R: Read a directory of DICOM files

readDicomDirectory {tractor.base} | R Documentation

## Read a directory of DICOM files

### Description

This function scans a directory for files in DICOM format, and converts them to a single Analyze/NIfTI-format image of the appropriate dimensionality.

### Usage

    readDicomDirectory(dicomDir, readDiffusionParams = FALSE,
      untileMosaics = TRUE)

### Arguments

`dicomDir` | Character vector of length one giving the name of a directory containing DICOM files.
`readDiffusionParams` | Logical value: should diffusion MRI parameters (b-values and gradient directions) be retrieved from the files if possible?
`untileMosaics` | Logical value: should Siemens mosaic images be converted into 3D volumes? This may occasionally be performed in error, which can be prevented by setting this value to `FALSE`.

### Value

A list containing elements

image

  An `MriImage` object.

bValues

  Diffusion b-values, if requested. Will be `NA` if the information could not be found in files.

bVectors

  Diffusion gradient vectors, if requested. Will be `NA` if the information could not be found in the files.

### Author(s)

Jon Clayden

### References

Please cite the following reference when using TractoR in your work:

J.D. Clayden, S. Muñoz Maniega, A.J. Storkey, M.D. King, M.E. Bastin & C.A. Clark (2011). TractoR: Magnetic resonance imaging and tractography with R. Journal of Statistical Software 44(8):1-18. http://www.jstatsoft.org/v44/i08/.

### See Also

`DicomMetadata`, `MriImage`, `sortDicomDirectories`.

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