Re: [OctDev] Dicom package / isdicom function

[Kris T. <kri...@gm...>]

> From: Andy Buckle 
> Sent: 19 September 2012 19:01
> >
> > From adamaitkenhead

> > Also on a different note, I've written functions which read/write the
> > Analyze format, giving functions equivalent to Matlab's analyze75info
and
> > analyze75read.  Would you rather keep the Dicom toolbox purely for the
> Dicom
> > format, or are you interested in expanding it to become a general
Medical
> > File Format toolbox?  No worries if not, just thought I'd see what you
> > thought before I see where else they could fit into Octave-forge.
> >
> > Adam
> 
> I have not used analyze75. If it is just m-files, then the image
> package is probably a good place. The main reason dicom is on its own
> is that it has burdensome dependencies.
> 

I'd keep it out of the dicom package as well. 

Note that there's a number of packages out there to read nifti files (which
is a superset of analyze75, see http://nifti.nimh.nih.gov/nifti-1/), not all
with very clear license though. One that seems ok is
http://www.nitrc.org/projects/cbinifti/, but I haven't used it (it might
rely on unix pipes) . Then there's http://niftilib.sourceforge.net/ which
also provides matlab support, but as it's the IO basis for SPM, and a lot of
SPM works on Octave, it might work.

Of course, there's still a place for analyze75info etc compatible functions.
I have no idea if that already exists somewhere else.

Kris