extractHeader: Extract Single Field from DICOM Headers
In oro.dicom: Rigorous - DICOM Input / Output

Description Usage Arguments Details Value Author(s) References See Also Examples

A particular DICOM field is extracted for a collection of DICOM headers.

1 2	extractHeader(hdrs, string, numeric = TRUE, names = FALSE, inSequence = TRUE)

`hdrs`	List object of DICOM headers.
`string`	DICOM field name.
`numeric`	Logical; values are converted to numbers when `TRUE`.
`names`	Logical; file names are kept with elements of the vector.
`inSequence`	Logical; whether or not to look into SequenceItem elements.

The DICOM field is extracted from each DICOM header and placed into a vector.

Vector of values from the requested DICOM field.

Brandon Whitcher bwhitcher@gmail.com

Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM)
http://medical.nema.org

readDICOM

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x <- readDICOMFile(system.file("dcm/Abdo.dcm", package="oro.dicom"))
seriesDescription <- extractHeader(x$hdr, "SeriesDescription", numeric=FALSE)
IOP <- extractHeader(x$hdr, "ImageOrientationPatient", numeric=FALSE)