DICOM Browser

Explore collection of DICOM files

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Description

TheDICOM Browserapp lets you explore the contents of collections of DICOM files. The app sorts images by study and series. You can select a series and save it to the MATLAB workspace. The DICOM Browser stores the data as a volume, with separate variables for a colormap and for spatial details.

Open the DICOM Browser App

MATLAB^®Toolstrip: On theAppstab, underImage Processing and Computer Vision, click the DICOM Browser app icon.
MATLAB command prompt: EnterdicomBrowser.

Examples

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Explore by Folder Name

Open the DICOM Browser, displaying DICOM files from the sample image folder.

dicomBrowser(fullfile(matlabroot,'toolbox/images/imdata'))

Explore by DICOMDIR File

Open the DICOM Browser and explore a DICOM folder by using the DICOMDIR file.

dicomBrowser(fullfile(matlabroot,'toolbox/images/imdata/DICOMDIR'))

Programmatic Use

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`dicomBrowser`

dicomBrowseropens the DICOM Browser app for exploring the contents of collections of DICOM files.

`dicomBrowser(DIR)`

dicomBrowser(DIR)ab打开DICOM浏览器应用程序,显示细节out the files in the folderDIRand its subfolders.DIRcan contain a full path name, a relative path name to the file, or the name of a file on the MATLAB search path.

`dicomBrowser(DICOMDIR)`

dicomBrowser(DICOMDIR)opens the DICOM Browser app and gathers details from the DICOM directory file, namedDICOMDIR. A DICOM directory file is a special DICOM file that serves as a directory to a collection of DICOM files stored on removable media, such as CD/DVD ROMs.DICOMDIRcan contain a full path name or a relative path name to the file. The name of this file isDICOMDIR, with no file extension.

Version History

Introduced in R2017b