dicomContours

Extract ROI data from DICOM-RT structure set

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Description

The dicomContours function extracts region of interest (ROI) data from the metadata in DICOM-RT structure set files. The function returns a dicomContours object that stores the extracted data. You can use these Object Functions to add, delete, display, modify, and create masks from this ROI data.

Creation

Syntax

contour = dicomContours(info)

Description

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contour = dicomContours(info) extracts ROI data from the structure set and ROI contour modules of DICOM metadata info. You can also use the dicominfo function to read metadata from DICOM-RT structure set files.

The dicomContours function creates a dicomContours object with ROI data as its ROIs property.

Input Arguments

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DICOM metadata, specified as a structure array. The metadata must correspond to a valid RT structure set file.

Data Types: struct

Properties

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This property is read-only.

ROI data, returned as a M-by-5 table. The column variables are Number, Name, ContourData, GeometricType, and Color. The entries in each row of the table defines a ROI sequence. M is the number of ROI sequences defined in the DICOM metadata.

Column VariablesDescription
NumberIdentification number of the ROI, specified as a scalar integer. The number references the ROI number in the structure set ROI sequence.
NameName of the ROI, specified as a cell array of character vectors or string scalars. The name references the ROI name in the structure set ROI sequence.
ContourDataPoints defining a contour in the ROI, specified as a cell array. Each cell contains an N-by-3 matrix of the form (x, y, z). These coordinates define a contour in the patient based coordinate system. N is the number of points in a contour.
GeometricTypeGeometric type of the contour, specified as a character vector or a cell array of character vectors. The value for geometric type can be any of the following:

  • POINT

  • OPEN_PLANAR

  • OPEN_NONPLANAR

  • CLOSED_PLANAR

ColorDisplay color of the ROI, specified as an RGB triplet [r, g, b] with values in the range [0, 255].

Data Types: table

Object Functions

addContourAdd ROI sequence to ROI data
convertToInfoWrite ROI data to DICOM metadata
createMaskCreate volumetric mask from dicomContours object
deleteContourDelete ROI sequence from ROI data
plotContourPlot ROI contour data in DICOM-RT structure set

Examples

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Open Live Script

Read DICOM metadata from DICOM-RT structure set files by using dicominfo function.

info = dicominfo('rtstruct.dcm');

Extract ROI data from the structure set and ROI contour modules of the DICOM metadata. The output is a dicomContours object that stores the extracted ROI data.

contour = dicomContours(info);

Display the details of the dicomContours object.

contour
contour = 
  dicomContours with properties:

    ROIs: [2x5 table]

Display the ROIs property of the dicomContours object. The ROIs property is a table and contains the extracted ROI data.

contour.ROIs
ans=2×5 table
    Number          Name           ContourData    GeometricType       Color    
    ______    _________________    ___________    _____________    ____________

      1       {'Body_Contour' }    {90x1 cell}     {90x1 cell}     {3x1 double}
      2       {'Tumor_Contour'}    {21x1 cell}     {21x1 cell}     {3x1 double}

See Also

Functions

Introduced in R2020a

Image Processing Toolbox Documentation

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