read.DICOM.RT {RadOnc}

Read DICOM-RT data from an input directory

Description

Function to extract three-dimensional structural and dosimetric data from input file(s) in DICOM-RT format

Usage

read.DICOM.RT(path, exclude=NULL, recursive=TRUE, verbose=TRUE, limit=NULL, 
	DVH=TRUE, zDVH=FALSE, modality="CT", ...)

Arguments

path

Location of directory containing relevant DICOM-RT information

exclude

Character string specifying exclusion criteria used to skip processing of specific file(s) within the DICOM-RT directory.

recursive

Logical (default is TRUE) specifying whether to recursively extract nested files located within a parent directory

verbose

Logical value (default is TRUE) indicating whether or not to output verbose information and status in text

limit

Numerical value specifying size threshold over which to skip processing of specific structures (number corresponds to the number of points used to define each structure surface)

DVH

Logical value (default is TRUE) indicating whether or not to calculate DVH data from DICOM-RT files (involves trilinear dose grid interpolation)

zDVH

Logical value (default is FALSE) indicating whether or not to extract axially-segmented (zDVH) data from DICOM-RT files (this parameter is ignored unless DVH=TRUE)

modality

Parameter used to specify the scan type expected in importing DICOM-RT data (must be one one of "CT" [default] or "MR").

...

Additional parameters passed to readDICOM function

Value

Returns a single structure.list object containing all structures from input DICOM-RT file(s)

Author(s)

Reid F. Thompson ([e-mail])

See Also

readDICOM, structure.list, structure3D