[MINC-users] MINC to DICOM

[Alex Zijdenbos]

<soapbox>
While I understand Andrew's reluctance towards a minc-to-dicom
converter and I also understand some of the technical issues
surrounding that type of conversion, it is undeniably a need that
exists and if we (the minc community) are somewhat serious about
wanting people to use minc, I think we have little choice but to
provide such a converter sooner or later. I myself get requests for
this on a weekly basis (twice just today in fact).

There are a few efforts out there that claim to be able to do this
(MIPAV, LONI debabeler, ...), but as far as I know they are all flawed
in some way or another - and mostly in that they are obviously not
part of minc 'proper'. IMHO, a minc-to-dicom converter *should* really
come from the makers of minc; and as a community, at some point we
should get off our high horse and accept that - well - perhaps we
should actually make it easy for people to interact with minc...

Just my $0.02... and yes, I know that does not answer the most
important question: "who?" ... Any takers to do it (or fund it)?
</soapbox>

-- A

On Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 10:10 AM, Andrew Janke <a.janke at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Simon,
>
> On Fri, Oct 3, 2008 at 12:03 AM, Simon Fristed Eskildsen <se at hst.aau.dk> wrote:
>> Yes, I know this has been an issue previously discussed. Did anyone ever solve the conversion?
>
> Well for myself I am still sticking well away from such heinous
> conversions. I would suggest that you take a look at david clunies
> dc3tools software. I seem to remember that they can read a RAW/Tiff
> file which you can certainly make with the MINC tools.
>
> Failing that surely ITK can write a DICOM file?  it can read MINC via
> leila's extensions so that might be your saviour.
>
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