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Dicom file handler module
mysty - July 6, 2009 - 17:28
Hello,
a drupal project I am working on needs a dicom file handler module. Dicom is a standard for medical images, containing metadata (for more details on Dicom see here).
The project needs a module to be able to:
- import dicom files (from upload, maybe batch?)
- convert dicom image for display within drupal, e.g. as a jpeg
- extract the metadata from the dicom file as CCK fields that are then searchable
.. optionally:
- jpg image rotation
- jpg image scaling
The resulting module would be sponsored by the project, for the author's release as open source on drupal.org
If you are interested in this please contact me on irc in channel #drupaluk or via the contact form of d.o.
Thanks!
mysty

Sounds like a sub-class of
Sounds like a sub-class of the filefield / imagefield with a custom formatter to display the additional meta data.
Looks fiddly. Good luck!
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changed from the above based
changed from the above based on further information.
Also
Hope the above makes sense.
Please contact with any questions.
Regards,
mysty
More clarification being sought
.. trying to find out at the moment whether the project needs full resolution dicom image browser (with zoom etc) or just a 72dpi preview.
Obviously quite important so please stand by.
Answers will be provided here, along with a re-stated more clear specification, and as much as I can offer about use cases, etc.
thanks for you interest and bearing with me while I try and nail down the moving pieces as much as possible before we get going :)
mysty
OK it seems the people I've
OK it seems the people I've been trying to get clarification from are both on separate beaches! Typical ;)
So what I've proposed to them is the following:
When I say system, I mean of course the drupal site via the aforementioned dicom module.
So what is not offered is a dicom file browser.
The use case would be for a user to import a dicom file - via either a file upload (for smaller files) or from a server side directory (dicom files can be large). The dicom module would then parse the file to extract:
So the original dicom files will not be for editing, and will be available for downloaded later.
How does that sound? Hopefully realistic and achievable :)
regards,
mysty
Oh dear, I did forget that
Oh dear, I did forget that the site will be in both Greek and English so i18n interoperation (whatever that means) will be important. Unlike for example the core contact module.
Sorry that's so unclear, and trust me, I really wish it was a single language project..
Drupal and DICOM
- have you looked at (some how) using something like DIOwave within Drupal? (http://diowave-vs.sourceforge.net/) - I use DIOwave for other things and getting it to work throug Drupal would solve some of my problems -