Michael,
Have you tried the most recent version of MRIConvert yet? It
handles Multiframe MRI.
http://lcni.uoregon.edu/~jolinda/MRIConvert/
-KC
Lipton, Michael wrote:
> Thanks Martin,
>
> Yes, PAR/REC is optimal. However, immediately following the upgrade, our research key was not enabled and we were unable to export to PAR/REC. While that issue has been resolved, I have data that is only available as DICOM, but needs analysis.
>
> We most commonly retrieve the data from our GE Centricity PACS system and then copy to the WINXP/LINUX box used for analysis.
>
> Of note, files created by other scanners (GE and Philips) that we retrieve as DICOM from PACS do not have this problem.
>
> If you could help me with the conversion, I would be most grateful.
>
> Michael
>
>
>
> On Jul 17, 2007, at 3:55 AM, Martin Kavec wrote:
>
> Hi Michael,
>
> as others have already suggested, export of your date to the so-called PAR-REC
> (Philips research file format) file format is one way. At times it may be
> even preferable, because in the PAR file, which is a simple ASCII text file,
> you can get the gradient diffusion table for free.
>
> Regarding your troubles with the Achieva DICOM files, I would guess they could
> be related to the conformance of Achieva architecture to the very recent
> DICOM standards. I think it is by default that Achieva exports DICOM images
> in the "MULTIFRAME format". This means that you would not find 2040 files in
> your 32 (+ b0 + ADC-weighted) directions and 60 slices DTI study, but instead
> they would be stored in ONE single file.
>
> You don't write how you get the images on a computer with MRIcro, so it is a
> bit hard to speculate exactly, what could be the problem. If you prefer to
> work with DICOMs, I would be happy to assist you to locate the problem.
>
> Martin
>
> On Tuesday 17 July 2007 03:33:27 Lipton, Michael wrote:
> Hello Philips users:
>
> Since upgrading an Intera 3T scanner to Freewave/Achieva, I have been
> unable to convert my DTI data from DICOM to any FSL-friendly format. I was
> previously doing this with MRIcro and have since tried every converter I
> can get my hands on, with no success.
>
> Any suggestion would be much appreciated,
>
> Michael
>
