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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Hi guys,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>This question gets probably asked here every week
looking at the search results on Google.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>"How do I turn my dicom scan into a
volume?"</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>I have a DICOMDIR file set of several
series.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>I've been looking around, but I don't really know
what to look for. The terminology is quite confusing. Do I want to "render" my
image as a volume or "register" them?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>I tried using Slicer 3D it is pretty complicated.
There seems lots of settings and methods. Is trying to create a 3D volume
something you need professional training for? I know there are various stuff you
have to take into account like patient movement etc. but I was hoping to just to
do build bog standard basic 3d volume.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Is there a basic tutorial to do this on Slicer? The
wiki seems quite complicated.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>From another thread here I saw that you coud use
dicom2 to convert dicom to raw vtk. "<A
title="http://www.barre.nom.fr/medical/dicom2/how-to.html#Convert%20to%20raw CTRL + Click to follow link"
href="http://www.barre.nom.fr/medical/dicom2/how-to.html#Convert%20to%20raw">http://www.barre.nom.fr/medical/dicom2/how-to.html#Convert%20to%20raw</A>"
But it looks as if it operates on single dicom files not series of multiple .dcm
image files.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Btw I know this is not strictly vtk, I thought
someone here would know: A lot of programs seem to prefer the single file format
for dicom. How can I convert a single series of .dcm image files into the single
dicom file format?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>I am completely new to medical imaging, so the
obligatory apologies for getting things wrong. Also I do come from an IT
background, so I can do basic coding, but I was hoping I could avoid it if
possible.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><BR>Regards,</DIV>
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<DIV>Richard</FONT></DIV>
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