[vtkusers] how to read dicom files with vtkGDCMImageReader

[David Doria]

On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 4:05 PM, Mathieu Malaterre <
mathieu.malaterre at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 7:17 PM, Orlinn
> <MeinDatenLaufwerk at googlemail.com> wrote:
> >
> > hi,
> >
> > i would like to read dicom files with vtkGDCMImageReader but did not
> found
> > any examples.
> > With vtkDICOMImageReader i can read with
> >
> >         vtkDICOMImageReader= new vtKDICOMImageReader();
> >         reader.setDirectory("c/dicomfiles/dicomDirectory")
> >         reader.update();
>
> I considered this q bqd design. Instead you have to use to vtk
> objects: vtkDirectory -> GetFilenames -> vtkGDCMImageReader.
>
> In this case you are free to remove/add/manipulate the order of the
> the Filenames before passing to vtkGDCMImageReader.
>
> > vtkGDCMIamgeReader has not such method to set a directory which containts
> > DICOM files.
>
> Make sure to read at least twice the FAQ:
>
>
> http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/gdcm/index.php?title=Using_GDCM_API#Automatic_ordering_of_slices_for_vtkGDCMImageReader.SetFileNames
>
> Cheers
> --
> Mathieu
>

There seems to be quite a number of questions about DICOM files on the
mailing list. Can someone who has done this successfully put some brief
examples of reading different types of these files on the wiki along with
example data sets? I think this is a much needed addition to the examples
section but unfortunately I have never worked with this medical data.

Thanks,

David
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