Re: rename of the files of a folder with ImageJ

Posted by Wayne Rasband on Nov 04, 2009; 9:56pm
URL: http://imagej.273.s1.nabble.com/rename-of-the-files-of-a-folder-with-ImageJ-tp3690559p3690560.html

 > Dear all: pls anyone knows some way to rename all the files
 > (DICOM image files) enclosed on a same folder, as each file
 > takes the name of a specif DICOM tag??
 >
 > I know a way to rename the file, but once the image is
 > manually opened with ImageJ; then it neccessary to save the
 > renamed image manually. Maybe someone knows a
 > automaticcally way to do this.
 >
 > Thank you very much!!! Juan Francisco

You can do this using a macro. Here is an example that renames the
DICOMs in a folder to the value of the "Study Description" tag
("0008,1030"). It requires the 1.43k daily build, which adds the
getInfo(DICOM_Tag) macro function. You have watch out for missing tags
and tag values that contain characters (e.g., "/") that are not valid
in file names.

   requires("1.43k");
   dir = getDirectory("Choose a Folder");
   list = getFileList(dir);
   setBatchMode(true);
   for (i=0; i<list.length; i++) {
      open(dir+list[i]);
      name = getInfo("0008,1030");
      print(i, name);
      if (name=="") exit("Not DICOM or missing tag");
      err = File.rename(dir+list[i], dir+name+".dcm");
      close;
   }

-wayne