[vtkusers]ask how to read DICOM(again)

[m26404030 at john.petra.ac.id]

thanx for ur answer again, but i am not allowed to use many libraries in my
project..i think i must use VTK only for the helping library.

anyone can show me how to get the data such as patient age manually by reading
the .dcm files in C++?

FILE *myfile=fopen("image.dcm","r+b");
..
..
..

i dont understand the data structure of .dcm files..
i have read several references but i still dont understand it. maybe someone can
give me the example code in C++ how to do it..



i need it very much..

thanx a lot..


Best regards..


Quoting Mark Wyszomierski <markww at gmail.com>:

> 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:
> >
> >
> > 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?
> >
> > 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??
> >
> >
> >
> > Plis help me..
> >
> >
> > thanx a lot..
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Quoting Mark Wyszomierski <markww at gmail.com>:

> 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:
> >
> >
> > 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?
> >
> > 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??
> >
> >
> >
> > Plis help me..
> >
> >
> > thanx a lot..
> > _______________________________________________
> > This is the private VTK discussion list.
> > Please keep messages on-topic. Check the FAQ at:
> http://www.vtk.org/Wiki/VTK_FAQ
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