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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Talking about DICOM2, when it will become an "open
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>TIA</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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<A title=sebastien.barre@kitware.com
href="mailto:sebastien.barre@kitware.com">Sebastien BARRE</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=mininel.ml@gnbts.univ.trieste.it
href="mailto:mininel.ml@gnbts.univ.trieste.it">stefano mininel</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Cc:</B> <A title=vtkusers@public.kitware.com
href="mailto:vtkusers@public.kitware.com">vtkusers@public.kitware.com</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, April 11, 2002 10:10
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [vtkusers] Help: How to Read
DICOM files in vtk</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>At 4/11/2002 03:45 AM, stefano mininel wrote:<BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite">As you probably know DICOM files
are much more than a simple "image", with a long and complex "header"
covering the "medical context" of the image. </BLOCKQUOTE><BR>Actually, if the
pixels of the DICOM file are really at the end of the file, you can use an
Image Reader directly. Of course, it implies you check the structure of the
file each time.<BR><BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite">Before putting them in the
graphics pipeline you should extract the pure "image data" from the files.
<BR><BR>1) Either you first convert all the .dcm files into .raw using the
freeware dicom2 by S. Barré (see <A
href="http://www.barre.nom.fr/medical/dicom2/">http://www.barre.nom.fr/medical/dicom2/</A>
, of course this is a tip valid only if you are under Windows)
</BLOCKQUOTE><BR>Windows and Linux.<BR><BR><BR><BR>
<DIV>--</DIV>Sebastien Barre </BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>