On Jun 25, 6:58 am, kevbr...@gmail.com wrote:
> I am somewhat new to programming and am interested in writing a DICOM
> viewer. I can decode the IODs I want to, but dont know that much about
> image processing/display or graphics ( actually programming in general
> to be honest). I am interested and self motivated, but unsure what
> subject/books I should read. Ultimately I would like to display CT/MR/
> PET image, multiplanar reconstruct them, view overlayed, and register
> them. Any recommended reading would be greatly appreciated.

So you have finished reading the whole DICOM standard ? Very
impressive !

You could start reading the Red & Blue book for OpenGL (Orange book
too if you are going to go the shading path). In you are coming from
OO world, definitely read The Visualization Toolkit An Object-Oriented
Approach To 3D Graphics.
As for registration, there are plenty of approach, (see itk.org for
implementations). ITK Software guide can be freely downloaded of the
web... AFAIK there is a book per registration method.

Good luck
-Mathieu

On Jun 25, 9:28*am, Mathieu Malaterre
wrote:
> On Jun 25, 6:58 am, kevbr...@gmail.com wrote:
>
> > I am somewhat new to programming and am interested in writing a DICOM
> > viewer. I can decode the IODs I want to, but dont know that much about
> > image processing/display or graphics ( actually programming in general
> > to be honest). I am interested and self motivated, but unsure what
> > subject/books I should read. Ultimately I would like to display CT/MR/
> > PET image, multiplanar reconstruct them, view overlayed, and register
> > them. Any recommended reading would be greatly appreciated.
>
> So you have finished reading the whole DICOM standard ? Very
> impressive !
>
> You could start reading the Red & Blue book for OpenGL (Orange book
> too if you are going to go the shading path). In you are coming from
> OO world, definitely read The Visualization Toolkit An Object-Oriented
> Approach To 3D Graphics.
> As for registration, there are plenty of approach, (see itk.org for
> implementations). ITK Software guide can be freely downloaded of the
> web... AFAIK there is a book per registration method.
>
> Good luck
> -Mathieu

Mathieu-

Thanks for the reply. I will definitely look into those. Its actually
not so impressive after all. I havent finished the whole standard just
the parts I needed to be able to decode the IODs i needed. Really,
just the encoding section and the IOD definition section and even
those not as throughly as I should have.

Thanks again

Kevin

On Jun 25, 11:42*am, kevbro02 wrote:
> On Jun 25, 9:28*am, Mathieu Malaterre
> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > On Jun 25, 6:58 am, kevbr...@gmail.com wrote:
>
> > > I am somewhat new to programming and am interested in writing a DICOM
> > > viewer. I can decode the IODs I want to, but dont know that much about
> > > image processing/display or graphics ( actually programming in general
> > > to be honest). I am interested and self motivated, but unsure what
> > > subject/books I should read. Ultimately I would like to display CT/MR/
> > > PET image, multiplanar reconstruct them, view overlayed, and register
> > > them. Any recommended reading would be greatly appreciated.
>
> > So you have finished reading the whole DICOM standard ? Very
> > impressive !
>
> > You could start reading the Red & Blue book for OpenGL (Orange book
> > too if you are going to go the shading path). In you are coming from
> > OO world, definitely read The Visualization Toolkit An Object-Oriented
> > Approach To 3D Graphics.
> > As for registration, there are plenty of approach, (see itk.org for
> > implementations). ITK Software guide can be freely downloaded of the
> > web... AFAIK there is a book per registration method.
>
> > Good luck
> > -Mathieu
>
> Mathieu-
>
> Thanks for the reply. I will definitely look into those. Its actually
> not so impressive after all. I havent finished the whole standard just
> the parts I needed to be able to decode the IODs i needed. Really,
> just the encoding section and the IOD definition section and even
> those not as throughly as I should have.
>
> Thanks again
>
> Kevin- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -


I started on a similar hunt about 1 year ago. Here is the current
status:

http://groups.google.com/group/medic...-download-page

This project will soon be open source.

To get more ideas, you can review vtk codebase.. they have good
rendering examples.

I use dcmtk for now to iron out DICOM complexities, in process to use
GDCM soon.

Good luck!

Moderator,
http://groups.google.com/group/medicalimagingscience

On Jun 25, 6:11*pm, "Science.Medical.Imaging List"
wrote:
> On Jun 25, 11:42*am, kevbro02 wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > On Jun 25, 9:28*am, Mathieu Malaterre
> > wrote:
>
> > > On Jun 25, 6:58 am, kevbr...@gmail.com wrote:
>
> > > > I am somewhat new to programming and am interested in writing a DICOM
> > > > viewer. I can decode the IODs I want to, but dont know that much about
> > > > image processing/display or graphics ( actually programming in general
> > > > to be honest). I am interested and self motivated, but unsure what
> > > > subject/books I should read. Ultimately I would like to display CT/MR/
> > > > PET image, multiplanar reconstruct them, view overlayed, and register
> > > > them. Any recommended reading would be greatly appreciated.
>
> > > So you have finished reading the whole DICOM standard ? Very
> > > impressive !
>
> > > You could start reading the Red & Blue book for OpenGL (Orange book
> > > too if you are going to go the shading path). In you are coming from
> > > OO world, definitely read The Visualization Toolkit An Object-Oriented
> > > Approach To 3D Graphics.
> > > As for registration, there are plenty of approach, (see itk.org for
> > > implementations). ITK Software guide can be freely downloaded of the
> > > web... AFAIK there is a book per registration method.
>
> > > Good luck
> > > -Mathieu
>
> > Mathieu-
>
> > Thanks for the reply. I will definitely look into those. Its actually
> > not so impressive after all. I havent finished the whole standard just
> > the parts I needed to be able to decode the IODs i needed. Really,
> > just the encoding section and the IOD definition section and even
> > those not as throughly as I should have.
>
> > Thanks again
>
> > Kevin- Hide quoted text -
>
> > - Show quoted text -
>
> I started on a similar hunt about 1 year ago. Here is the current
> status:
>
> http://groups.google.com/group/medic...b/smiviewer-do...
>
> This project will soon be open source.
>
> To get more ideas, you can review vtk codebase.. they have good
> rendering examples.
>
> I use dcmtk for now to iron out DICOM complexities, in process to use
> GDCM soon.
>
> Good luck!
>
> Moderator,http://groups.google.com/group/medicalimagingscience- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Those screen shots look fantastic. Your program did the segmantation
and 3d presentation? Its awesome. I may hit you up for advice
periodically if you dont mind.
Thanks for the post and the tips

Kevin

On Jun 26, 3:40*pm, kevbro02 wrote:
> On Jun 25, 6:11*pm, "Science.Medical.Imaging List"
>
>
>
>
>
> wrote:
> > On Jun 25, 11:42*am, kevbro02 wrote:
>
> > > On Jun 25, 9:28*am, Mathieu Malaterre
> > > wrote:
>
> > > > On Jun 25, 6:58 am, kevbr...@gmail.com wrote:
>
> > > > > I am somewhat new to programming and am interested in writing a DICOM
> > > > > viewer. I can decode the IODs I want to, but dont know that much about
> > > > > image processing/display or graphics ( actually programming in general
> > > > > to be honest). I am interested and self motivated, but unsure what
> > > > > subject/books I should read. Ultimately I would like to display CT/MR/
> > > > > PET image, multiplanar reconstruct them, view overlayed, and register
> > > > > them. Any recommended reading would be greatly appreciated.
>
> > > > So you have finished reading the whole DICOM standard ? Very
> > > > impressive !
>
> > > > You could start reading the Red & Blue book for OpenGL (Orange book
> > > > too if you are going to go the shading path). In you are coming from
> > > > OO world, definitely read The Visualization Toolkit An Object-Oriented
> > > > Approach To 3D Graphics.
> > > > As for registration, there are plenty of approach, (see itk.org for
> > > > implementations). ITK Software guide can be freely downloaded of the
> > > > web... AFAIK there is a book per registration method.
>
> > > > Good luck
> > > > -Mathieu
>
> > > Mathieu-
>
> > > Thanks for the reply. I will definitely look into those. Its actually
> > > not so impressive after all. I havent finished the whole standard just
> > > the parts I needed to be able to decode the IODs i needed. Really,
> > > just the encoding section and the IOD definition section and even
> > > those not as throughly as I should have.
>
> > > Thanks again
>
> > > Kevin- Hide quoted text -
>
> > > - Show quoted text -
>
> > I started on a similar hunt about 1 year ago. Here is the current
> > status:
>
> >http://groups.google.com/group/medic...b/smiviewer-do...
>
> > This project will soon be open source.
>
> > To get more ideas, you can review vtk codebase.. they have good
> > rendering examples.
>
> > I use dcmtk for now to iron out DICOM complexities, in process to use
> > GDCM soon.
>
> > Good luck!
>
> > Moderator,http://groups.google.com/group/medic...ngscience-Hide quoted text -
>
> > - Show quoted text -
>
> Those screen shots look fantastic. Your program did the segmantation
> and 3d presentation? Its awesome. I may hit you up for advice
> periodically if you dont mind.
> Thanks for the post and the tips
>
> Kevin- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -


Kevin,

Yes all the code except DICOM I/O is home grown.