[Insight-users] Re: question: Converting DICOM images to VTK via MetaImage

[Luis Ibanez]

Hi Zhuo,

The steps to follow are:

1) Create the MetaImageHeader using
   the program "MetaImageImporter" available
   in "InsightApplications/MetaImageImport".
   Put the resulting header in the same
   directory where you have the DICOM files.


2) Use the program "ImageReadWrite" available
   in "Insight/Examples/IO".

   NOTE: The MetaImageReadWrite in
   InsightApplication is NOT the program you
   can use to convert MetaImages into VTK.

   Please use the program

         ImageReadWrite.cxx
   or    ImageReadWrite.cxx  if your data is 8 bits.

   in

          Insight/Examples/IO


3) The command line to use will be something
   like


   ImageReadWrite  myImage.mhd   myImage.vtk


   NOTE: the extensions are EXTREMELY important,
   ITK will select the fileformat to write based
   only in the extension you provide.


4) The resulting VTK file will be a single file.
   It will contain a small header followed by
   the binary data.

   Detailed information about VTK file formats
   is available in
   http://www.vtk.org/pdf/file-formats.pdf


5) Please,
   Don't use Photoshop for medical images  :-)



Regards,


   Luis


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zhuo Chen wrote:
> Hi,luis
> Please tell me how many VTK files(raw files) will be
> produced after using MetaImageImporter and
> MetaImageReadWrite to dispose 18 DICOM files.
> If I have already produced a correct Metaheader file
> and also copied in the right directory, what shall I
> do?I have already run MetaImageReadWrite under Dos
> enviroment, and it produced only one .raw file.But I
> opened it in PHOTOSHOP and as if it isn't what I want
> to get.
> 
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