[vtkusers]ask how to read DICOM(again)

[Mark Wyszomierski]

My impression is that VTK is NOT a specialized DICOM support toolkit,
it's strength is in rendering data, it doesn't care where you get it
from. Why not try one of the libraries specifically made for handling
DICOM files? I put a simple example here of using dcmtk:

    http://devsample.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=45&Itemid=29


Mark


On 10/6/07, m26404030 at john.petra.ac.id <m26404030 at john.petra.ac.id> wrote:
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> hi all, i want to extract some informations in DICOM image such as patient age,
> patient sex, modality, etc..
> i have tried to use vtkDICOMImageReader, but i cant get what i want since
> vtkDICOMImageReader only have the GetPatientName() function? what must i do if
> i want to get the patient age, sex, modality, etc?
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> can VTK do this or should i read the image file manually(read the header or
> something)?maybe someone can give me information about dicom file format and
> how to extract the informations above??
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> Plis help me..
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> thanx a lot..
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