Hi Selva,

DICOM images typically are 3d or 4d volumes stored as separate slices in a 
directory. As it is not always easy to see which files/slices belong together 
our DICOM readers use a quite sophisticated heuristic to rebuild a correct 
volume out of these slice files. Therefore it scans all files in the directory 
and read/process their meta data like patient id, series, geometry information, 
you name it. It’s actually a whole set of heuristics and the one producing the 
least number of volumes is chosen to do the reading.

It is hard to tell what’s going on in your screenshot. Sometimes slices of a 
volume are not aligned like a box but the geometries of slices differ in more 
than one direction which could be the case. You should definitely open the 
image navigator to get an idea of the slices and navigate through them. 
Additionally you can right-click on your image in the Data Manager and click on 
Details to see detailed information of the geometry.

When you open a DICOM files through File -> Open you have the choice between 
different readers and if a reader does not produce expected results, you can 
also try the other ones. In the end there’s also a simple one without any 
heuristics that just read in all slices and assumes that they are part of 
“standard” 3d volume.

Best,
Stefan

From: SELVA MUTHU KUMARAN SATHAPPAN [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Monday, June 17, 2019 8:49 AM
To: Stein, Tobias <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [mitk-users] Unable to open DICOM file - Help required

Hello Tobias,

Thanks for the response. But when I import the directory, I finally see a 
series like as shown below. As you can see in the left data manager, there is 
the file info but why does the image look like this?

Does this mean all the 147 images have been put together as one file and image 
is displayed like as shown in screenshot?

How do I know whether it's just say any of the image (ex: dcm0 or dcm1) or all 
images (147 images) put together?

I tried resetting and other rotation options to get a meaningful image but 
couldn't get any proper image?

Can you help? I am just learning to use MITK and playing around with DICOM 
images

Were you able to open the images that I sent in last mail successfully?

[image.png]


Thanks
Selva

On Mon, Jun 17, 2019 at 2:13 PM Stein, Tobias 
<[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Hi Selva,

this is a legitimate question. In fact you should either open just one of the 
DICOM files and all others in the folder will be recognized or use the DICOM 
Browser Plugin within the Icon-Bar on the top. With this browser you can go 
with the „Import“-Tab and choose „Scan directory“ which lists you all available 
DICOM series to load.

To be faster, you can drag and drop one DICOM file from your file browser into 
the left Data Manager view of the MITK workbench. The image loader 
automatically looks for other DICOM files in the folder from which you choose 
one file.

Your files should not be broken, at least i can open the series.

Best,
Tobias

Von: SELVA MUTHU KUMARAN SATHAPPAN 
[mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>]
Gesendet: Montag, 17. Juni 2019 05:04
An: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>
Betreff: [mitk-users] Unable to open DICOM file - Help required

Hello Everyone,

Am trying to open a dicom file via MITK. I have attached a couple of sample 
files from a study for your reference.

This study consists of 147 images (0-146 dcm images). I have shared two images 
(dcm0, dcm1).

Can you let us know what is the issue? Whenever I load the file, "Choose file 
reader" window shows up with a drop down. I tried by selecting both of the 
options but it does not work.

Is it incorrect to upload one dicom image at a time? if yes, can you let me 
know why?

Should I selecting all 147 images and click "Open file", even then nothing 
happens.

As I am new to this, not sure whether the issue is with the file itself

Can you please help?
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