vtkDICOMImageReader

Section: Visualization Toolkit IO Classes

Usage

DICOM (stands for Digital Imaging in COmmunications and Medicine) is a medical image file format widely used to exchange data, provided by various modalities. .SECTION Warnings This reader might eventually handle ACR-NEMA file (predecessor of the DICOM format for medical images). This reader does not handle encapsulated format, only plain raw file are handled. This reader also does not handle multi-frames DICOM datasets. .SECTION Warnings Internally DICOMParser assumes the x,y pixel spacing is stored in 0028,0030 and that z spacing is stored in Slice Thickness (correct only when slice were acquired contiguous): 0018,0050. Which means this is only valid for some rare MR Image Storage

To create an instance of class vtkDICOMImageReader, simply invoke its constructor as follows

  obj = vtkDICOMImageReader

Methods

The class vtkDICOMImageReader has several methods that can be used. They are listed below. Note that the documentation is translated automatically from the VTK sources, and may not be completely intelligible. When in doubt, consult the VTK website. In the methods listed below, obj is an instance of the vtkDICOMImageReader class.