[MINC-users] dcm2mnc vs 3D DICOM

[Gabriel A. Devenyi]

Just a follwup, the "newer" dicom creator is dcm2niix, may be able to find
some useful info here https://github.com/neurolabusc/dcm2niix

-- 
Gabriel A. Devenyi B.Eng. Ph.D.
Research Computing Associate
Computational Brain Anatomy Laboratory
Cerebral Imaging Center
Douglas Mental Health University Institute
McGill University
t: 514.761.6131x4781
e: gdevenyi at gmail.com

On Thu, Feb 11, 2016 at 10:47 AM, Robert D. Vincent <
robert.d.vincent at mcgill.ca> wrote:

> Hi Alex,
>
> We've encountered so little 3D DICOM over the years I'm not surprised it
> isn't handled well.
>
> Thanks for the dataset. I will look into it and let you know.
>
>     -bert
>
>
> On Thu, Feb 11, 2016 at 10:33 AM, Alex Zijdenbos <zijdenbos at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I got some 3D DICOM SPECT data that dcm2mnc issues with - depending on
> what
> > version of dcm2mnc I use, I get somewhat different results; but in most
> > cases I end up with irregular z-spacing and/or a flipped z-axis. The most
> > recent version I tried was dcm2mnc version 2.01.03 from minc-toolkit
> > version 1.0.08.
> >
> > If I run the same thing through dcm2nii followed by nii2mnc (ugh!), I
> > actually get a volume that looks like I expected. There appears to be
> > coordinate space information in the 3D DICOM that dcm2nii seems to be
> able
> > to interpret, but dcm2mnc does not.
> >
> > Thoughts/pointers/updated versions of dcm2mnc?
> >
> > Here is a sample DICOM set:
> > ​
> >  s1_0013006_3006.dcm.gz
> > <
> >
> https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5fOtqpIs4sKVVlVVVF0VTZ5Sjg/view?usp=drive_web
> > >
> > ​
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > -- A
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