[Insight-users] RE: itk and DICOM

[Luis Ibanez]

Hi Jessica,

ITK has an implementation of a DICOM reader.
However, as you probably know, there are many
possible presentations in DICOM files, so the
ITK dicom reader may have trouble with some
specific DICOM files.

I would suggest you to make a test, convert
one of your tiff or jpeg images into DICOM
using the tool of your preference and then
try to load the resulting DICOM file using
the ImageFileReader. (Examples are available
in Insight/Examples/IO.

If you find problems at read time, please let
us know and we will probably ask you to help
us by sending a small DICOM file for which
the reading fails.  That will help us to
improve the robustness of the DICOM reader.

ITK does not have a reader for tiff nor jpeg,
so converting to DICOM may actually be a
good idea at this point.


  Thanks

   Luis


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Jessica de Ryk wrote:
> Hi,
> I am very new to itk but think it will be useful for a project I am working
> on as I am facing similar challenges as were over come in the visible human
> project. Currently the lung images I am wanting to manipulate are in
> standard tiff or jpeg format, however there has been some talk of converting
> them to DICOM. I am wondering if this switch will complicate or hinder my
> use of itk.
> Jessica de Ryk
> Project Manager, Lung Image Database Consortium
> Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine
> University of Iowa
> 200 Hawkins Dr., 378 MRF
> Iowa City, IA 52242
> Tel: (319) 384-8331
> Fax: (319) 353-6406
> 
> 
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