{ "id": 171023, "title": "How to view dicom images in the dataset in plain words", "url": "/competitions/osic-pulmonary-fibrosis-progression/discussion/171023", "author_name": "Pyry Jokela", "post_date": "2020-07-30T03:47:51.035000", "votes": 3, "comment_count": 0, "views": 0, "content": "

This is for beginers like me, it gives quick understanding how to view dicom images please excuse for and kindly point out mistakes.

\n\n

After downloading the dataset you have no idea what each folder is for and why they are containing different numbers of images? here is what you should do:

\n\n
    \n

  1. Install this dicom viewer here, it's a good one: www.radiantviewer.com

    2. \n

  2. Click open dicom folder(number 1), open any patient's folder you want: \n\"\"

    3. \n

  3. Choose image window (number 2), the window here means not position-wise but intensity range, choose \"CT lungs\", this is very important, as CTs contain information in different intensity, choosing the right intensity allow you to see your wanted parts correctly instead of too dark or just some dots, in my understanding it's like exposure when taking photos

    4. \n

  4. Click 3D MPR (number 3), it gives you intuitive look of where you are looking at, roll mouse wheel to view in different depth, usually fibrosis lung has some parts with honeycomb look (like bubbles or more precisely holes) as you see in the image, but of course not only limited to this finding, please get more professional knowledge in other threads\n\"\"

    5. \n

  5. Some more knowledge (in Chinese) about how to read lung CT shared by a radiologist friend:

    6. \n
\n\n

【影像基础】结合解剖谈正常胸部CT读片\n80张图带你入门胸部CT影像\n带你认识各种肺间质纤维化影像表现\n间质性肺疾病的影像识别

", "messages": [ { "id": 951301, "postDate": "2020-07-30T03:47:51.037Z", "content": "

This is for beginers like me, it gives quick understanding how to view dicom images please excuse for and kindly point out mistakes.

\n\n

After downloading the dataset you have no idea what each folder is for and why they are containing different numbers of images? here is what you should do:

\n\n
    \n

  1. Install this dicom viewer here, it's a good one: www.radiantviewer.com

    2. \n

  2. Click open dicom folder(number 1), open any patient's folder you want: \n\"\"

    3. \n

  3. Choose image window (number 2), the window here means not position-wise but intensity range, choose \"CT lungs\", this is very important, as CTs contain information in different intensity, choosing the right intensity allow you to see your wanted parts correctly instead of too dark or just some dots, in my understanding it's like exposure when taking photos

    4. \n

  4. Click 3D MPR (number 3), it gives you intuitive look of where you are looking at, roll mouse wheel to view in different depth, usually fibrosis lung has some parts with honeycomb look (like bubbles or more precisely holes) as you see in the image, but of course not only limited to this finding, please get more professional knowledge in other threads\n\"\"

    5. \n

  5. Some more knowledge (in Chinese) about how to read lung CT shared by a radiologist friend:

    6. \n
\n\n

【影像基础】结合解剖谈正常胸部CT读片\n80张图带你入门胸部CT影像\n带你认识各种肺间质纤维化影像表现\n间质性肺疾病的影像识别

", "rawMarkdown": "This is for beginers like me, it gives quick understanding how to view dicom images please excuse for and kindly point out mistakes.\n\nAfter downloading the dataset you have no idea what each folder is for and why they are containing different numbers of images? here is what you should do:\n\n1. Install this dicom viewer here, it's a good one: www.radiantviewer.com\n\n\n2. Click open dicom folder(number 1), open any patient's folder you want: \n![](https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/kaggle-user-content/o/inbox%2F2855255%2Ff7eca0fed3717f420990969d6c3b2988%2FCapture.PNG?generation=1596079951205650&alt=media)\n\n\n3. Choose image window (number 2), the window here means not position-wise but intensity range, choose \"CT lungs\", this is very important, as CTs contain information in different intensity, choosing the right intensity allow you to see your wanted parts correctly instead of too dark or just some dots, in my understanding it's like exposure when taking photos\n\n\n4. Click 3D MPR (number 3), it gives you intuitive look of where you are looking at, roll mouse wheel to view in different depth, usually fibrosis lung has some parts with honeycomb look (like bubbles or more precisely holes) as you see in the image, but of course not only limited to this finding, please get more professional knowledge in other threads\n![](https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/kaggle-user-content/o/inbox%2F2855255%2F393d714363b1ee11580d9711097148da%2FCapture2.PNG?generation=1596080447524731&alt=media)\n\n\n5. Some more knowledge (in Chinese) about how to read lung CT shared by a radiologist friend:\n\n[【影像基础】结合解剖谈正常胸部CT读片](https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MzI2NTA0NTAzOA==&mid=2674336814&idx=1&sn=ab0473360015a2ce6e74601de7adfe32&chksm=f030d16fc7475879089d24ad68055391ca8ae65aaf865fc20ec6b79502f3f3ff9b1dda273081&mpshare=1&scene=1&srcid=0730HNfX46honUQSAho0MLsl&sharer_sharetime=1596074795145&sharer_shareid=624aa2f2713bb36bf4bbd448b18673ec&exportkey=AW2WWBXNOzRgmamTsL%2B5b%2Fs%3D&pass_ticket=R81%2FvIpv7V10M2yqwYsJEhUZHP%2Bf7Vlpa0oxSXyUBF4y8qibL%2FGTGPa3bCAJnReD&wx_header=0#rd)\n[80张图带你入门胸部CT影像](https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MzI3MTM3MTg4Mw==&mid=2247484232&idx=1&sn=526ec3b28d90a7220ec6fa6a74b970ae&chksm=eac3984cddb4115a32e225174c20a65993cbca1a22ec0ef6ea003af8b079fcc9f36ffcf32f03&mpshare=1&scene=1&srcid=07301OujVeMPfJsAxntuL03D&sharer_sharetime=1596074807803&sharer_shareid=624aa2f2713bb36bf4bbd448b18673ec&exportkey=ATrIRNV8%2F3kMuMWlStmrB8c%3D&pass_ticket=R81%2FvIpv7V10M2yqwYsJEhUZHP%2Bf7Vlpa0oxSXyUBF4y8qibL%2FGTGPa3bCAJnReD&wx_header=0#rd)\n[带你认识各种肺间质纤维化影像表现](https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MzA4MTA3MDIxMw==&mid=2652265656&idx=1&sn=b64304fa489533f952a287d3dbea636a&chksm=84786d52b30fe4443f5b778f8bf0b2c24cdb7d4668b815fdce131eb7fac1ea6ff5ee2c24b9d4&mpshare=1&scene=1&srcid=07302oDlmdufJoyaCQvUc3sG&sharer_sharetime=1596077798302&sharer_shareid=624aa2f2713bb36bf4bbd448b18673ec&exportkey=ATXwPA%2B3%2FfYzNhHYyjmwnnM%3D&pass_ticket=R81%2FvIpv7V10M2yqwYsJEhUZHP%2Bf7Vlpa0oxSXyUBF4y8qibL%2FGTGPa3bCAJnReD&wx_header=0#rd)\n[间质性肺疾病的影像识别](https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MzIyODAyNzM0NQ==&mid=2650743765&idx=1&sn=08c88f3123a8aacc70e7c020c450eb3b&chksm=f053bd6bc724347d90530dd4a874c3a4d23255d51b5ce097094c6c3a6228621043ac19703f1b&mpshare=1&scene=1&srcid=0730C1Pjnm7LfGKRyscc8nC5&sharer_sharetime=1596077822099&sharer_shareid=624aa2f2713bb36bf4bbd448b18673ec&exportkey=Ae67sFFGsdOyXBSty99Q%2BEk%3D&pass_ticket=R81%2FvIpv7V10M2yqwYsJEhUZHP%2Bf7Vlpa0oxSXyUBF4y8qibL%2FGTGPa3bCAJnReD&wx_header=0#rd)\n", "votes": 2 } ], "comments": [], "raw_markdown_by_id": { "951301": "This is for beginers like me, it gives quick understanding how to view dicom images please excuse for and kindly point out mistakes.\n\nAfter downloading the dataset you have no idea what each folder is for and why they are containing different numbers of images? here is what you should do:\n\n1. Install this dicom viewer here, it's a good one: www.radiantviewer.com\n\n\n2. Click open dicom folder(number 1), open any patient's folder you want: \n![](https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/kaggle-user-content/o/inbox%2F2855255%2Ff7eca0fed3717f420990969d6c3b2988%2FCapture.PNG?generation=1596079951205650&alt=media)\n\n\n3. Choose image window (number 2), the window here means not position-wise but intensity range, choose \"CT lungs\", this is very important, as CTs contain information in different intensity, choosing the right intensity allow you to see your wanted parts correctly instead of too dark or just some dots, in my understanding it's like exposure when taking photos\n\n\n4. Click 3D MPR (number 3), it gives you intuitive look of where you are looking at, roll mouse wheel to view in different depth, usually fibrosis lung has some parts with honeycomb look (like bubbles or more precisely holes) as you see in the image, but of course not only limited to this finding, please get more professional knowledge in other threads\n![](https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/kaggle-user-content/o/inbox%2F2855255%2F393d714363b1ee11580d9711097148da%2FCapture2.PNG?generation=1596080447524731&alt=media)\n\n\n5. Some more knowledge (in Chinese) about how to read lung CT shared by a radiologist friend:\n\n[【影像基础】结合解剖谈正常胸部CT读片](https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MzI2NTA0NTAzOA==&mid=2674336814&idx=1&sn=ab0473360015a2ce6e74601de7adfe32&chksm=f030d16fc7475879089d24ad68055391ca8ae65aaf865fc20ec6b79502f3f3ff9b1dda273081&mpshare=1&scene=1&srcid=0730HNfX46honUQSAho0MLsl&sharer_sharetime=1596074795145&sharer_shareid=624aa2f2713bb36bf4bbd448b18673ec&exportkey=AW2WWBXNOzRgmamTsL%2B5b%2Fs%3D&pass_ticket=R81%2FvIpv7V10M2yqwYsJEhUZHP%2Bf7Vlpa0oxSXyUBF4y8qibL%2FGTGPa3bCAJnReD&wx_header=0#rd)\n[80张图带你入门胸部CT影像](https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MzI3MTM3MTg4Mw==&mid=2247484232&idx=1&sn=526ec3b28d90a7220ec6fa6a74b970ae&chksm=eac3984cddb4115a32e225174c20a65993cbca1a22ec0ef6ea003af8b079fcc9f36ffcf32f03&mpshare=1&scene=1&srcid=07301OujVeMPfJsAxntuL03D&sharer_sharetime=1596074807803&sharer_shareid=624aa2f2713bb36bf4bbd448b18673ec&exportkey=ATrIRNV8%2F3kMuMWlStmrB8c%3D&pass_ticket=R81%2FvIpv7V10M2yqwYsJEhUZHP%2Bf7Vlpa0oxSXyUBF4y8qibL%2FGTGPa3bCAJnReD&wx_header=0#rd)\n[带你认识各种肺间质纤维化影像表现](https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MzA4MTA3MDIxMw==&mid=2652265656&idx=1&sn=b64304fa489533f952a287d3dbea636a&chksm=84786d52b30fe4443f5b778f8bf0b2c24cdb7d4668b815fdce131eb7fac1ea6ff5ee2c24b9d4&mpshare=1&scene=1&srcid=07302oDlmdufJoyaCQvUc3sG&sharer_sharetime=1596077798302&sharer_shareid=624aa2f2713bb36bf4bbd448b18673ec&exportkey=ATXwPA%2B3%2FfYzNhHYyjmwnnM%3D&pass_ticket=R81%2FvIpv7V10M2yqwYsJEhUZHP%2Bf7Vlpa0oxSXyUBF4y8qibL%2FGTGPa3bCAJnReD&wx_header=0#rd)\n[间质性肺疾病的影像识别](https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MzIyODAyNzM0NQ==&mid=2650743765&idx=1&sn=08c88f3123a8aacc70e7c020c450eb3b&chksm=f053bd6bc724347d90530dd4a874c3a4d23255d51b5ce097094c6c3a6228621043ac19703f1b&mpshare=1&scene=1&srcid=0730C1Pjnm7LfGKRyscc8nC5&sharer_sharetime=1596077822099&sharer_shareid=624aa2f2713bb36bf4bbd448b18673ec&exportkey=Ae67sFFGsdOyXBSty99Q%2BEk%3D&pass_ticket=R81%2FvIpv7V10M2yqwYsJEhUZHP%2Bf7Vlpa0oxSXyUBF4y8qibL%2FGTGPa3bCAJnReD&wx_header=0#rd)\n" } }