Creating 3D Dicom Image files

David

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Feb 5, 2009, 10:25:04 AM2/5/09

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Is there a way to write 3D dicom images as a single .dcm file using matlab/dicomwrite? e.g. I want to convert a data set of 174 images (512x512) to a single dicom file (512x512x174).

this is what I was thinking:
Given: raw image data file. Break/convert the data up into a series of 174 .dcm files and then somehow merge the series together. I know how to break the data up, but not how to merge it. Is there a faster/better way?

Ariel Balter

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Mar 12, 2009, 12:45:03 AM3/12/09

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"David " <dpar...@imaging.robarts.ca> wrote in message <gmf0cg$c0j$1...@fred.mathworks.com>...

> Is there a way to write 3D dicom images as a single .dcm file using matlab/dicomwrite? e.g. I want to convert a data set of 174 images (512x512) to a single dicom file (512x512x174).
>
> this is what I was thinking:
> Given: raw image data file. Break/convert the data up into a series of 174 .dcm files and then somehow merge the series together. I know how to break the data up, but not how to merge it. Is there a faster/better way?

I need to perform the same task. As soon as I find a Matlab solution or write one myself, I'll post it.

I have found what I think is sufficient information on the web to do the reconstruction. It involves information encoded in the header info in the individual slice files.

K P

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Jan 5, 2011, 1:47:05 PM1/5/11

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"David" wrote in message <gmf0cg$c0j$1...@fred.mathworks.com>...

> Is there a way to write 3D dicom images as a single .dcm file using matlab/dicomwrite? e.g. I want to convert a data set of 174 images (512x512) to a single dicom file (512x512x174).
>
> this is what I was thinking:
> Given: raw image data file. Break/convert the data up into a series of 174 .dcm files and then somehow merge the series together. I know how to break the data up, but not how to merge it. Is there a faster/better way?

Hi all,
I am also having a similar problem and i am unable to create a single dicom file with all the set of multiple frames. Has anyone of you found a way to do it.

Looking forward for your help.

Thank You
Kamlesh

Jeff Mather

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Jan 6, 2011, 9:11:06 AM1/6/11

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> I am also having a similar problem and i am unable to create a single dicom file with all the set of multiple frames. Has anyone of you found a way to do it.

Unfortunately it's not currently possible to write one DICOM file containing multiple image frames using DICOMWRITE. We've heard a lot about this recently, so keep watching.

Jeff Mather
Image Processing Group
MathWorks

Sean de

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Jan 6, 2011, 11:04:04 AM1/6/11

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"Jeff Mather" <jeff....@mathworks.com> wrote in message <ig4ihp$lkt$1...@fred.mathworks.com>...

It can be done using Dirk Jan-Kroon's functions here:
http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/27941-dicom-toolbox

Marit

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Mar 26, 2012, 4:12:12 AM3/26/12

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"Sean de " <sean.d...@nospamplease.umit.maine.edu> wrote in message <ig4p5k$9ue$1...@fred.mathworks.com>...

Can anyone explain how exactly the toolbox designed by Dirk-Jan Kroon has to be used to obtain a stack/3D Dicom image from single slice DICOM data? Moreover, does the toolbox sort on the instanceUID or otherwise?

Thank you in advance,
Marit Lucas

Jeff Mather

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Apr 2, 2012, 8:55:10 AM4/2/12

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"Sean de " <sean.d...@nospamplease.umit.maine.edu> wrote in message <ig4p5k$9ue$1...@fred.mathworks.com>...

It's worth noting that DICOMWRITE *can* now create DICOM files containing multiframe images. That was introduced in R2011b.

Spyridon Montesantos

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Apr 11, 2013, 10:21:10 AM4/11/13

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"Jeff Mather" <jeff....@mathworks.com> wrote in message <jlc7je$jht$1...@newscl01ah.mathworks.com>...

Hi, I was wondering, is there a way to do the same thing in an older version of Matlab? I have version R2010a, which obviously doesn't support this functionality. Please, any help would be incredibly appreciated.
Thanks,
Spyridon

Sai Sandeep padala

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Feb 21, 2014, 6:11:08 AM2/21/14

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Hi jeff,

i am using R2012b, but i am unable to find the right syntax to use the multiframesingle image option. could you help me with this

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Zohreh Khazraei Manesh

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May 16, 2016, 2:58:09 PM5/16/16

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"Jeff Mather" <jeff....@mathworks.com> wrote in message <ig4ihp$lkt$1...@fred.mathworks.com>...

I'm using R2016a. I wonder if the task described in this string is now possible to perform?
I need to read a structure from a dicom image, modify it and write it as a dicom image again. I wonder how to do it.

Best regards,