ITK  4.9.0
Insight Segmentation and Registration Toolkit
Examples/IO/DicomSeriesReadPrintTags.cxx
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// Software Guide : BeginLatex
//
// This example illustrates how to read a DICOM series into a volume and then
// print most of the DICOM header information. The binary fields are skipped.
//
// \index{DICOM!Header}
// \index{DICOM!Tags}
// \index{DICOM!Printing Tags}
//
// Software Guide : EndLatex
// Software Guide : BeginLatex
//
// The header files for the series reader and the GDCM classes for image IO and
// name generation should be included first.
//
// Software Guide : EndLatex
// Software Guide : BeginCodeSnippet
#include "itkGDCMImageIO.h"
// Software Guide : EndCodeSnippet
int main( int argc, char* argv[] )
{
if( argc < 2 )
{
std::cerr << "Usage: " << argv[0] << " DicomDirectory " << std::endl;
return EXIT_FAILURE;
}
// Software Guide : BeginLatex
//
// Next, we instantiate the type to be used for storing the image once it is
// read into memory.
//
// Software Guide : EndLatex
// Software Guide : BeginCodeSnippet
typedef signed short PixelType;
const unsigned int Dimension = 3;
// Software Guide : EndCodeSnippet
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//
// We use the image type for instantiating the series reader type and then we
// construct one object of this class.
//
// Software Guide : EndLatex
// Software Guide : BeginCodeSnippet
ReaderType::Pointer reader = ReaderType::New();
// Software Guide : EndCodeSnippet
// Software Guide : BeginLatex
//
// A GDCMImageIO object is created and assigned to the reader.
//
// Software Guide : EndLatex
// Software Guide : BeginCodeSnippet
typedef itk::GDCMImageIO ImageIOType;
ImageIOType::Pointer dicomIO = ImageIOType::New();
reader->SetImageIO( dicomIO );
// Software Guide : EndCodeSnippet
// Software Guide : BeginLatex
//
// A GDCMSeriesFileNames is declared in order to generate the names of DICOM
// slices. We specify the directory with the \code{SetInputDirectory()} method
// and, in this case, take the directory name from the command line arguments.
// You could have obtained the directory name from a file dialog in a GUI.
//
// Software Guide : EndLatex
// Software Guide : BeginCodeSnippet
typedef itk::GDCMSeriesFileNames NamesGeneratorType;
NamesGeneratorType::Pointer nameGenerator = NamesGeneratorType::New();
nameGenerator->SetInputDirectory( argv[1] );
// Software Guide : EndCodeSnippet
// Software Guide : BeginLatex
//
// The list of files to read is obtained from the name generator by invoking
// the \code{GetInputFileNames()} method and receiving the results in a
// container of strings. The list of filenames is passed to the reader using
// the \code{SetFileNames()} method.
//
// Software Guide : EndLatex
// Software Guide : BeginCodeSnippet
typedef std::vector<std::string> FileNamesContainer;
FileNamesContainer fileNames = nameGenerator->GetInputFileNames();
reader->SetFileNames( fileNames );
// Software Guide : EndCodeSnippet
// Software Guide : BeginLatex
//
// We trigger the reader by invoking the \code{Update()} method. This
// invocation should normally be done inside a \code{try/catch} block given
// that it may eventually throw exceptions.
//
// Software Guide : EndLatex
try
{
// Software Guide : BeginCodeSnippet
reader->Update();
// Software Guide : EndCodeSnippet
}
{
std::cout << ex << std::endl;
return EXIT_FAILURE;
}
// Software Guide : BeginLatex
//
// ITK internally queries GDCM and obtains all the DICOM tags from the file
// headers. The tag values are stored in the \doxygen{MetaDataDictionary}
// which is a general-purpose container for \{key,value\} pairs. The Metadata
// dictionary can be recovered from any ImageIO class by invoking the
// \code{GetMetaDataDictionary()} method.
//
// \index{MetaDataDictionary}
// \index{ImageIO!GetMetaDataDictionary()}
//
// Software Guide : EndLatex
// Software Guide : BeginCodeSnippet
typedef itk::MetaDataDictionary DictionaryType;
const DictionaryType & dictionary = dicomIO->GetMetaDataDictionary();
// Software Guide : EndCodeSnippet
// Software Guide : BeginLatex
//
// In this example, we are only interested in the DICOM tags that can be
// represented as strings. Therefore, we declare a \doxygen{MetaDataObject} of
// string type in order to receive those particular values.
//
// \index{MetaDataDictionary!MetaDataObject}
// \index{MetaDataDictionary!String entries}
// \index{MetaDataObject!Strings}
//
// Software Guide : EndLatex
// Software Guide : BeginCodeSnippet
typedef itk::MetaDataObject< std::string > MetaDataStringType;
// Software Guide : EndCodeSnippet
// Software Guide : BeginLatex
//
// The metadata dictionary is organized as a container with its corresponding
// iterators. We can therefore visit all its entries by first getting access to
// its \code{Begin()} and \code{End()} methods.
//
// \index{MetaDataDictionary!Begin()}
// \index{MetaDataDictionary!End()}
// \index{MetaDataDictionary!Iterator}
// \index{MetaDataDictionary!ConstIterator}
//
// Software Guide : EndLatex
// Software Guide : BeginCodeSnippet
DictionaryType::ConstIterator itr = dictionary.Begin();
DictionaryType::ConstIterator end = dictionary.End();
// Software Guide : EndCodeSnippet
// Software Guide : BeginLatex
//
// We are now ready for walking through the list of DICOM tags. For this
// purpose we use the iterators that we just declared. At every entry we
// attempt to convert it into a string entry by using the \code{dynamic\_cast}
// based on RTTI information\footnote{Run Time Type Information}. The
// dictionary is organized like a \code{std::map} structure, so we should use
// the \code{first} and \code{second} members of every entry in order
// to get access to the \{key,value\} pairs.
//
// Software Guide : EndLatex
// Software Guide : BeginCodeSnippet
while( itr != end )
{
itk::MetaDataObjectBase::Pointer entry = itr->second;
MetaDataStringType::Pointer entryvalue =
dynamic_cast<MetaDataStringType *>( entry.GetPointer() );
if( entryvalue )
{
std::string tagkey = itr->first;
std::string tagvalue = entryvalue->GetMetaDataObjectValue();
std::cout << tagkey << " = " << tagvalue << std::endl;
}
++itr;
}
// Software Guide : EndCodeSnippet
// Software Guide : BeginLatex
//
// It is also possible to query for specific entries instead of reading all of
// them as we did above. In this case, the user must provide the tag
// identifier using the standard DICOM encoding. The identifier is stored in a
// string and used as key in the dictionary.
//
// Software Guide : EndLatex
// Software Guide : BeginCodeSnippet
std::string entryId = "0010|0010";
DictionaryType::ConstIterator tagItr = dictionary.Find( entryId );
if( tagItr == end )
{
std::cerr << "Tag " << entryId;
std::cerr << " not found in the DICOM header" << std::endl;
return EXIT_FAILURE;
}
// Software Guide : EndCodeSnippet
// Software Guide : BeginLatex
//
// Since the entry may or may not be of string type we must again use a
// \code{dynamic\_cast} in order to attempt to convert it to a string dictionary
// entry. If the conversion is successful, we can then print out its content.
//
// Software Guide : EndLatex
// Software Guide : BeginCodeSnippet
MetaDataStringType::ConstPointer entryvalue =
dynamic_cast<const MetaDataStringType *>( tagItr->second.GetPointer() );
if( entryvalue )
{
std::string tagvalue = entryvalue->GetMetaDataObjectValue();
std::cout << "Patient's Name (" << entryId << ") ";
std::cout << " is: " << tagvalue << std::endl;
}
else
{
std::cerr << "Entry was not of string type" << std::endl;
return EXIT_FAILURE;
}
// Software Guide : EndCodeSnippet
// Software Guide : BeginLatex
//
// This type of functionality will probably be more useful when provided
// through a graphical user interface. For a full description of the DICOM
// dictionary please look at the following file.
//
// \code{Insight/Utilities/gdcm/Dicts/dicomV3.dic}
//
// Software Guide : EndLatex
return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}