| read.DICOM {fmri} | R Documentation |
I/O function
Description
Read DICOM file.
Usage
read.DICOM(filename,includedata = TRUE)
Arguments
filename |
name of the file |
includedata |
logical. should data be read too? defaults to |
Details
The function reads a DICOM file.
Value
Object with the following list entries:
header |
header information as raw data |
ttt |
image data if requested. raw vector (numeric size 4) containing the four dimensional data cube (the first three dimensions are voxel dimensions, the fourth dimension denotes the time). |
format |
data source. string "DICOM" |
delta |
voxel size in mm |
series |
series identifier |
image |
image number within series |
dim |
dimension of the data if available |
Note
Since the DICOM standard is rather complicated, there may be cases where this function cannot read a DICOM file. Known issue: it cannot read header with implicit VR. Return value may change in future version!
Author(s)
Karsten Tabelow tabelow@wias-berlin.de
References
http://medical.nema.org
Polzehl, J. and Tabelow, K. (2007) fmri: A Package for Analyzing fmri Data, R News, 7:13-17 .
See Also
Examples
## Not run: dicom <- read.DICOM("dicomfile")