("Using:%s\n",path);*/
   
   /* Open the dataset with the specified path
@@ -895,7 +895,7 @@ static int mirw_hyperslab_normalized(int opcode,
     return (MI_ERROR);
   }
   
-  sprintf(path, MI_ROOT_PATH "/image/%d/image", volume->selected_resolution);
+  snprintf(path, sizeof(path), MI_ROOT_PATH "/image/%d/image", volume->selected_resolution);
 
   /* Open the dataset with the specified path
   */
diff --git a/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/libsrc2/m2util.c b/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/libsrc2/m2util.c
index 324d5aada02..f9f619e2bf1 100644
--- a/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/libsrc2/m2util.c
+++ b/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/libsrc2/m2util.c
@@ -1447,7 +1447,7 @@ int minc_create_thumbnail ( mihandle_t volume, int grp )
     return ( MI_ERROR );
   }
 
-  sprintf ( path, MI_ROOT_PATH "/image/%d", grp );
+  snprintf ( path, sizeof(path), MI_ROOT_PATH "/image/%d", grp );
   grp_id = H5Gcreate2 ( volume->hdf_id, path, H5P_DEFAULT, H5P_DEFAULT, H5P_DEFAULT );
 
   if ( grp_id < 0 ) {
@@ -1691,7 +1691,7 @@ minc_update_thumbnail ( mihandle_t volume, hid_t loc_id, int igrp, int ogrp )
 
   /* Open the input path.
   */
-  sprintf ( path, "%d/image", igrp );
+  snprintf ( path, sizeof(path), "%d/image", igrp );
   idst_id = H5Dopen1 ( loc_id, path );
 
   if ( idst_id < 0 ) {
@@ -1727,7 +1727,7 @@ minc_update_thumbnail ( mihandle_t volume, hid_t loc_id, int igrp, int ogrp )
   */
   ofspc_id = H5Screate_simple ( ndims, osize, NULL );
 
-  sprintf ( path, "%d/image", ogrp );
+  snprintf ( path, sizeof(path), "%d/image", ogrp );
 
   H5E_BEGIN_TRY {
     odst_id = H5Dcreate1 ( loc_id, path, typ_id, ofspc_id, H5P_DEFAULT );
@@ -1753,7 +1753,7 @@ minc_update_thumbnail ( mihandle_t volume, hid_t loc_id, int igrp, int ogrp )
     /* Create a simple scalar dataspace. */
     tmspc_id = H5Screate ( H5S_SCALAR );
 
-    sprintf ( path, "%d/image-max", ogrp );
+    snprintf ( path, sizeof(path), "%d/image-max", ogrp );
     H5E_BEGIN_TRY {
       omax_id = H5Dcreate1 ( loc_id, path, H5T_IEEE_F64LE, tfspc_id,
       H5P_DEFAULT );
@@ -1763,7 +1763,7 @@ minc_update_thumbnail ( mihandle_t volume, hid_t loc_id, int igrp, int ogrp )
       omax_id = H5Dopen1 ( loc_id, path );
     }
 
-    sprintf ( path, "%d/image-min", ogrp );
+    snprintf ( path, sizeof(path), "%d/image-min", ogrp );
     H5E_BEGIN_TRY {
       omin_id = H5Dcreate1 ( loc_id, path, H5T_IEEE_F64LE, tfspc_id,
       H5P_DEFAULT );
@@ -2209,7 +2209,7 @@ scaled_maximal_pivoting_gaussian_elimination_real ( int n,
 
 /** Computes the inverse of a square matrix.
 */
-static int
+int
 invert_4x4_matrix ( double matrix[4][4], /**< Input matrix */
                     double inverse[4][4] ) /**< Output (inverted) matrix */
 {
diff --git a/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/libsrc2/minc2_api.h b/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/libsrc2/minc2_api.h
index db6a589b8f4..ca1f64dbc87 100644
--- a/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/libsrc2/minc2_api.h
+++ b/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/libsrc2/minc2_api.h
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ int miget_data_class(mihandle_t vol, miclass_t *volume_class);
  */
 int miget_data_type(mihandle_t vol, mitype_t *volume_data_type);
 
-/** Return the byte size of the voxel datatytpe
+/** Return the byte size of the voxel datatype
  * \ingroup mi2DataType
  */
 int miget_data_type_size(mihandle_t vol, misize_t *voxel_size);
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ int micopy_dimension(midimhandle_t dim_ptr, midimhandle_t *new_dim_ptr);
   * enough range to represent detail on the order of 10 Angstroms in
   * typical medical imaging applications.
   *
-  * For the detailed defintion of \a class and \a type refer to the MINC 2.0 API
+  * For the detailed definition of \a class and \a type refer to the MINC 2.0 API
   * definition.
   * \ingroup mi2Dim
   */
@@ -493,7 +493,7 @@ int miset_dimension_separation(midimhandle_t dimension,
   * Get the sampling interval (STEP) for a list of dimensions.
   * \param dimensions An array of dimension handles.
   * \param voxel_order The order in which the voxel indices increase/decrease.
-  * \param array_length The number of dimensions in the dimesions array.
+  * \param array_length The number of dimensions in the dimensions array.
   * \param separations An array of dimensions sampling intervals (step) values.
   *
   * Get or Set the scalar separation (sampling interval)
@@ -512,7 +512,7 @@ int miget_dimension_separations(const midimhandle_t dimensions[],
 /**
   * Set the sampling interval (STEP) for a list of dimensions.
   * \param dimensions An array of dimension handles.
-  * \param array_length The number of dimensions in the dimesions array.
+  * \param array_length The number of dimensions in the dimensions array.
   * \param separations An array of dimensions sampling intervals (step) values.
   *
   * Refer to miget_dimension_separations().
@@ -730,7 +730,7 @@ int miget_volume_dimension_count(mihandle_t volume, midimclass_t dimclass,
                                         midimattr_t attr, int *number_of_dimensions);
 
 /** Return the number of slice dimensions associated with this volume.
- *  it's only usefull for slice normalization
+ *  it's only useful for slice normalization
  *  will return the total number of volume dimensions if slice normalization is not used
  * \ingroup mi2Vol
 */
@@ -1425,7 +1425,7 @@ int miget_record_field_name(mihandle_t volume, int index, char **name);
 
 /** This method sets a field name for the volume record. The volume
  * must be of class "MI_CLASS_UNIFORM_RECORD".  The size of record
- * type will be increased if necessary to accomodate the new field.
+ * type will be increased if necessary to accommodate the new field.
  * \ingroup mi2Rec
  */
 int miset_record_field_name(mihandle_t volume, int index, 
diff --git a/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/libsrc2/minc2_private.h b/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/libsrc2/minc2_private.h
index 4807b054856..8c31a97039f 100644
--- a/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/libsrc2/minc2_private.h
+++ b/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/libsrc2/minc2_private.h
@@ -170,6 +170,7 @@ int minc_update_thumbnail(mihandle_t volume, hid_t loc_id, int igrp, int ogrp);
 
 int minc_update_thumbnails(mihandle_t volume);
 
+
 int scaled_maximal_pivoting_gaussian_elimination(int   n,
                                                   int   row[],
                                                   double **a,
diff --git a/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/libsrc2/record.c b/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/libsrc2/record.c
index 1fc32a3e500..9049118290f 100644
--- a/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/libsrc2/record.c
+++ b/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/libsrc2/record.c
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ int miget_record_field_name(mihandle_t volume,
 
 /** This method sets a field name for the volume record. The volume
  * must be of class "MI_CLASS_UNIFORM_RECORD".  The size of record
- * type will be increased if necessary to accomodate the new field.
+ * type will be increased if necessary to accommodate the new field.
  */
 int miset_record_field_name(mihandle_t volume,
                         int index,
diff --git a/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/libsrc2/volprops.c b/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/libsrc2/volprops.c
index 680ea21d854..2e6675bfd0a 100644
--- a/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/libsrc2/volprops.c
+++ b/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/libsrc2/volprops.c
@@ -269,20 +269,20 @@ int miselect_resolution(mihandle_t volume, int depth)
   if (volume->image_id >= 0) {
     H5Dclose(volume->image_id);
   }
-  sprintf(path, "%d/image", depth);
+  snprintf(path, sizeof(path), "%d/image", depth);
   volume->image_id = H5Dopen1(grp_id, path);
   
   if (volume->volume_class == MI_CLASS_REAL) {
     if (volume->imax_id >= 0) {
       H5Dclose(volume->imax_id);
     }
-    sprintf(path, "%d/image-max", depth);
+    snprintf(path, sizeof(path), "%d/image-max", depth);
     volume->imax_id = H5Dopen1(grp_id, path);
     
     if (volume->imin_id >= 0) {
       H5Dclose(volume->imin_id);
     }
-    sprintf(path, "%d/image-min", depth);
+    snprintf(path, sizeof(path), "%d/image-min", depth);
     volume->imin_id = H5Dopen1(grp_id, path);
   }
   return (MI_NOERROR);
diff --git a/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/libsrc2/volume.c b/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/libsrc2/volume.c
index f4fe0988d1f..6a74cedd96e 100644
--- a/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/libsrc2/volume.c
+++ b/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/libsrc2/volume.c
@@ -611,8 +611,8 @@ int micreate_volume(const char *filename, int number_of_dimensions,
   */
   if (volume_class != MI_CLASS_LABEL &&
       volume_class != MI_CLASS_UNIFORM_RECORD) {
-    size_t siz = H5Tget_size(handle->ftype_id);
-    char *tmp = calloc(1, siz);
+    size_t size = H5Tget_size(handle->ftype_id);
+    char *tmp = calloc(1, size);
     H5Pset_fill_value(hdf_plist, handle->ftype_id, tmp);
     free(tmp);
   }
@@ -784,7 +784,7 @@ int micreate_volume(const char *filename, int number_of_dimensions,
         */
         miset_attr_at_loc(dataset_width, "length", MI_TYPE_INT,
                           1, &dimensions[i]->length);
-        /* Close the specified datatset */
+        /* Close the specified dataset */
         H5Dclose(dataset_width);
         free(name);
       }
@@ -1056,7 +1056,7 @@ int miget_volume_voxel_count(mihandle_t volume, misize_t *number_of_voxels)
   /* Quickest way to do this is with the dataspace identifier of the
   * volume. Use the volume's current resolution.
   */
-  sprintf(path, MI_ROOT_PATH "/image/%d/image", volume->selected_resolution);
+  snprintf(path, sizeof(path), MI_ROOT_PATH "/image/%d/image", volume->selected_resolution);
   /* Open the dataset with the specified path
   */
   MI_CHECK_HDF_CALL_RET(dset_id = H5Dopen1(volume->hdf_id, path),"H5Dopen1");
@@ -1166,7 +1166,7 @@ static int _miget_irregular_spacing(mihandle_t hvol, midimhandle_t hdim)
   char path[MI2_CHAR_LENGTH];
   hssize_t n_points;
 
-  sprintf(path, MI_ROOT_PATH "/dimensions/%s", hdim->name);
+  snprintf(path, sizeof(path),MI_ROOT_PATH "/dimensions/%s", hdim->name);
   MI_CHECK_HDF_CALL_RET(dset_id = H5Dopen1(hvol->hdf_id, path),"H5Dopen1");
   MI_CHECK_HDF_CALL_RET(dspc_id = H5Dget_space(dset_id), "H5Dget_space");
 
@@ -1184,13 +1184,13 @@ static int _miget_irregular_spacing(mihandle_t hvol, midimhandle_t hdim)
                                          hdim->offsets), "H5Dread")
         
   H5Dclose(dset_id);
-  sprintf(path, MI_ROOT_PATH "/dimensions/%s-width", hdim->name);
+  snprintf(path, sizeof(path),MI_ROOT_PATH "/dimensions/%s-width", hdim->name);
   dset_id = H5Dopen1(hvol->hdf_id, path);
   if (dset_id < 0) {
     /* Unfortunately, the emulation library in MINC1 puts this variable
      * in the wrong place.
      */
-    sprintf(path, MI_ROOT_PATH "/info/%s-width", hdim->name);
+    snprintf(path, sizeof(path), MI_ROOT_PATH "/info/%s-width", hdim->name);
     dset_id = H5Dopen1(hvol->hdf_id, path);
     if (dset_id < 0) {
       return 0;
@@ -1217,7 +1217,7 @@ static int _miget_file_dimension(mihandle_t volume, const char *dimname,
   unsigned int len;
 
   /* Create a path with the dimension name */
-  sprintf(path, MI_ROOT_PATH "/dimensions/%s", dimname);
+  snprintf(path, sizeof(path), MI_ROOT_PATH "/dimensions/%s", dimname);
   /* Allocate space for the dimension handle */
   hdim = (midimhandle_t) malloc(sizeof (*hdim));
   /* Initialize everything to zero */
@@ -1376,7 +1376,7 @@ int miopen_volume(const char *filename, int mode, mihandle_t *volume)
          {
            if( (file_id = _hdf_open(temp_file, hdf_mode) ) >0)
            {
-            unlink( temp_file ); /*file will be deleted immedeately after closing...*/
+            unlink( temp_file ); /*file will be deleted immediately after closing...*/
             free( temp_file );
            } else {
             unlink( temp_file );
@@ -1403,7 +1403,7 @@ int miopen_volume(const char *filename, int mode, mihandle_t *volume)
     return MI_LOG_ERROR(MI2_MSG_OPENFILE,filename);
 #endif    
   }
-  /* Set some varibales associated with the volume handle */
+  /* Set some variables associated with the volume handle */
   handle->hdf_id = file_id;
   handle->mode = mode;
 
diff --git a/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/volume_io/Geometry/transforms.c b/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/volume_io/Geometry/transforms.c
index eee78535b40..6a70f9feeb0 100644
--- a/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/volume_io/Geometry/transforms.c
+++ b/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/volume_io/Geometry/transforms.c
@@ -603,7 +603,7 @@ VIOAPI  void   concat_transforms(
               y_trans
               z_trans
 @RETURNS    : VIO_Status
-@DESCRIPTION: Transforms the point (x,y,z,w) by the homogenous transform
+@DESCRIPTION: Transforms the point (x,y,z,w) by the homogeneous transform
               matrix, resulting in (x_trans,y_trans,z_trans).
 @METHOD     : 
 @GLOBALS    : 
diff --git a/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/volume_io/Include/volume_io/arrays.h b/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/volume_io/Include/volume_io/arrays.h
index 60f374a8b9c..64ce3fca44e 100644
--- a/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/volume_io/Include/volume_io/arrays.h
+++ b/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/volume_io/Include/volume_io/arrays.h
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@
 @DESCRIPTION: Adds an element to an array where a separate n_allocated and 
             : n_elems is maintained.  n_allocated will always be greater than
             : or equal to n_elems.  This routine is useful so that you don't
-            : have to call SET_ARRAY_SIZE everytime you remove an element,
+            : have to call SET_ARRAY_SIZE every time you remove an element,
             : as in done in DELETE_ELEMENT_FROM_ARRAY
 @METHOD     : 
 @GLOBALS    : 
diff --git a/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/volume_io/MNI_formats/gen_xf_io.c b/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/volume_io/MNI_formats/gen_xf_io.c
index 6e0a1450d29..35eef07eb86 100644
--- a/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/volume_io/MNI_formats/gen_xf_io.c
+++ b/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/volume_io/MNI_formats/gen_xf_io.c
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ static  void  output_one_transform(
     int        i, c, trans;
     VIO_Transform  *lin_transform;
     VIO_STR     volume_filename, base_filename, prefix_filename;
+    size_t      volume_filename_length;
 
     switch( transform->type )
     {
@@ -181,9 +182,9 @@ static  void  output_one_transform(
         /*--- write out the volume filename to the transform file */
 /*        if( ! transform->displacement_volume_file )
         {*/
-          volume_filename = alloc_string( string_length(prefix_filename) +
-                                        100 );
-          sprintf( volume_filename, "%s_grid_%d.mnc", prefix_filename,
+          volume_filename_length = string_length(prefix_filename) + 100;
+          volume_filename = alloc_string( volume_filename_length );
+          snprintf( volume_filename, volume_filename_length, "%s_grid_%d.mnc", prefix_filename,
                         *volume_count );
           
           transform->displacement_volume_file = volume_filename;
diff --git a/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/volume_io/Prog_utils/files.c b/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/volume_io/Prog_utils/files.c
index 03a1380b04e..293c5acb4c2 100644
--- a/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/volume_io/Prog_utils/files.c
+++ b/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/volume_io/Prog_utils/files.c
@@ -304,12 +304,12 @@ static  VIO_STR  create_backup_filename(
     {
         if( count == 0 )
         {
-            (void) sprintf( backup_filename, "%s.%s.bkp",
+            (void) snprintf( backup_filename, len, "%s.%s.bkp",
                             expanded, date );
         }
         else
         {
-            (void) sprintf( backup_filename, "%s.%s.bkp_%d",
+            (void) snprintf( backup_filename, len, "%s.%s.bkp_%d",
                             expanded, date, count );
         }
 
@@ -1012,13 +1012,13 @@ VIOAPI  VIO_Status  open_file(
 
         tmp_name = get_temporary_filename();
 
-        (void) sprintf( command, "gunzip -c %s > %s", expanded, tmp_name );
+        (void) snprintf( command, sizeof(command), "gunzip -c %s > %s", expanded, tmp_name );
         command_status = system( command );
 
         /* Try again, using bzip2 */
         if( command_status != 0 )
         {
-            (void) sprintf( command, "bunzip2 -c %s > %s", expanded, tmp_name );
+            (void) snprintf( command, sizeof(command), "bunzip2 -c %s > %s", expanded, tmp_name );
             command_status = system( command );
         }
 
diff --git a/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/volume_io/Prog_utils/print.c b/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/volume_io/Prog_utils/print.c
index 3e8385e7751..c8f92cf33d7 100644
--- a/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/volume_io/Prog_utils/print.c
+++ b/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/volume_io/Prog_utils/print.c
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ VIOAPI  void  print( VIO_STR format, ... )
     char     print_buffer[VIO_EXTREMELY_LARGE_STRING_SIZE];
 
     va_start( ap, format );
-    (void) vsprintf( print_buffer, format, ap );
+    (void) vsnprintf( print_buffer, sizeof(print_buffer), format, ap );
     va_end( ap );
 
     if( print_function[top_of_stack] == NULL )
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ VIOAPI  void  print_error( char format[], ... )
     char     print_buffer[VIO_EXTREMELY_LARGE_STRING_SIZE];
 
     va_start( ap, format );
-    vsprintf( print_buffer, format, ap );
+    vsnprintf( print_buffer, sizeof(print_buffer), format, ap );
     va_end( ap );
 
     if( print_error_function[top_of_error_stack] == NULL )
diff --git a/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/volume_io/Prog_utils/time.c b/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/volume_io/Prog_utils/time.c
index 4604e393904..0da5d7b7741 100644
--- a/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/volume_io/Prog_utils/time.c
+++ b/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/volume_io/Prog_utils/time.c
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ VIOAPI  VIO_STR  format_time(
 
     if( negative )  seconds = -seconds;
 
-    (void) sprintf( buffer, format, seconds, units[i] );
+    (void) snprintf( buffer, sizeof(buffer), format, seconds, units[i] );
 
     return( create_string( buffer ) );
 }
diff --git a/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/volume_io/Volumes/evaluate.c b/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/volume_io/Volumes/evaluate.c
index 6dbb3a66164..be1c048404d 100644
--- a/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/volume_io/Volumes/evaluate.c
+++ b/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/volume_io/Volumes/evaluate.c
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ static void trilinear_interpolate_rgb(
 @OUTPUT     : value    
               derivs
 @RETURNS    : 
-@DESCRIPTION: Computes the trilinear interpolation of the 8 coeficients, passing
+@DESCRIPTION: Computes the trilinear interpolation of the 8 coefficients, passing
               the value back in the 'value' parameter.  If the derivs parameter
               is not null, then the 3 derivatives are also computed and
               passed back.
@@ -533,7 +533,7 @@ static void trilinear_interpolate(
               parameters[]  - 0 to 1 parameters for each dim
               n_values      - number of values to interpolate
               degree        - degree of interpolation, 4 == cubic
-              coefs         - [degree*degree*degree... *n_values] coeficients
+              coefs         - [degree*degree*degree... *n_values] coefficients
 @OUTPUT     : values        - pass back values
               first_deriv   - pass first derivs [n_values][n_dims]
               second_deriv  - pass back values  [n_values][n_dims][n_dims]
@@ -1083,7 +1083,7 @@ VIOAPI  int   evaluate_volume(
         }
     }
 
-    /*--- make room for the coeficients */
+    /*--- make room for the coefficients */
 
     if( n_values * n_coefs > MAX_COEF_SPACE )
     {
@@ -1125,13 +1125,13 @@ VIOAPI  int   evaluate_volume(
         for_less( v, 0, n_values * n_coefs )
             coefs[v] = outside_value;
 
-        /*--- get the necessary coeficients from the volume */
+        /*--- get the necessary coefficients from the volume */
 
         extract_coefficients( volume, start, end, &coefs[start_index], inc );
     }
     else
     {
-        /*--- get the necessary coeficients from the volume */
+        /*--- get the necessary coefficients from the volume */
 
         for_less( d, n_dims, VIO_MAX_DIMENSIONS )
         {
@@ -1146,7 +1146,7 @@ VIOAPI  int   evaluate_volume(
                          end[4] - start[4], coefs );
     }
 
-    /*--- now that we have the coeficients, do the interpolation */
+    /*--- now that we have the coefficients, do the interpolation */
 
     switch( degrees_continuity )
     {
diff --git a/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/volume_io/Volumes/input_mnc2.c b/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/volume_io/Volumes/input_mnc2.c
index 88f42ef2d0c..a402427d3a2 100644
--- a/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/volume_io/Volumes/input_mnc2.c
+++ b/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/volume_io/Volumes/input_mnc2.c
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ static  Minc_file  initialize_minc_input_from_minc2_id(
       n_slice_dimensions=file->n_file_dimensions-n_slice_dimensions;
       
      
-      /*now iterate throught all slices to find out global image intensity range*/
+      /*now iterate through all slices to find out global image intensity range*/
       for_less(d,0,n_slice_dimensions)
       {
         slices_count*=dimension_size[d];
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ static  Minc_file  initialize_minc_input_from_minc2_id(
           double slice_min,slice_max;
 
           d=0;
-          /*iteration trough dimensions*/
+          /*iteration through dimensions*/
           while(d<n_slice_dimensions)
           {
             slice_start[d]++;
diff --git a/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/volume_io/Volumes/output_mnc.c b/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/volume_io/Volumes/output_mnc.c
index 9b450297314..3eea94bdbd8 100644
--- a/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/volume_io/Volumes/output_mnc.c
+++ b/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/volume_io/Volumes/output_mnc.c
@@ -745,7 +745,7 @@ VIOAPI  VIO_Status  copy_auxiliary_data_from_open_minc_file(
 @CALLS      : 
 @CREATED    : 1993            David MacDonald
 @MODIFIED   : Nov. 2, 1998  D. MacDonald - fixed error P. Neelin found with
-                                           concating to non-existent history
+                                           concatenating to non-existent history
 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
 
 VIOAPI  VIO_Status  add_minc_history(
diff --git a/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/volume_io/Volumes/output_mnc2.c b/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/volume_io/Volumes/output_mnc2.c
index 291704886e5..778c792cbb7 100644
--- a/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/volume_io/Volumes/output_mnc2.c
+++ b/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/volume_io/Volumes/output_mnc2.c
@@ -641,7 +641,7 @@ VIOAPI  VIO_Status  copy_auxiliary_data_from_open_minc2_file(
 @CALLS      : 
 @CREATED    : 1993            David MacDonald
 @MODIFIED   : Nov. 2, 1998  D. MacDonald - fixed error P. Neelin found with
-                                           concating to non-existent history
+                                           concatenating to non-existent history
 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
 
 VIOAPI  VIO_Status  add_minc2_history(
diff --git a/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/volume_io/Volumes/volumes.c b/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/volume_io/Volumes/volumes.c
index 4a33fb68606..70c4f7cb518 100644
--- a/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/volume_io/Volumes/volumes.c
+++ b/Modules/ThirdParty/MINC/src/libminc/volume_io/Volumes/volumes.c
@@ -1801,7 +1801,7 @@ VIOAPI  void  set_volume_translation(
         else if( volume->spatial_axes[2] >= 0 )
             dim = 2;
 
-        /*--- set a1 to the lowest occuring non-spatial axis, and create
+        /*--- set a1 to the lowest occurring non-spatial axis, and create
               a unit vector normal to that of the spatial axis */
 
         if( dim == 0 )