On Sat, Mar 05, 2011 at 08:21:43PM +0100, martin f krafft wrote: > also sprach Karsten Hilbert <[email protected]> [2011.03.05.1940 +0100]: > > Well, Sebastian suggested that most likely there's a viewer > > *already* on the original data discs. > > There is. It has a .exe extension.
I know :-) > > I suspected as much but since Martin asked anyways I assumed he > > was looking for something different. Due to that I suggested that > > it may be necessary to first better define exactly what that other > > purpose is. I'm sure Martin knows but I for one didn't fully > > comprehend the scope of the use case just yet. > > I am looking for a way to archive the data (~ 12Gb) without taking up 12Gb. Hmmm. > Perhaps I am simply mislead for I am thinking that DICOM is > to medical imaging what RAW is to professional photography: a lot of > additional information that is not really needed when all one wants > are the data in some sort of presentable fashion. That's exactly the problem we are facing here: we need to define what "some sort of presentable fashion" means. > As MRI and CT scans essentially give 3-dimensional information, > a planar projection into something like png will obviously not cut > the mustard. Many times radiologists will look at cross sections rather than 3d re-computations as far as fractures are concerned (which is what you were hinting at). > So hence my question should have been something in the > direction of: to what format can I convert these 12Gb DICOM data so > that I, as amateur spectator can still "surf my brain (and knee and > wrists)", but not keep any information around that I won't ever use > (nor anyone else ever will). > > Am I making myself clearer now? Indeed. I am not aware of anything offhand that takes the DICOM data, regenerates a 3d model from that and keeps only the data to display the model, sorry. There likely is, I just don't know it, since it's not at all typical for doctors to do. Karsten -- GPG key ID E4071346 @ gpg-keyserver.de E167 67FD A291 2BEA 73BD 4537 78B9 A9F9 E407 1346 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
