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Extension: [[Documentation/{{documentation/version}}/Extensions/Plastimatch|Plastimatch]]<br>
Acknowledgments:
*An Ira J Spiro translational research grant (2009)
*NIH / NCI 6-PO1 CA 21239
*The Federal share of program income earned by MGH on C06CA059267
*Progetto Rocca Foundation – A collaboration between MIT and Politecnico di Milano
*The National Alliance for Medical Image Computing (NAMIC), funded by the National Institutes of Health through the NIH Roadmap for Medical Research, Grant 2-U54-EB005149; information on the National Centers for Biomedical Computing can be obtained from http://nihroadmap.nih.gov/bioinformatics
*NSF ERC Innovation Award EEC-0946463
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Webpage: [http://www.plastimatch.org www.plastimatch.org]<br>
Author: Greg Sharp (Department of Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital)<br>
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Contact: Greg Sharp, <email>gcsharp@partners.org</email><br>
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This is the DICOM / DICOM-RT import module.  It allows you to select a directory containing DICOM-RT structure sets and/or dose, which it will convert into 3D Slicer labelmap and/or scalar image.  This module also loads the DICOM CT image without requiring the need to use the Slicer volume import wizard.

'''Note''': In a Slicer, a labelmap voxel can only belong to one structure.  However, DICOM-RT allows a region to belong to any number of strucutres.  Therefore, importing DICOM-RT structure sets as Slicer labelmaps will usually result in a loss of data.  This module uses a "last structure wins" strategy for assigning labels to overlapping volumes.

'''Note''': Because DICOM-RT structures are specified as polylines, there is a small loss of fidelity when they are converted into rasterized volumes.

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* '''Input/Output panel:'''
** '''Input DICOM directory:'''  Here you choose any file in the directory which contains the DICOM-RT data.
** '''Reference Volume (to set size):''' This is an optional field.  But if your dicom directory does not contain a CT, it is required.  Here you choose any loaded volume.  The import module will create a labelmap at the same resolution and pixel spacing as the reference volume that you choose here.
** '''Output Image:''' Here you choose where to put the output CT image.  Unless you want to replace an existing volume, you should choose "Create New Volume".
** '''Output Labelmap:''' Here you choose where to put the output DICOM-RT structure set labelmap.  Unless you want to replace an existing volume, you should choose "Create New Volume".
** '''Output Dose Image:''' Here you choose where to put the output DICOM-RT dose image.  Unless you want to replace an existing volume, you should choose "Create New Volume".
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*[[Documentation/{{documentation/version}}/Modules/PlmSyntheticImageGeneration|Plastimatch Synthetic Image Generation]]
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* G Sharp et al. "Plastimatch - An open source software suite for radiotherapy image processing," Proceedings of the XVIth International Conference on the use of Computers in Radiotherapy, May, 2010.

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