DICOM CD workflow

A description of the workflow to produce the medical image rendered in X3DOM here, from the CD containing results of MRI scans.

Complete Image Set Truncated Image Set

Software

• Python 2.7 , with additional libraries
  • NumPy - numerical analysis library
  • SciPy - companion to NumPy with additional analysis functions
  • PIL - Python Imaging Library
  • pydicom A python library for reading DICOM files.

• Osirix-Lite : This free demo version of the Osirix software for viewing DICOM image files, for Mac OS. Similar DICOM viewers are available for Windows OS

Scans

The original data set was flat collection of DICOM files as provided on CD by a hospital. The contents of this folder were imported into the Osirix Lite viewing software. The viewing software organized the file set by patient name (there was only one patient) and into three series of scans. The thumbnail images for one such series is shown: