[Paraview] DICOM series reader for Paraview

Tue Feb 10 12:56:00 EST 2009

Thanks very much, Jerome.
The vtkDICOMReader works right now. The problem was in my xml file for
server manager.
Again, thanks very much. I am really appreciate your help!

Aaron

On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 7:49 AM, Jérôme <jerome.velut at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I use 3 files for the vtkDICOMImageReader plugin :
>
> - One CMakeList.txt where you can find those lines:
>
> # READERS PLUGIN --------------------------------------------------
>
>  # Use the ADD_PARAVIEW_PLUGIN macro to build a plugin
>  ADD_PARAVIEW_PLUGIN(
>   DICOMImageReader          #<--Name for the plugin
>  "1.0"                        #<--Version string
>   SERVER_MANAGER_XML DICOMReader.xml  #<-- server manager xml
>   GUI_RESOURCE_FILES DICOMReaderGUI.xml
>  )
> #------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> You can also use this file for other ADD_PARAVIEW_PLUGIN command
>
> - One DICOMReaderGUI.xml
> - One DICOMReader.xml
>
> Both latter are given.
>
> Regarding the GDCMReader, I am sorry I could not help you. As I said,
> I had never tried this lib in a Paraview framework. The best you can
> do - well, the laziest in fact - is to ask the GDCM development team
> to give a built-in paraview plugin.
>
> Today, the vtkDICOMImageReader is sufficient for me, and what I give
> here makes it works in ParaView 3.4 stable and nightly CVS 3.5, both
> Windows (XP and Vista) and Linux (Fedora 9). This is true when the
> plugin is loaded on the computer that built Paraview. Other problems
> arise when deploying on 'pure-of-devel-stuff' systems.
>
> I hope this will help.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Jerome
> 2009/2/9 Biao She <shebiao at gmail.com>:
> > Thanks for your help, Jerome.
> > I find the vtkGdcmReader files in the latest GDCM package. After I build
> > these files as a Paraview Plug-in and load it, I got this error message
> from
> > Paraview console:
> > ERROR: In
> >
> /usr/scratch/bshe/Paraview/ParaView-3.4.0/Servers/Common/vtkProcessModule.cxx,
> > line 1079
> > vtkProcessModule (0x8a7c2e0): Cannot create object of type
> "vtkGdcmReader".
> > while processing
> > Message 0 = New
> >   Argument 0 = string_value {vtkGdcmReader}
> >   Argument 1 = id_value {84}
> >
> > ERROR: In
> >
> /usr/scratch/bshe/Paraview/ParaView-3.4.0/Servers/Common/vtkProcessModule.cxx,
> > line 1080
> > vtkProcessModule (0x8a7c2e0): Aborting execution for debugging purposes.
> > I must do something wrong, but when I build the vtkGdcmReader, no error
> > message at all. Here is my CMakeLists file:
> > FIND_PACKAGE(ParaView REQUIRED)
> > INCLUDE(${PARAVIEW_USE_FILE})
> >
> > FIND_PACKAGE (GDCM)
> > IF (GDCM_FOUND)
> >    INCLUDE(${GDCM_USE_FILE})
> > ENDIF (GDCM_FOUND)
> >
> > ADD_PARAVIEW_PLUGIN(vtkGDCMReader "1.0" SERVER_MANAGER_SOURCES
> > vtkGdcmReader.cxx)
> > ADD_PARAVIEW_PLUGIN(vtkGDCMReader "1.0" GUI_RESOURCE_FILES pqReader.xml)
> > ADD_PARAVIEW_PLUGIN(vtkGDCMReader "1.0" SERVER_MANAGER_XML reader.xml)
> >
> > You also mentioned that you use vtkDICOMImageReader as your DICOM reader
> in
> > Paraview. It seems that I can only use the reader to read one DICOM image
> > file. How can I write the XML files for vtkDICOMImageReader to read a
> series
> > of DICOM files? Could you please email me your XML files for
> > vtkDICOMImageReader if possible? Thanks very much!
> >
> > Aaron
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 12:52 AM, Jérôme <jerome.velut at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> if you intend to use a DICOM reader in Paraview, why not using
> >> directly GDCM, instead of ITK? It contains a VTK Reader... If I am
> >> right, you will just have to write the XML/CMake files that make the
> >> reader available in Paraview.
> >>
> >> In my case, I use the vtkDICOMImageReader, that is a very simple dcm
> >> file series reader: just give the folder containing the files, and let
> >> it read. If you need more functionalities, the GDCM reader will do the
> >> trick.
> >>
> >> You can find a later version of GDCM than the ITK integrated one, on
> >> this website: http://www.creatis.insa-lyon.fr/Public/Gdcm/ . I cannot
> >> help you more, as I had never use it for now.
> >>
> >> Cheers,
> >> Jerome
> >>
> >> 2009/2/6 Biao She <shebiao at gmail.com>:
> >> > Hi everyone.
> >> > I am wondering if anyone know how to integrate a ITK(GDCM) based DICOM
> >> > reader to Paraview?
> >> > My basic idea is:
> >> > 1. Read DICOM series data through ITK(GDCM)
> >> > 2. Export the data to a vtkImageImport class
> >> > 3. Use the data in vtkImageImport as a source of Paraview
> >> > I have done the first two steps. But I am not sure how to do the third
> >> > one.
> >> >
> >> > I have read something about how to write a Paraview Reader in the
> >> > Paraview
> >> > book. It is said that all the readers must derive from vtkAlgorithm or
> >> > one
> >> > of its subclass. Fortunately, vtkImageImport is one of its subclass.
> So,
> >> > I
> >> > guess it would be a good idea to choose vtkImageImport as a superclass
> >> > of my
> >> > reader. Am I right?
> >> > If I choose vtkImageImport as a superclass, to make my reader works
> >> > properly, which methods should be implemented in my reader?
> >> >
> >> > The last question is: How do I read the path to DICOM files from
> >> > Paraview
> >> > Client GUI and pass it to my reader? For example, the DICOM data is
> >> > stored
> >> > in /usr/DATA/ directory, how can I pass this value to my reader?
> >> >
> >> > Thanks very much for your help!
> >> >
> >> > Aaron
> >> >
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> >> >
> >
> >
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