USAGE: DD DICOMDir (FILE) where FILE is the path to a given DICOMDIR file. If your DICOM input files are JPEG compressed, then try the tool dcmmkdir instead which works the same but might require some extra options due to the compression. Discussions (3) DICOMDIR DICOMDir object representing the heirarchical structure of a DICOMDIR file. As you can see in the dcmgpdir manual, there are several options (-.) that allow you to work around missing data in the DICOM files or other problems.
That should create the DICOMDIR.Ĭopy the DICOMDIR and the DICOM directory on a CD or USB stick, whatever your new software reads from, give it a try, and tell me what the result is. Then go into your base dir and call "dcmgpdir.exe +id. Do not put any other files into the base and DICOM directory. In order to avoid mistakes, do not create further sub directories under "DICOM". Otherwise you will have problems creating the DICOMDIR or importing it. Make sure that all DICOM file names only consists of capital letters, numbers, underscore, and no file ending (i.e. Put your DICOM files into a sub directory (for simplicty, use "DICOM") of that base dir. It is part of the toolkit executables that you can download from the regular download page. They are provided freely by Medimodel for education and research, if you find them useful. The sample DICOM files have been anonymised of all patient information so can be used freely. These free DICOM files are from CT and MRI scans and span medical, dental and veterinary cases. That being said, DCMTK has a tool (dcmgpdir) to create a DICOMDIR that references existing DICOM files. Access our anonymised collection of free, sample DICOM files. by asking the user) which files to import. The idea is that a software reads the DICOMDIR and can use the information to decide (e.g. patient ID, name, birth date, file path, study date and so on). Instead, it is a Table of Content that references DICOM files and has basic information about each (e.g. Actually the DICOMDIR file is not a replacement for the DICOM files (.dcm) files at hand.