http://imagej.273.s1.nabble.com/Batch-rename-DICOM-files-with-header-info-tp3698314p3698316.html
file to rename. Wooops. It works pretty well, and handles repeated
tags in successive files so files don't get over-written. If anyone's
> Hi
> irfanview has a batch rename feature andcan handle dicom
>
http://www.irfanview.com/> ..might do the trick
>
> Joe O'Brien, City Hospital, Bham
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ImageJ Interest Group [mailto:
[hidden email]] On Behalf Of
> Justin McGrath
> Sent: 26 September 2007 15.19
> To:
[hidden email]
> Subject: Re: Batch rename DICOM files with header info
>
>
> According to the reference
> "The file or directory must be in the user's home directory, the ImageJ
> directory or the temp directory."
>
> You can just put the files under any directory named ImageJ and it will
> work. There is also now an exec() macro function that will execute
> system commands. I haven't tried it, but you may be able to use that
> instead.
>
> Justin
>
> On 9/26/07, Michael Doube <
[hidden email]> wrote:
>
>> Hi All
>>
>> I was hoping this would be a quick job but I am stuck. I have a
>> directory full of DICOM images and matching bitmap thumbnails, both
>> named with a timestamp by the capture software. I'd like to rename
>> all the DICOM files and matching BMP's with the string contained in
>> header 0010,0010. I can get the string, but don't seem to be able to
>> rename the files with it. Any help appreciated,
>>
>> Mike
>>
>> macro:
>> ------------------------------------
>> setBatchMode(true);
>> open();
>> path = File.directory();
>> tag = "0010,0010";
>> close();
>>
>> function getTag(tag) {
>> info = getImageInfo();
>> index1 = indexOf(info, tag);
>> if (index1==-1) return "";
>> index1 = indexOf(info, ":", index1);
>> if (index1==-1) return "";
>> index2 = indexOf(info, "\n", index1);
>> value = substring(info, index1+1, index2);
>> return value;
>> }
>>
>> list = getFileList(path);
>> showStatus("Getting File List...");
>> for (i=0; i<list.length; i++){
>> if(endsWith(list[i], '.dcm')){
>> open(list[i]);
>> newtitle = replace(getTag(tag),'^','_');
>> newtitle = replace(newtitle, ' ', '_');
>> newtitle = substring(newtitle, 1, lengthOf(newtitle)-1);
>> print(newtitle);
>> close();
>> File.rename(list[i], path+newtitle+".dcm");
>> thumbnail = replace(list[i], ".dcm", ".bmp");
>> File.rename(thumbnail, path+newtitle+".bmp");
>> }
>> }
>> ----------------------------------
>>
>>