I have a set of tif images that generated for a dicom images using ImageMagic convert utility. The Image module does not identify them (even identify utility seems to be inconsistent about them, as shown below):
Try to read image via Image module =================================== In [2]: import Image In [3]: Image.VERSION Out[3]: '1.1.6' In [6]: im = Image.open('disk1_00_00_00_ct000104.tif') --------------------------------------------------------------------------- IOError Traceback (most recent call last) /home/nadav/Dubi_feb_2008/<ipython console> in <module>() /usr/lib64/python2.5/site-packages/PIL/Image.py in open(fp, mode) 1914 pass 1915 -> 1916 raise IOError("cannot identify image file") 1917 1918 # Ioerror: cannot identify image file Use identify to tell the imsge type (claims 16 bits image) =========================================================== [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~/Dubi_feb_2008 $ identify disk1_00_00_00_ct000104.tif disk1_00_00_00_ct000104.tif TIFF 512x666 512x666+0+0 DirectClass 16-bit 1.95405mb Use VERBOSE identify to tell the imsge type (claims 3 channels of 8 bits image) ================================================================================= [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~/Dubi_feb_2008 $ identify -verbose disk1_00_00_00_ct000104.tifImage: disk1_00_00_00_ct000104.tif Format: TIFF (Tagged Image File Format) Class: DirectClass Geometry: 512x666+0+0 Type: TrueColor Endianess: MSB Colorspace: RGB Depth: 8-bit Channel depth: Red: 8-bit Green: 8-bit Blue: 8-bit Channel statistics: Red: Min: 0 (0) Max: 255 (1) Mean: 23.9858 (0.094062) Standard deviation: 54.0234 (0.211857) Green: Min: 0 (0) Max: 255 (1) Mean: 23.9649 (0.0939799) Standard deviation: 53.9348 (0.211509) Blue: Min: 0 (0) Max: 255 (1) Mean: 23.9279 (0.0938347) Standard deviation: 53.9765 (0.211673) Rendering intent: Undefined Resolution: 72x72 Units: Undefined Filesize: 1.95405mb Interlace: None Background color: white Border color: rgb(223,223,223) Matte color: grey74 Transparent color: black Page geometry: 512x666+0+0 Dispose: Undefined Iterations: 0 Compression: None Orientation: TopLeft Signature: 0b119af1944ffba9285d903f89bc4021e52686570b8bc519f3e653a0dfd05445 Tiff:document: /home/nadav/Dubi_feb_2008/disk1_00_00_00_ct000104.tif Tiff:rows-per-strip: 2 Tiff:software: ImageMagick 6.3.5 11/04/07 Q16 http://www.imagemagick.org Tainted: False Version: ImageMagick 6.3.5 11/04/07 Q16 http://www.imagemagick.org Nadav. _______________________________________________ Image-SIG maillist - Image-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/image-sig