[Insight-users] Basic Read/Write of DICOM Image - Wrong Metadata

M. Wirtzfeld wirtzfeld at rogers.com
Thu Sep 11 10:14:00 EDT 2008


Mathieu,

Thanks.


Michael.


On 11-Sep-08, at 8:44 AM, Mathieu Malaterre wrote:

> All 3 files have the correct Pixel Spacing:
>
> $ dcmdump im100.dcm rescaledWithMetadata.dcm directSave.dcm | grep  
> "0028,0030"
> (0028,0030) DS [0.267578\0.267578]                      #  18, 2  
> PixelSpacing
> (0028,0030) DS [0.267578\0.267578]                      #  18, 2  
> PixelSpacing
> (0028,0030) DS [0.267578\0.267578]                      #  18, 2  
> PixelSpacing
>
> All files are correct IMHO.
>
> -Mathieu
>
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> On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 2:35 PM, M. Wirtzfeld  
> <wirtzfeld at rogers.com> wrote:
>> Mathieu,
>> Good morning.  Yes, the DICOM images in question are attached.  I  
>> have also
>> attached the source-code shown in my original posting.
>> The original 2-dimensional DICOM image is named, "im100.dcm".  The  
>> two
>> created by the executed, compiled source-code are,  
>> "directSave.dcm" and
>> "rescaledWithMetadata.dcm".
>> It meta-data entry in question is not missing, but incorrect.
>> In the original 2-dimensional DICOM image, "im100.dcm", the voxel  
>> size
>> is 0.26757 by 0.26757.  However, in both the created images the  
>> second
>> dimension voxel size is set to unity.
>>
>> Michael.
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>> On 9-Sep-08, at 5:40 PM, Mathieu Malaterre wrote:
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>> ok send me the two files: the original one and the second one. And
>> tell me which tag you think is missing in the second one :)
>> thanks
>> On Tue, Sep 9, 2008 at 11:24 PM, M. Wirtzfeld  
>> <wirtzfeld at rogers.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Mathieu,
>> I am not sure how to reply to your response?
>> Voxel-size is an attribute of the DICOM image that I view using  
>> MicroView or
>> MIPAV.  The DICOM image itself is created by the application that  
>> results
>> from compilation and execution of the source-code I originally  
>> included.
>> As for the "Secondary Capture Image Storage" object you refer to,  
>> I am a
>> relatively new to ITK and I have only a basic understanding of its
>> respective classes (http://www.itk.org/Doxygen/html/ 
>> classes.html).  With
>> this in mind I think we are talking at two different levels of
>> understanding.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Michael.
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>> --
>> Mathieu
>>
>> M. Wirtzfeld
>> "There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics."
>> - Benjamin Disrael
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> -- 
> Mathieu

M. Wirtzfeld

"There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics." -  
Benjamin Disrael





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