Conversion of Medical Images Format from DICOM to Conventional Format based on DCMTK

VernacularTitle:基于DCMTK实现DICOM医学影像文件与常见格式的转换
Author: Xiaoqi Lü ; Zhengguang DENG ; Lidong YANG
Publication Type:Journal Article
Keywords: medical image; format conversion; data set; data element
From: Journal of Practical Radiology 2010;26(2):268-271
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Objective To realize the format conversion from DICOM images to common images with simple and convenient meth-ods. Methods Parsing the DICOM files adopting the object-oriented idea, the DICOM images were changed over on the basis of DCMTK toolkit. Results The VC++ project was built with the DICOM toolkit and the conversion of image formats was achieved. Conclusion This method conveniently achieves the conversion among kinds of image formats. The converted images are completely accord with the practicable standards;moreover, it's greatly convenient for the following processing and manipulations.