IO/DicomSeriesReadPrintTags.cxx

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//  Software Guide : BeginLatex
//
//  This example illustrates how to read a DICOM series into a volume and then
//  print most of the DICOM header information. The binary fields are skipped.
//
//  \index{DICOM!Header}
//  \index{DICOM!Tags}
//  \index{DICOM!Printing Tags}
//
//  Software Guide : EndLatex

// Software Guide : BeginLatex
//
// The header files for the series reader and the GDCM classes for image IO and
// name generation should be included first.
//
// Software Guide : EndLatex

// Software Guide : BeginCodeSnippet
#include "itkImageSeriesReader.h"
#include "itkGDCMImageIO.h"
#include "itkGDCMSeriesFileNames.h"
// Software Guide : EndCodeSnippet

int main( int argc, char* argv[] )
{
  if( argc < 2 )
    {
    std::cerr << "Usage: " << argv[0] << " DicomDirectory " << std::endl;
    return EXIT_FAILURE;
    }

  // Software Guide : BeginLatex
  //
  //  We instantiate then the type to be used for storing the image once it is
  //  read into memory.
  //
  // Software Guide : EndLatex

  // Software Guide : BeginCodeSnippet
  typedef signed short       PixelType;
  const unsigned int         Dimension = 3;

  typedef itk::Image< PixelType, Dimension >      ImageType;
  // Software Guide : EndCodeSnippet

  // Software Guide : BeginLatex
  //
  // We use the image type for instantiating the series reader type and then we
  // construct one object of this class.
  //
  // Software Guide : EndLatex

  // Software Guide : BeginCodeSnippet
  typedef itk::ImageSeriesReader< ImageType >     ReaderType;

  ReaderType::Pointer reader = ReaderType::New();
  // Software Guide : EndCodeSnippet

  // Software Guide : BeginLatex
  //
  // A GDCMImageIO object is created and assigned to the reader.
  //
  // Software Guide : EndLatex

  // Software Guide : BeginCodeSnippet
  typedef itk::GDCMImageIO       ImageIOType;

  ImageIOType::Pointer dicomIO = ImageIOType::New();

  reader->SetImageIO( dicomIO );
  // Software Guide : EndCodeSnippet

  // Software Guide : BeginLatex
  //
  // A GDCMSeriesFileNames is declared in order to generate the names of DICOM
  // slices. We specify the directory with the \code{SetInputDirectory()} method
  // and, in this case, take the directory name from the command line arguments.
  // You could have obtained the directory name from a file dialog in a GUI.
  //
  // Software Guide : EndLatex

  // Software Guide : BeginCodeSnippet
  typedef itk::GDCMSeriesFileNames     NamesGeneratorType;

  NamesGeneratorType::Pointer nameGenerator = NamesGeneratorType::New();

  nameGenerator->SetInputDirectory( argv[1] );
  // Software Guide : EndCodeSnippet

  // Software Guide : BeginLatex
  //
  // The list of files to read is obtained from the name generator by invoking
  // the \code{GetInputFileNames()} method and receiving the results in a
  // container of strings. The list of filenames is passed to the reader using
  // the \code{SetFileNames()} method.
  //
  // Software Guide : EndLatex

  // Software Guide : BeginCodeSnippet
  typedef std::vector<std::string>    FileNamesContainer;
  FileNamesContainer fileNames = nameGenerator->GetInputFileNames();

  reader->SetFileNames( fileNames );
  // Software Guide : EndCodeSnippet

  // Software Guide : BeginLatex
  //
  // We trigger the reader by invoking the \code{Update()} method. This
  // invocation should normally be done inside a \code{try/catch} block given
  // that it may eventually throw exceptions.
  //
  // Software Guide : EndLatex

  try
    {
    // Software Guide : BeginCodeSnippet
    reader->Update();
    // Software Guide : EndCodeSnippet
    }
  catch (itk::ExceptionObject &ex)
    {
    std::cout << ex << std::endl;
    return EXIT_FAILURE;
    }

  // Software Guide : BeginLatex
  //
  // ITK internally queries GDCM and obtain all the DICOM tags from the file
  // headers. The tag values are stored in the \doxygen{MetaDataDictionary} that
  // is a general purpose container for \{key,value\} pairs. The Meta data
  // dictionary can be recovered from any ImageIO class by invoking the
  // \code{GetMetaDataDictionary()} method.
  //
  // \index{MetaDataDictionary}
  // \index{ImageIO!GetMetaDataDictionary()}
  //
  // Software Guide : EndLatex

  // Software Guide : BeginCodeSnippet
  typedef itk::MetaDataDictionary   DictionaryType;

  const  DictionaryType & dictionary = dicomIO->GetMetaDataDictionary();
  // Software Guide : EndCodeSnippet

  // Software Guide : BeginLatex
  //
  // In this example, we are only interested in the DICOM tags that can be
  // represented as strings. We declare therefore a \doxygen{MetaDataObject} of
  // string type in order to receive those particular values.
  //
  // \index{MetaDataDictionary!MetaDataObject}
  // \index{MetaDataDictionary!String entries}
  // \index{MetaDataObject!Strings}
  //
  // Software Guide : EndLatex

  // Software Guide : BeginCodeSnippet
  typedef itk::MetaDataObject< std::string > MetaDataStringType;
  // Software Guide : EndCodeSnippet

  // Software Guide : BeginLatex
  //
  // The Meta data dictionary is organized as a container with its corresponding
  // iterators. We can therefore visit all its entries by first getting access to
  // its \code{Begin()} and \code{End()} methods.
  //
  // \index{MetaDataDictionary!Begin()}
  // \index{MetaDataDictionary!End()}
  // \index{MetaDataDictionary!Iterator}
  // \index{MetaDataDictionary!ConstIterator}
  //
  // Software Guide : EndLatex

  // Software Guide : BeginCodeSnippet
  DictionaryType::ConstIterator itr = dictionary.Begin();
  DictionaryType::ConstIterator end = dictionary.End();
  // Software Guide : EndCodeSnippet

  // Software Guide : BeginLatex
  //
  // We are now ready for walking through the list of DICOM tags. For this
  // purpose we use the iterators that we just declared. At every entry we
  // attempt to convert it in to a string entry by using the \code{dynamic\_cast}
  // based on RTTI information\footnote{Run Time Type Information}. The
  // dictionary is organized like a \code{std::map} structure, we should use
  // therefore the \code{first} and \code{second} members of every entry in order
  // to get access to the \{key,value\} pairs.
  //
  // Software Guide : EndLatex

  // Software Guide : BeginCodeSnippet
  while( itr != end )
    {
    itk::MetaDataObjectBase::Pointer  entry = itr->second;

    MetaDataStringType::Pointer entryvalue =
      dynamic_cast<MetaDataStringType *>( entry.GetPointer() );

    if( entryvalue )
      {
      std::string tagkey   = itr->first;
      std::string tagvalue = entryvalue->GetMetaDataObjectValue();
      std::cout << tagkey <<  " = " << tagvalue << std::endl;
      }

    ++itr;
    }
  // Software Guide : EndCodeSnippet

  //  Software Guide : BeginLatex
  //
  //  It is also possible to query for specific entries instead of reading all of
  //  them as we did above. In this case, the user must provide the tag
  //  identifier using the standard DICOM encoding. The identifier is stored in a
  //  string and used as key on the dictionary.
  //
  //  Software Guide : EndLatex

  // Software Guide : BeginCodeSnippet
  std::string entryId = "0010|0010";

  DictionaryType::ConstIterator tagItr = dictionary.Find( entryId );

  if( tagItr == end )
    {
    std::cerr << "Tag " << entryId;
    std::cerr << " not found in the DICOM header" << std::endl;
    return EXIT_FAILURE;
    }
  // Software Guide : EndCodeSnippet

  // Software Guide : BeginLatex
  //
  // Since the entry may or may not be of string type we must again use a
  // \code{dynamic\_cast} in order to attempt to convert it to a string dictionary
  // entry. If the conversion is successful, then we can print out its content.
  //
  // Software Guide : EndLatex

  // Software Guide : BeginCodeSnippet
  MetaDataStringType::ConstPointer entryvalue =
    dynamic_cast<const MetaDataStringType *>( tagItr->second.GetPointer() );

  if( entryvalue )
    {
    std::string tagvalue = entryvalue->GetMetaDataObjectValue();
    std::cout << "Patient's Name (" << entryId <<  ") ";
    std::cout << " is: " << tagvalue << std::endl;
    }
  else
    {
    std::cerr << "Entry was not of string type" << std::endl;
    return EXIT_FAILURE;
    }
  // Software Guide : EndCodeSnippet

  // Software Guide : BeginLatex
  //
  // This type of functionality will probably be more useful when provided
  // through a graphical user interface. For a full description of the DICOM
  // dictionary please look at the file
  //
  // \code{Insight/Utilities/gdcm/Dicts/dicomV3.dic}
  //
  // Software Guide : EndLatex

  return EXIT_SUCCESS;

}