[vtkusers] Reading DICOMDIR

[Jean-Pierre Roux]

Hi, Jothy

A DICOMDIR file is a 'Dicom object' (not an 'Operating System' 
Directory), holding a sort of summary of what is (recursively) in a 
given directory.

HTH

JP

On 03/14/2011 03:37 PM, Jothy wrote:
> Here is the code which works for me!
>
> QString imageDirName=QFileDialog::getExistingDirectory();
>   vtkSmartPointer<vtkDICOMImageReader>imgReader=
>    vtkSmartPointer<vtkDICOMImageReader>::New();
>      imgReader->SetDirectoryName(imageDirName.toLatin1());
>      imgReader->Update();
>
> I use Qt. Make sure you have only dicom image files in the dir you are
> reading.I really don't understand what you mean by "a dicomdir file
> format not dicom directory".
>
> HTH
>
> Jothy
>
>
>
> On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 2:25 PM, sara.saeed<sosca7 at hotmail.com>  wrote:
>> Thanks jothy for ur effort
>> here's the code i tried after a large number of trials :)
>>
>>             vtkDICOMImageReader Reader = new vtkDICOMImageReader();
>>
>>             Reader.SetDirectoryName(@"C:\dir);
>>
>>
>> Reader.SetFileName(@"DICOMDIR\5720\1.2.840.113619.2.55.3.11835136.527.1246432169.169\1.2.840.113619.2.55.3.11835136.527.1246432169.175\");
>>
>>             Reader.Update();
>> i meant a dicomdir file format not dicom directory
>> Thanks again
>>
>> --

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