DICOM Viewing Applet using ImageJ

[StrongSteve]

Hi Everybody!

I have a short question. As I am going to develop a very simple applet that is capable of displaying DICOM files for the use in an web application I was thinking of using ImageJ for this task.

All I want to do is display DICOM files that are saved on the server, so there is no need for contacting a DICOM node as this is done by the server. I just want to display them, view the header, alter the contrast and perform some basic measurement operations.

During my research I have come along a basic question. Is there a good DICOM plugin for the use with ImageJ? I mean ImageJ seems to be perfect. It can open DICOM files (as long as they are uncompressed), it can display the header, but what I would need would be a plugin to perform these basic DICOM operations like altering the contrast, zooming, ... You know, the things you do by moving the mouse up and down or from the left to the right. Is there any way to do this in imageJ? Or do I have to write my own plugins?

I would really appreciate your help!

If you can think of a better solution, discharding imageJ, please feel free to tell me! ;)

Thanks in Advance!
Stefan

[Gluender]

Stefan wrote:

>...Is there a good DICOM plugin for the use with ImageJ?

For doing what exactly?

>I mean ImageJ seems to be perfect. It can open DICOM files (as long
>as they are uncompressed), it can display the header, but what I
>would need would be a plugin to perform these basic DICOM operations
>like altering the contrast, zooming, ... You know, the things you do
>by moving the mouse up and down or from the left to the right.

Changing the contrast by moving the mouse up and down?
How is that?

>Is there any way to do this in imageJ?

Change contrast and zooming? Of course, it's all there...

>Or do I have to write my own plugins?

That's always a good idea and because you've posted this request
already 4 days ago, you could have finished it by now.

>I would really appreciate your help!
>If you can think of a better solution, discharding imageJ, please feel free
>to tell me! ;)
>Thanks in Advance!
>Stefan

Somehow puzzled

Herb

[Michael A. Miller]

>>>>> "StrongSteve" == StrongSteve  <[hidden email]> writes:

    > but what I would need would be a plugin to perform these
    > basic DICOM operations like altering the contrast, zooming,
    > ... You know, the things you do by moving the mouse up and
    > down or from the left to the right.

What you describe are user interface idioms for adjusting image
display properties.  While they are used in some medical image
display software, they are by no means specific to DICOM, nor are
they basic operations on images.  You could modify ImageJ so that
you could adjust display properties in what ever way you'd like.
If you do write something to reproduce the behavior of the
software you are describing, I think you'd have to go out of your
way to get it to "only" work with DICOM data.  

Mike