[Insight-users] DICOMDIR + ITK

[Bill Lorensen]

The Example:
Insight/Examples/IO/DicomSeriesReadImageWrite2.cxx
will convert a dicom series to any itk 3D format including .mha.
Usage:
DicomSeriesReadImageWrite2 DicomDirectory  outputFileName  [seriesName]



On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 1:44 PM, Daniel Blezek <Blezek.Daniel at mayo.edu> wrote:
> DCMTK will read DICOMDIR files.  Basically, a DICOMDIR is just an index of a
> bunch of DICOM files to save software the hassle of opening each file in
> turn.  Since cracking a DICOM header is very inexpensive with the right
> software, DICOMDIR files are not that interesting any more.
>
> Your best bet is to use GDCMSeriesFileNames on each _series_ directory.
> Won't help much at the study level.
>
> There are few, if any tools to convert DICOM to mha.  You may need to use
> ITK for that.
>
> Just $0.02,
> -dan
>
>
> On 3/30/10 2:09 PM, "jmerkow" <jmerkow at andrew.cmu.edu> wrote:
>
>>
>> So, My best bet would be to try GDCMSeriesFileNames on each study directory?
>>
>> Do you know of any *free* programs that I can use to open the DICOMDIR and
>> divide it into individual DICOM files or better yet, mha files?
>
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