[Insight-users] what next after hello world??

[Luis Ibanez]

Hi Kiti,

You can do this by using the two following ITK examples
one after another.


   A) Read the DICOM series and convert it to
      the MetaImage 3D filefomat with the example:

      Insight/Examples/IO
                DicomSeriesReadImageWrite2.cxx

      in the command line you pass as arguments:

          1) the directory where you have the DICOM files
          2) the name of the metaimage file (e.g. myImage.mha)


    B) Now convert the 3D MetaImage to a series of JPEG files
       by using the example:

      Insight/Examples/IO
              ImageReadImageSeriesWrite.cxx



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Note that this is in general a *very dangerous* thing to do,
since it removes valuable patient information and essential
image information such as Orientation, Origin and Spacing.


     DICOM files are intended for managing patient data

     JPEG files are designed for storing the pictures of a
          birthday party, or the pictures of a dog sleeping
          in a park.


Converting DICOM to JPEG in a clinical context would be a
very irresponsible thing to do. (the same goes for PNG).


If you are doing this just because you can use trivial image
viewers like the Windows fax viewer, I would strongly encourage
you to rather use DICOM-capable visualization such as:

      a) Slicer    www.slicer.org
      b) VV        http://www.midasjournal.org/browse/publication/288
      c) SNAP      http://www.itksnap.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php
      d) Osirix    http://www.osirix-viewer.com/


all of which are freely available.



    Regards,


        Luis


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Kiti Chigiri wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I am new to the ITK framework but i have managed to properly install and 
> configure the application on Ubuntu Hardy. I have also successfult run 
> the Hellow orld application and feel that i need to try out a bit more 
> of the framework. I have obtained some raw CT and MRI image data from 
> the RIRE project (http://www.insight-journal.org/rire/) and need some 
> guideance  or pointers on how i can convert the data to a jpeg or png image.
> 
> this is a proof of concept for an academic project that really does not 
> need to use any custom code functioanlity, but rather if i can use the 
> exisiting ITK applications code and convert the CT/MRI images to a 
> "usable" format (JPEG or PNG). Any help would really be appreciated
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Kiti Chigiri
> 
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