Converting a single .dcm file to a dicomdir fileset
Boudewijn Rempt
lossless encoded XA movie to a dicomdir fileset they'll be able to view the
images with more viewers -- there are very few viewers that can show
the .dcm file.
I'm not sure whether they're right, or whether I'd need to do more
conversion along the way, but I am searching for a java-based tool to do a
simple conversion automatically to give me a chance at testing the
assumptions. But I'm turning up a blank -- does such a conversion tool
exist at all?
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Marco Eichelberg
> Our customers think that if I simply convert a .dcm file that contains a
> lossless encoded XA movie to a dicomdir fileset they'll be able to view the
> images with more viewers -- there are very few viewers that can show
> the .dcm file.
This may very well be the case because many viewers, especially for
cardiac XA movies, have been designed mainly for reading DICOM CDs
which always contain a DICOMDIR.
> I'm not sure whether they're right, or whether I'd need to do more
> conversion along the way, but I am searching for a java-based tool to do a
> simple conversion automatically to give me a chance at testing the
> assumptions. But I'm turning up a blank -- does such a conversion tool
> exist at all?
I cannot speak about a Java tool, but the "dcmmkdir" tool from OFFIS
DCMTK will certainly do the job. Download at ttp://dicom.offis.de/dcmtk
PS: Before creating a DICOMDIR, make sure your DICOM XA file has a file
name that conforms to the restrictions the DICOM standard defines for
most storage media, i.e. max. 8 characters for the name, no extension,
only A-Z, 0-9 and underscore in the name.
Regards,
Marco Eichelberg
OFFIS
Boudewijn Rempt
> I cannot speak about a Java tool, but the "dcmmkdir" tool from OFFIS
> DCMTK will certainly do the job. Download at ttp://dicom.offis.de/dcmtk
Thanks -- I'll be experimenting with that right away!
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Boudewijn Rempt
