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* '''Basic settings''' | * '''Basic settings''' | ||
+ | ** ''Input directory'': location of the input data (either in DICOM format, or as a collection of frames) | ||
+ | ** ''Output node'': MultiVolume node that will keep the loaded data. You need to create a new node or select and existing one when importing the data. | ||
+ | ** ''Input data type'': multivolume data can be imported from an appropriate DICOM series, or from a collection of individual frames saved in one of the Slicer-supported volume file formats. Supported options are: | ||
+ | *** DICOM 4D DCE MRI: individual frames will be separated from the DICOM series by (0018,1060) tag (Trigger Time) | ||
+ | *** DICOM variable TE MRI: (0018,0081) (Echo Time) | ||
+ | *** DICOM variable FA MRI: (0018,1314) (Flip Angle) | ||
+ | *** DICOM variable TR MRI: (0018,0080) (Repetition Time) | ||
+ | *** User-defined DICOM: the tag specified by the user in the '''Advanced settings''' panel will be used to separate individual frames. | ||
+ | *** User-defined non-DICOM: the directory is expected to contain a list of individual frames saved in a [[Documentation/4.1/SlicerApplication/SupportedDataFormat|image volume format supported by 3D Slicer]], such as NRRD or NIfTI. | ||
* '''Advanced settings''' | * '''Advanced settings''' | ||
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Revision as of 15:54, 1 May 2012
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WARNING: This module is Work in Progress, which means:
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Introduction and Acknowledgements
This work is supported by NA-MIC, NAC, NCIGT, and the Slicer Community. This work is partially supported by the following grants: P41EB015898, P41RR019703, R01CA111288 and U01CA151261. | |||||||||||
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Module Description
This module provides support for importing multivolume (multiframe) data.
Use Cases
Most frequently used for these scenarios:
- importing a DICOM dataset that contains multiple frames that can be separated based on some tag (e.g., DCE MRI data, where individual temporally resolved frames are identified by Trigger Time tag (0018,1060)
- importing multiple frames defined in the same coordinate frame, saved as individual volumes in NRRD, NIfTI, or any other image format supported by 3D Slicer
Tutorials
- Sample datasets are available:
- anonymized prostate DCE MRI DICOM series
- File:Cardiac ECGg CT.tgz (ECG-gated contrast-enhanced cardiac CT) (use "User-defined non-DICOM" parameter option to load it into MultiVolumeImporter). Short movie
Panels and their use
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Similar Modules
Once the multivolume dataset is loaded, it can be viewed and further explored using MultiVolumeExplorer module..
References
- Development of this module was initiated at the 2012 NA-MIC Project week at SLC (see http://wiki.na-mic.org/Wiki/index.php/2012_Project_Week:4DImageSlicer4)
Information for Developers
Section under construction. |
Known issues that won't be resolved
- bug 1841: multivolumes that contain less than 7 frames will not be saved correctly and the scene containing such objects will not be loaded correctly by Slicer (limitation of the NRRD IO for DWI)
Features to be implemented
- integrate MV importer as a DICOM module plugin
Features under consideration
- should DWI node be a child under the MV hierarchy?
- import multivolumes from ITK 4d images