At 09:16 13/10/99 +0800, cmdoliu wrote:

Hi Vtk users:
Anybody know where can I download the Dicom 3.0 ? Appreciate your kindness.

VTK is able to read raw files; I wrote a free DICOM converter that might be used to convert medical images to a raw format. This is how I deal with medical images actually :

http://www.hds.utc.fr/~barre/dicom/dicom2/

There is a special section dedicated to its use regarding the Vtk :

http://www.hds.utc.fr/~barre/dicom/dicom2/how-to.html#Convert to raw

Check both sections:

   "Usage (1) -> Conversion -> raw"
   "How to -> Convert to raw (vtk)"

You might also have a look at the "bible" : The Medical Image Format FAQ
http://idt.net/~dclunie/medical-image-faq/html/

Hope it helps
Regards

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dicom2 is a simple command-line driven program which allows you to convert images from the DICOM file format to various other formats, while optionally performing some rudimentary image processing tasks:

-   reads non-encapsulated syntax of DICOM file, or raw data-sets (ACR/NEMA).
-   converts to BMP, TARGA, raw, text, DICOM.
-   lists DICOM tags in a human-readable form.
-   allows batch conversion.
-   extracts multiple-frame files.
-   renames destination files using user-defined pattern based on DICOM tags (ex: image time, number, acquisition, patient name, rank of the file, etc.).
-   accumulates set of files into one image (to generate masks).
-   implements some image processing functions: masking, cropping, halving, flipping, windowing.
-   is small and easy to install (I hope so :)

dicom2 is a small tool, it was not designed to handle all DICOM tricks and modalities, but I tried to extend its capabilities in some ways.

Sébastien Barré http://www.hds.utc.fr/~barre/