It is looking for information in the Siemens "ascii header". This is a bit of ascii text that gets stored in a private field in the dicom, but because it is ascii we can just parse the file. It uses this information to determine the size of the mosaic.
doug On 02/12/2014 12:23 PM, Gennan Chen wrote: > Possible. Can you give me DICOM tag/tags the program looks for?? > > Gen > > -----Original Message----- > From: freesurfer-boun...@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu > [mailto:freesurfer-boun...@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu] On Behalf Of Douglas N Greve > Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2014 8:24 AM > To: freesurfer@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu > Subject: Re: [Freesurfer] dt_recon error for Siemens mosaics image > > has it been anonymized? > > On 02/11/2014 02:23 PM, Gennan Chen wrote: >> HI! All, >> >> I got an error when I ran dt_recon >> >> WARNING: file /Users/gnchen/tmp/3011_DTI/orig/MR000001.dcm does not >> contain a Siemens ASCII header >> >> has this file been anonymized? >> >> ERROR: cannot unpack mosiacs without ASCII header >> >> >> I can confirm it is Siemens mosaics format. Any idea how to by pass >> this?? >> >> >> -- >> Gennan Chen >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> -- This email message is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) >> and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any >> unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If >> you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply >> email and destroy all copies of the original message. If you are the >> intended recipient, please be advised that the content of this message >> is subject to access, review and disclosure by the sender's Email >> System Administrator >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Freesurfer mailing list >> Freesurfer@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu >> https://mail.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/freesurfer > -- > Douglas N. Greve, Ph.D. > MGH-NMR Center > gr...@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu > Phone Number: 617-724-2358 > Fax: 617-726-7422 > > Bugs: surfer.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/fswiki/BugReporting > FileDrop: https://gate.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/filedrop2 > www.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/facility/filedrop/index.html > Outgoing: ftp://surfer.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/transfer/outgoing/flat/greve/ > > _______________________________________________ > Freesurfer mailing list > Freesurfer@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu > https://mail.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/freesurfer > > > The information in this e-mail is intended only for the person to whom it is > addressed. If you believe this e-mail was sent to you in error and the e-mail > contains patient information, please contact the Partners Compliance HelpLine > at http://www.partners.org/complianceline . If the e-mail was sent to you in > error but does not contain patient information, please contact the sender and > properly dispose of the e-mail. > > > This email message is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may > contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, > use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended > recipient, please contact the sender by reply email and destroy all copies of > the original message. If you are the intended recipient, please be advised > that the content of this message is subject to access, review and disclosure > by the sender's Email System Administrator > > -- Douglas N. Greve, Ph.D. MGH-NMR Center gr...@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu Phone Number: 617-724-2358 Fax: 617-726-7422 Bugs: surfer.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/fswiki/BugReporting FileDrop: https://gate.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/filedrop2 www.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/facility/filedrop/index.html Outgoing: ftp://surfer.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/transfer/outgoing/flat/greve/ _______________________________________________ Freesurfer mailing list Freesurfer@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu https://mail.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/freesurfer
