[Insight-users] DICOM volume problem

[Mathieu Malaterre]

Henkjan,

	Are you using vtk ? If so you might want to try: gdcm:

	http://www.creatis.insa-lyon.fr/Public/Gdcm/

	It comes with a vtkGdcmReader that handles mutliframes DICOM images.

HTH
Mathieu

Henkjan Huisman wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> Just stumbled upon a problem that may affect itk DICOM. We have a PET
> system in our hospital using HERMES software. It outputs DICOM to our
> archive. We have been using OFFIS DICOM tools to query/send/receive
> DICOM images into our VTK/ITK software. Recently, HERMES changed
> format....... 
> 
> ....... A DICOM image volume is now contained in one file! So, no more
> separate images, but one file containing the volume. Which is very nice,
> because you don't have to bother about having all images, and other
> checks. The problem, however, is that OFFIS doesn't accept these types
> of DICOM images volume files. 
> 
> I would guess that itk DICOM import wouldn't accept these images either,
> but well, I can't get these images from the archive..... :-< 
> 
> 1. So, has anyone dealt with this problem? 
> 2. What DICOM library do you use to get such images out of your archive.
> (Is CTN doing this?)
> 3. Have you read such images into ITK?
> 
> Thanks,
>