Hi-
I think it would be useful to see the commands you are using; are you
1) Using 3dAllineate to create a transformation between the Kirby template and the MNI template,
and then
2) Using 3dAllineate to *apply* that transformation to an atlas dataset (integer-valued, using each integer to define an ROI), moving the data from Kirby to MNI?
If so, in Step #2 you can include the option "-final NN", so that nearest neighbor (NN) interpolation is applied to your dataset when putting into new grid. That will preserve integers. (But it might still be useful if you posted your commands, for clarity.)
-pt