instance number DCM_import tool to sort

[Barnes Anna (UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST - RRV)]

Can anyone tell me how to import a DICOM sequence using the image instance number to sort.  I'm using the excellent dcm_import plugin and I can see the list of instance numbers in the bottom panel for each series which are not in order so when I "import images" they stack up in the wrong order, I'm not sure what it is using instead to order them.  If I use the DICOM sort tool I can chose the image number to sort on but it won't sort the series out for me.

Any help much appreciated.
thanks
Anna

Anna Barnes, PhD, CSci, MIPEM
Clinical Scientist
UCL Institute of Nuclear Medicine
UCL Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
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[Rasband, Wayne (NIH/NIMH) [E]]

On May 21, 2012, at 10:02 AM, Barnes Anna (UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST - RRV) wrote:

> Can anyone tell me how to import a DICOM sequence using the image instance number to sort.  I'm using the excellent dcm_import plugin and I can see the list of instance numbers in the bottom panel for each series which are not in order so when I "import images" they stack up in the wrong order, I'm not sure what it is using instead to order them.  If I use the DICOM sort tool I can chose the image number to sort on but it won't sort the series out for me.

The File>Import>Image Sequence command will import a DICOM series and sort on the image instance number (tag 0020,0013). You can also open and sort a DICOM series by dragging and dropping the folder onto the "ImageJ" window.

-wayne

[Barnes Anna (UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST - RRV)]

Thanks, what if there are lots of series in the same directory?