[vtkusers] Help: How to Read DICOM files in vtk

[Sebastien BARRE]

At 4/11/2002 03:45 AM, stefano mininel wrote:
>As you probably know DICOM files are much more than a simple "image", with 
>a long and complex "header" covering the "medical context" of the image.

Actually, if the pixels of the DICOM file are really at the end of the 
file, you can use an Image Reader directly. Of course, it implies you check 
the structure of the file each time.

>Before putting them in the graphics pipeline you should extract the pure 
>"image data" from the files.
>
>1) Either you first convert all the .dcm files into .raw using the 
>freeware dicom2 by S. Barré 
>(see 
><http://www.barre.nom.fr/medical/dicom2/>http://www.barre.nom.fr/medical/dicom2/ 
>, of course this is a tip valid only if you are under Windows)

Windows and Linux.



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Sebastien Barre 
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