PDF to DICOM

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August 2, 2019 at 1:09 pm #111241

Devika Agarwal
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Is it possible to transform a PDF into DICOM in Cloverleaf? Are there are any Tcl libraries?
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- August 6, 2019 at 9:59 am #111252
  
  Dustin Sayes
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  Assuming the DICOM image wont be used for diagnostic purposes… If coming from a PDF, it certainly will not be diagnostic quality.
  
  DICOM images have a lot of meta data associated with them. You’d need need to build out all of the tags and add meta data too.
  
  It can undoubtedly be done. but why? Most PACS vendors can display a PDF just fine. and archive them too.
- August 6, 2019 at 10:56 am #111255
  
  Devika Agarwal
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  Thanks Dustin. We have a vendor that can only accept DICOMs so we have to transform scanned PDF document to a DICOM. What is the best way to go about it?
- August 6, 2019 at 12:23 pm #111258
  Dustin Sayes
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  I’d start here – https://support.dcmtk.org/docs/pdf2dcm.html
  
  other than that, i did a google search for PDF to DICOM – a fair amount of resources on the web. You may need to use a UPoC in cloverleaf to execute the code. Infor has the DICOM protocol, but i dont think it converts PDF to DICOM.
  
  Infor consulting services may be able to offer a solution?
  
  good luck!
  - This reply was modified 5 years, 1 month ago by Dustin Sayes.
- August 26, 2019 at 11:18 am #111849
  
  lauri buijs
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  you can use tcl scripting to use the dcmtk pdf2dcm we do that and it works pretty good.
  - September 11, 2019 at 10:53 am #112348
    
    Devika Agarwal
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    Hi Lauri,
    
    Thanks for your response. If you don’t mind sharing your script or some of the resources you’ve used, it would help me get started. I have not made much progress. We have PDF requisitions that we are looking to transform it into DICOM requisitions because the endpoint application can only accept DICOMs. Also, are there any risks associated with using the open-source libraries for Tcl?
    
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