Thank you Wayne, Richard. I didn't know about the part where information
can be saved as a text file. Definitely helpful. And thank you for the
Yes Jim, I'd been starting to ponder that approach myself. However, I think
file. But, thank you for the input.
> Hi Lisa -
>
> I think that ImageJ can easily provide the two files you would like to
> obtain from each DICOM file.
>
> 1. Open your DICOM image in ImageJ.
> 2. Save a raw data file as follows: select menu option ">File>Save As" and
> then select "Raw Data...". The raw image data from your DICOM image will be
> saved in a file with the same name, but with the extension ".raw". This
> DOES NOT include any of the header information, but only the pixel data.
> 3. Save the DICOM header as follows: select menu option ">Image>Show
> Info". This will open and "info" window that shows you all the DICOM header
> information along with some additional image information, like the number
> of bits per pixel, and the width, height and depth of your image file.
> 4. Select ">File>Save As" from the menu on the info window and save this
> information in a file (it will be an ascii text file readable in any text
> editor). The default file name for this text file is "Info-(image
> name).txt". You may change it if you wish.
> 5. Close all windows by selecting ">File>Close All" from the ImageJ menu.
>
> If you have many images, you can automate this process by recording a
> macro. If you plan to work with images in the future, learning how to
> create ImageJ macros will be a useful skill. I would refer you to resources
> for learning the macro language on the ImageJ Developer Resources page "
>
http://imagej.nih.gov/ij/developer/index.html". You can also get to this
> page from within ImageJ by selecting ">Help>Dev. Resources..." from the
> menu.
>
> Richard VanMetter
>
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