DICOMReader

class DICOMReader(*args, **kwargs)

DICOM Reader for reading .dcm files.

Wraps vtkDICOMImageReader.

This reader reads a single file or a path containing a several .dcm files (DICOM stack).

Parameters:

pathstr

Path to the single DICOM (.dcm) file to be opened or the directory containing a stack of DICOM files.

Examples

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Read a DICOM stack.

>>> import pyvista as pv
>>> from pyvista import examples
>>> path = examples.download_dicom_stack(load=False)
>>> reader = pv.DICOMReader(path)
>>> dataset = reader.read()
>>> dataset.plot(volume=True, zoom=3, show_scalar_bar=False)

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Note

The example dataset is the CPTAC-SAR collection from The Cancer Imaging Archive, distributed under CC BY 3.0 and subject to the TCIA Data Usage Policy. See download_dicom_stack() for the required attribution and usage terms.

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