[Insight-users] DICOM volume problem

[Henkjan Huisman]

I did some advanced Googling and ...
You'll find example images and some novel java DICOM reader software in 

ftp://medical.nema.org/MEDICAL/Dicom/MRMultiframe

Henkjan


On Tue, 2004-01-13 at 14:50, Luis Ibanez wrote:
> Hi Henkjan,
> 
> Thanks for the heads up.
> This is simultaneously good news and bad news.
> 
> We haven't deal with this type of DICOM images
> yet, and certainly will be interesting to
> adapt the ITK reader (or create a new one) in
> order to read those images.
> 
> Could you make one of such images available ?
> 
> You could avoid patient information issues
> by acquiring an image from a phantom....
> 
> Having access to one or several of such images
> will help us to adapt the reader.
> 
> 
> Please let us know.
> 
> 
>    Thanks
> 
> 
>      Luis
> 
> 
> 
> ------------------------
> 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,
> > 
> 
-- 
Henkjan

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