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  "id": 168206,
  "title": "How do you read dcm files?",
  "url": "/competitions/osic-pulmonary-fibrosis-progression/discussion/168206",
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  "post_date": "2020-07-19T16:08:36.822006100Z",
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      "id": "935818",
      "postDate": "07/19/2020 16:52:18",
      "content": "<p>You can use <a href=\"https://pydicom.github.io/pydicom/stable/\" target=\"_blank\"><code>pydicom</code></a>(recommended) or any other suitable library for reading DICOM (.dcm) files.</p>\n<p>Feel free to <strong>check the kernels posted by various users</strong>, they have dealt with reading DICOM files.(<code>Shameless plug:</code> I did too, you can check my kernel too :P)</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "You can use [`pydicom`](https://pydicom.github.io/pydicom/stable/)(recommended) or any other suitable library for reading DICOM (.dcm) files.\n\nFeel free to **check the kernels posted by various users**, they have dealt with reading DICOM files.(`Shameless plug:` I did too, you can check my kernel too :P)",
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      "postDate": "07/19/2020 17:50:34",
      "content": "<p>Within a Python environment, <strong>pydicom</strong> is my recommendation, as already covered by Aadhav below. Now if you just want to visualize DICOM images outside Python, I recommend <a href=\"https://www.microdicom.com/\">MicroDicom</a>. Free for Windows, as far as I know, and includes a shell extension that allows for image viewing within file managers. </p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Within a Python environment, **pydicom** is my recommendation, as already covered by Aadhav below. Now if you just want to visualize DICOM images outside Python, I recommend [MicroDicom](https://www.microdicom.com/). Free for Windows, as far as I know, and includes a shell extension that allows for image viewing within file managers.",
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      "id": "939689",
      "postDate": "07/22/2020 11:36:36",
      "content": "<p>check out given link below , you will find basic code for to read DCM files in python<br>\n<a href=\"https://pydicom.github.io/pydicom/stable/auto_examples/input_output/plot_read_dicom.html\" target=\"_blank\">https://pydicom.github.io/pydicom/stable/auto_examples/input_output/plot_read_dicom.html</a></p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "check out given link below , you will find basic code for to read DCM files in python\nhttps://pydicom.github.io/pydicom/stable/auto_examples/input_output/plot_read_dicom.html",
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      "id": 935818,
      "author_name": "aadhavvignesh",
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      "post_date": "07/19/2020 16:52:18",
      "content": "<p>You can use <a href=\"https://pydicom.github.io/pydicom/stable/\" target=\"_blank\"><code>pydicom</code></a>(recommended) or any other suitable library for reading DICOM (.dcm) files.</p>\n<p>Feel free to <strong>check the kernels posted by various users</strong>, they have dealt with reading DICOM files.(<code>Shameless plug:</code> I did too, you can check my kernel too :P)</p>",
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      "id": 939689,
      "author_name": "kartikparsoya",
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      "post_date": "07/22/2020 11:36:36",
      "content": "<p>check out given link below , you will find basic code for to read DCM files in python<br>\n<a href=\"https://pydicom.github.io/pydicom/stable/auto_examples/input_output/plot_read_dicom.html\" target=\"_blank\">https://pydicom.github.io/pydicom/stable/auto_examples/input_output/plot_read_dicom.html</a></p>",
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      "author_name": "pcbreviglieri",
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      "post_date": "07/19/2020 17:50:34",
      "content": "<p>Within a Python environment, <strong>pydicom</strong> is my recommendation, as already covered by Aadhav below. Now if you just want to visualize DICOM images outside Python, I recommend <a href=\"https://www.microdicom.com/\">MicroDicom</a>. Free for Windows, as far as I know, and includes a shell extension that allows for image viewing within file managers. </p>",
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    "935818": "You can use [`pydicom`](https://pydicom.github.io/pydicom/stable/)(recommended) or any other suitable library for reading DICOM (.dcm) files.\n\nFeel free to **check the kernels posted by various users**, they have dealt with reading DICOM files.(`Shameless plug:` I did too, you can check my kernel too :P)",
    "935855": "Within a Python environment, **pydicom** is my recommendation, as already covered by Aadhav below. Now if you just want to visualize DICOM images outside Python, I recommend [MicroDicom](https://www.microdicom.com/). Free for Windows, as far as I know, and includes a shell extension that allows for image viewing within file managers.",
    "939689": "check out given link below , you will find basic code for to read DCM files in python\nhttps://pydicom.github.io/pydicom/stable/auto_examples/input_output/plot_read_dicom.html"
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