Reading DICOM header without opening the image

[Manos COn]

dear all,

I am writting a macro in which I read a bunch of DICOM images. My intention
is to keep information from selected DICOM tags and store them in a text
file. In order to accelerate the process, I need a way for ImageJ to not
open the images but somehow read the DICOM header data only. Is there a way?

Thank you beforehand for your help,

Manos

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[ctrueden]

Hi Manos,

Try using File > Import > Bio-Formats and changing "View stack with" to
"Metadata only".

Regards,
Curtis

On Wed, Sep 23, 2015 at 11:18 AM, manos con <[hidden email]> wrote:

> dear all,
>
> I am writting a macro in which I read a bunch of DICOM images. My intention
> is to keep information from selected DICOM tags and store them in a text
> file. In order to accelerate the process, I need a way for ImageJ to not
> open the images but somehow read the DICOM header data only. Is there a
> way?
>
> Thank you beforehand for your help,
>
> Manos
>
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> ImageJ mailing list: http://imagej.nih.gov/ij/list.html
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[Krs5]

Dear Manos,

In the macro language you can use:
getImageInfo()
getInfo(DICOM_TAG)
getMetadata("Info")

to extract information (tags) from the DICOM header.

See the Build-in Macro Function website how to use them.

Best wishes

Kees


Dr Ir K.R. Straatman
Senior Experimental Officer
Advanced Imaging Facility
Centre for Core Biotechnology Services
University of Leicester
http://www2.le.ac.uk/colleges/medbiopsych/facilities-and-services/cbs/lite/aif

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Subject: Reading DICOM header without opening the image

dear all,

I am writting a macro in which I read a bunch of DICOM images. My intention is to keep information from selected DICOM tags and store them in a text file. In order to accelerate the process, I need a way for ImageJ to not open the images but somehow read the DICOM header data only. Is there a way?

Thank you beforehand for your help,

Manos

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