ITK  4.8.0
Insight Segmentation and Registration Toolkit
Examples/IO/DicomImageReadPrintTags.cxx
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// Software Guide : BeginLatex
//
// It is often valuable to be able to query the entries from the header of a
// DICOM file. This can be used for consistency checking, or simply for
// verifying that we have the correct dataset in our hands. This example
// illustrates how to read a DICOM file and then print out most of the DICOM
// header information. The binary fields of the DICOM header are skipped.
//
// \index{DICOM!Header}
// \index{DICOM!Tags}
// \index{DICOM!Printing Tags}
// \index{DICOM!Dictionary}
// \index{DICOM!GDCM}
// \index{GDCM!Dictionary}
//
// Software Guide : EndLatex
// Software Guide : BeginLatex
//
// The headers of the main classes involved in this example are specified
// below. They include the image file reader, the GDCMImageIO object, the
// MetaDataDictionary and its entry element, the MetaDataObject.
//
// \index{MetaDataDictionary!header}
// \index{MetaDataObject!header}
// \index{GDCMImageIO!header}
//
// Software Guide : EndLatex
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#include "itkGDCMImageIO.h"
// Software Guide : EndCodeSnippet
#include "gdcmGlobal.h"
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int main( int argc, char* argv[] )
{
if( argc < 2 )
{
std::cerr << "Usage: " << argv[0] << " DicomFile [user defined dict]" << std::endl;
return EXIT_FAILURE;
}
// Software Guide : BeginLatex
//
// We instantiate 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 = 2;
// Software Guide : EndCodeSnippet
if( argc == 3 )
{
// Specify a path where XML dicts can be found (Part 3/4 & 6)
gdcm::Global::GetInstance().Prepend( itksys::SystemTools::GetFilenamePath(argv[2]).c_str() );
// Load them !
gdcm::Global::GetInstance().LoadResourcesFiles();
}
// Software Guide : BeginLatex
//
// Using the image type as a template parameter we instantiate the type of the
// image file reader and construct one instance of it.
//
// Software Guide : EndLatex
// Software Guide : BeginCodeSnippet
ReaderType::Pointer reader = ReaderType::New();
// Software Guide : EndCodeSnippet
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//
// The GDCM image IO type is declared and used for constructing one image IO
// object.
//
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typedef itk::GDCMImageIO ImageIOType;
ImageIOType::Pointer dicomIO = ImageIOType::New();
// Software Guide : EndCodeSnippet
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//
// We pass to the reader the filename of the image to be read and connect the
// ImageIO object to it too.
//
// Software Guide : EndLatex
// Software Guide : BeginCodeSnippet
reader->SetFileName( argv[1] );
reader->SetImageIO( dicomIO );
// Software Guide : EndCodeSnippet
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//
// The reading process is triggered with a call to the \code{Update()} method.
// This call should be placed inside a \code{try/catch} block because its
// execution may result in exceptions being thrown.
//
// Software Guide : EndLatex
try
{
// Software Guide : BeginCodeSnippet
reader->Update();
// Software Guide : EndCodeSnippet
}
{
std::cout << ex << std::endl;
return EXIT_FAILURE;
}
// Software Guide : BeginLatex
//
// Now that the image has been read, we obtain the MetaDataDictionary from
// the ImageIO object using the \code{GetMetaDataDictionary()} method.
//
// \index{MetaDataDictionary}
// \index{GetMetaDataDictionary()!ImageIOBase}
// \index{ImageIOBase!GetMetaDataDictionary()}
//
// Software Guide : EndLatex
// Software Guide : BeginCodeSnippet
typedef itk::MetaDataDictionary DictionaryType;
const DictionaryType & dictionary = dicomIO->GetMetaDataDictionary();
// Software Guide : EndCodeSnippet
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//
// Since we are interested only in the DICOM tags that can be expressed in
// strings, we declare a MetaDataObject suitable for managing strings.
//
// Software Guide : EndLatex
// Software Guide : BeginCodeSnippet
typedef itk::MetaDataObject< std::string > MetaDataStringType;
// Software Guide : EndCodeSnippet
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//
// We instantiate the iterators that will make possible to walk through all the
// entries of the MetaDataDictionary.
//
// Software Guide : EndLatex
// Software Guide : BeginCodeSnippet
DictionaryType::ConstIterator itr = dictionary.Begin();
DictionaryType::ConstIterator end = dictionary.End();
// Software Guide : EndCodeSnippet
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//
// For each one of the entries in the dictionary, we check first if its element
// can be converted to a string, a \code{dynamic\_cast} is used for this purpose.
//
// Software Guide : EndLatex
// Software Guide : BeginCodeSnippet
while( itr != end )
{
itk::MetaDataObjectBase::Pointer entry = itr->second;
MetaDataStringType::Pointer entryvalue =
dynamic_cast<MetaDataStringType *>( entry.GetPointer() );
// Software Guide : EndCodeSnippet
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//
// For those entries that can be converted, we take their DICOM tag and pass
// it to the \code{GetLabelFromTag()} method of the GDCMImageIO class. This
// method checks the DICOM dictionary and returns the string label
// associated with the tag that we are providing in the \code{tagkey}
// variable. If the label is found, it is returned in \code{labelId}
// variable. The method itself returns false if the tagkey is not found in
// the dictionary. For example "$0010|0010$" in \code{tagkey} becomes
// "Patient's Name" in \code{labelId}.
//
// Software Guide : EndLatex
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if( entryvalue )
{
std::string tagkey = itr->first;
std::string labelId;
bool found = itk::GDCMImageIO::GetLabelFromTag( tagkey, labelId );
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//
// The actual value of the dictionary entry is obtained as a string with the
// \code{GetMetaDataObjectValue()} method.
//
// \index{MetaDataObject!GetMetaDataObjectValue()}
//
// Software Guide : EndLatex
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std::string tagvalue = entryvalue->GetMetaDataObjectValue();
// Software Guide : EndCodeSnippet
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//
// At this point we can print out an entry by concatenating the DICOM Name or
// label, the numeric tag and its actual value.
//
// Software Guide : EndLatex
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if( found )
{
std::cout << "(" << tagkey << ") " << labelId;
std::cout << " = " << tagvalue.c_str() << std::endl;
}
// Software Guide : EndCodeSnippet
else
{
std::cout << "(" << tagkey << ") " << "Unknown";
std::cout << " = " << tagvalue.c_str() << std::endl;
}
}
// Software Guide : BeginLatex
//
// Finally we just close the loop that will walk through all the Dictionary
// entries.
//
// Software Guide : EndLatex
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++itr;
}
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//
// It is also possible to read a specific tag. In that case the string of the
// entry can be used for querying the MetaDataDictionary.
//
// Software Guide : EndLatex
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std::string entryId = "0010|0010";
DictionaryType::ConstIterator tagItr = dictionary.Find( entryId );
// Software Guide : EndCodeSnippet
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//
// If the entry is actually found in the Dictionary, then we can attempt to
// convert it to a string entry by using a \code{dynamic\_cast}.
//
// Software Guide : EndLatex
// Software Guide : BeginCodeSnippet
if( tagItr != end )
{
MetaDataStringType::ConstPointer entryvalue =
dynamic_cast<const MetaDataStringType *>(
tagItr->second.GetPointer() );
// Software Guide : EndCodeSnippet
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//
// If the dynamic cast succeeds, then we can print out the values of the label,
// the tag and the actual value.
//
// Software Guide : EndLatex
// Software Guide : BeginCodeSnippet
if( entryvalue )
{
std::string tagvalue = entryvalue->GetMetaDataObjectValue();
std::cout << "Patient's Name (" << entryId << ") ";
std::cout << " is: " << tagvalue.c_str() << std::endl;
}
// Software Guide : EndCodeSnippet
}
// Software Guide : BeginLatex
//
// Another way to read a specific tag is to use the encapsulation above
// MetaDataDictionary. Note that this is stricly equivalent to the above
// code.
//
// Software Guide : EndLatex
// Software Guide : BeginCodeSnippet
std::string tagkey = "0008|1050";
std::string labelId;
if( itk::GDCMImageIO::GetLabelFromTag( tagkey, labelId ) )
{
std::string value;
std::cout << labelId << " (" << tagkey << "): ";
if( dicomIO->GetValueFromTag(tagkey, value) )
{
std::cout << value;
}
else
{
std::cout << "(No Value Found in File)";
}
std::cout << std::endl;
}
else
{
std::cerr << "Trying to access inexistant DICOM tag." << std::endl;
}
// Software Guide : EndCodeSnippet
// Software Guide : BeginLatex
//
// For a full description of the DICOM dictionary please look at the file.
//
// \code{Insight/Utilities/gdcm/Dicts/dicomV3.dic}
//
// Software Guide : EndLatex
// Software Guide : BeginLatex
//
// The following piece of code will print out the proper pixel type /
// component for instantiating an \doxygen{ImageFileReader} that can properly
// import the printed DICOM file.
//
// Software Guide : EndLatex
// Software Guide : BeginCodeSnippet
= reader->GetImageIO()->GetPixelType();
= reader->GetImageIO()->GetComponentType();
std::cout << "PixelType: " << reader->GetImageIO()
->GetPixelTypeAsString(pixelType) << std::endl;
std::cout << "Component Type: " << reader->GetImageIO()
->GetComponentTypeAsString(componentType) << std::endl;
// Software Guide : EndCodeSnippet
return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}