This tutorial also assumes that you know the basics of C# or any equivalent object-oriented language such as Java or C++. NET and C# - Making Sense of the DICOM File” to understand the structure of a DICOM file. You may also want to look at my other tutorial titled “DICOM Basics using. If you are totally new to DICOM, please have a quick look at my earlier article titled “Introduction to the DICOM Standard” for a quick introduction to the standard. This is part of my series of articles on the DICOM standard.

Testing Tools for DICOM Directory Troubleshooting.

Approach 2 - Taking Full Control by Object Traversal.

Approach 1 - Use Built-In Convenience Methods.

Support for DICOM Directory Operations in Fellow Oak (fo-dicom) Toolkit.

Fellow Oak (fo-dicom) DICOM Toolkit - Quick Overview.

NET and C# - Reading DICOM Directories Contents

Directory structure: it may contain one to eight components (sub directory) and each component should be limited to 16 characters max from the subset of the G0 repertoireĪlso make sure to have the unique ID for each level of DICOM hierarchical model (Patient ID, Study Instance UID, Series Instance UID and SOP Instance UID).DICOM Basics using.

upper case A-Z and 0 to 1 plus the “_” (underscore))

Filename should be limited to 8 characters and no extension.

DICOMDIR location should be at the root directory.

Media Storage SOP Instance UID (0002,0003)įollow the file naming and folder structure convention as defined in the standard.Media Storage SOP Class UID (0002,0002).File Meta Information Version (0002,0001).File Meta Information Group Length (0002,0000).This should include a 128 byte File Preamble, followed by a 4 byte DICOM prefix 'DICM', followed by the File Meta Elements such as follows:

If you are creating part 10 compliant DICOM Media, you should prepare the individual DICOM file to match the part 10 requirement.

Dicomdir file structure