read.DICOM.RT: Read DICOM-RT data from an input directory

In RadOnc: Analytical Tools for Radiation Oncology

Read DICOM-RT data from an input directory

Description

Function to extract three-dimensional structural and dosimetric data from input file(s) in DICOM-RT format

Usage

read.DICOM.RT(path, exclude=NULL, recursive=TRUE, verbose=TRUE, limit=NULL, 
	DVH=TRUE, zDVH=FALSE, modality="CT", ...)

Arguments

path	Location of directory containing relevant DICOM-RT information
exclude	Character string specifying exclusion criteria used to skip processing of specific file(s) within the DICOM-RT directory.
recursive	Logical (default is TRUE) specifying whether to recursively extract nested files located within a parent directory
verbose	Logical value (default is TRUE) indicating whether or not to output verbose information and status in text
limit	Numerical value specifying size threshold over which to skip processing of specific structures (number corresponds to the number of points used to define each structure surface)
DVH	Logical value (default is TRUE) indicating whether or not to calculate DVH data from DICOM-RT files (involves trilinear dose grid interpolation)
zDVH	Logical value (default is FALSE) indicating whether or not to extract axially-segmented (zDVH) data from DICOM-RT files (this parameter is ignored unless DVH=TRUE)
modality	Parameter used to specify the scan type expected in importing DICOM-RT data (must be one one of "CT" [default] or "MR").
...	Additional parameters passed to readDICOM function

Value

Returns a single structure.list object containing all structures from input DICOM-RT file(s)

Author(s)

Reid F. Thompson ([e-mail])

See Also

readDICOM, structure.list, structure3D

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