dicom.raw.data.loader {espadon}

DICOM file loading in raw data

Description

the dicom.raw.data.loader function loads a DICOM file as raw data.

Usage

dicom.raw.data.loader(dcm.filename)

Arguments

dcm.filename

Character string, representing the full name of a DICOM file.

Value

Returns a vector of raw data from dcm.filename.

See Also

dicom.browser, dicom.tag.parser

Examples

# First, save toy.dicom.raw () raw data to a temporary file for testing.
pat.src.dir <- file.path (tempdir(), "toy_dcm")
dir.create (pat.src.dir, recursive = TRUE) 
dcm.filename <- tempfile (pattern = "toyrtplan", tmpdir = pat.src.dir,
                          fileext = ".dcm")
zz <- file (dcm.filename, "wb")
writeBin (toy.dicom.raw (), zz, size = 1)
close (zz)

# loading of file
dicom.raw.data <- dicom.raw.data.loader (dcm.filename)

# checks if it is consistent with the original raw data
all ( dicom.raw.data == toy.dicom.raw () )

# Cleaning  temporary directory
unlink (pat.src.dir, recursive = TRUE)