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| − | + | At an early development stage. [http://octave.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/octave/trunk/octave-forge/extra/dicom/ octave-forge svn] | |
| + | *Maintainer: Andy Buckle [http://sourceforge.net/sendmessage.php?touser=1760416contact] | ||
| + | *Currently worked on by: Kris Thielemans | ||
| − | = | + | ===Supporting library=== |
| − | + | [http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/gdcm/index.php?title=Main_Page GCDM]. You can usually get this via your package manager,e e.g. on Ubuntu | |
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| − | ==Supporting library== | ||
| − | [http:// | ||
sudo apt-get install libgdcm2.0 | sudo apt-get install libgdcm2.0 | ||
| − | Alternatively, build it yourself. Get the source with | + | Alternatively, build it yourself. Get the source with subversion. |
| − | + | svn co https://gdcm.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/gdcm/branches/gdcm-2-0 | |
cmake and g++ are required. create a gdcmbin directory parallel to the gdcm-2-0 directory. Change to gdcmbin and then run cmake (Linux/cygwin). | cmake and g++ are required. create a gdcmbin directory parallel to the gdcm-2-0 directory. Change to gdcmbin and then run cmake (Linux/cygwin). | ||
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mingw32-make all | mingw32-make all | ||
| − | + | ===Features=== | |
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All of these still need work, but they exist, and are usable to some extent. | All of these still need work, but they exist, and are usable to some extent. | ||
*dicomdict (load different dict - file follows same format as Matlab's) | *dicomdict (load different dict - file follows same format as Matlab's) | ||
| − | *dicominfo (load metadata into octave struct. | + | *dicominfo (load metadata into octave struct. nasty bug in SQ loading) |
*dicomlookup (keyword <-> tag) | *dicomlookup (keyword <-> tag) | ||
*dicomread (load pixel data, 2D or 3D int types. Does not yield colormaps, yet.) | *dicomread (load pixel data, 2D or 3D int types. Does not yield colormaps, yet.) | ||
| − | *dicomwrite ( | + | *dicomwrite (only does some 2D int types, ATM. No metadata control, yet) |
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| − | ==Todo== | + | ===Todo=== |
*dicomanon | *dicomanon | ||
| + | *dicomuid | ||
| − | ==Questions== | + | ===Questions=== |
I don't have a Matlab license available. I would like to make this package compatible with the dicom functions in Matlab's image processing toolbox, as far as possible. | I don't have a Matlab license available. I would like to make this package compatible with the dicom functions in Matlab's image processing toolbox, as far as possible. | ||
*Octave (and Matlab) stores images (y,x) and DICOM is intrinsically (x,y). Does Matlab transpose images when it loads them? | *Octave (and Matlab) stores images (y,x) and DICOM is intrinsically (x,y). Does Matlab transpose images when it loads them? | ||
| − | **matlab reads the data from the dicom file as if it's a raw block of numbers (and then converts if necessary). | + | **matlab reads the data from the dicom file as if it's a raw block of numbers (and then converts if necessary). Therefore, current Octave/dicom behaviour is compatible with matlab. |
*I would like people to try m-files that worked with Matlab to let me know of problems. | *I would like people to try m-files that worked with Matlab to let me know of problems. | ||
*(not necessarily) Matlab related: I need examples of odd DICOM files. I have plenty with complex metadata, but I need some with unusual images. | *(not necessarily) Matlab related: I need examples of odd DICOM files. I have plenty with complex metadata, but I need some with unusual images. | ||
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**silently convert the metadata to match the pixel type? | **silently convert the metadata to match the pixel type? | ||
**error and do nothing? | **error and do nothing? | ||
| − | + | *What does dicominfo do when a tag is not in its dictionary: skip it or give error? I was wondering about turning the tag into a variable name, something like Tag_3243_0010. (Matlab 6.5 (2002): Private__3243_0010) | |
| − | + | *dicominfo: Items in sequences are not necessarily the same, so cannot be stored in arrays of structs. (Matlab 6.5 (2002): makes nested structs like dcm.RTDoseROISequence?.Item_1.DoseUnits?) | |
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