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convert-dicom-to-json

v1.0.0

Published

Este módulo Node.js converte arquivos DICOM de um diretório de estudos médicos para um arquivo JSON estruturado, compatível com o OHIF Viewer.

Readme

DICOM to JSON Converter

Este módulo Node.js converte arquivos DICOM de um diretório de estudos médicos para um arquivo JSON estruturado, compatível com o OHIF Viewer.

Nota: Esta biblioteca é baseada no script oficial disponibilizado pelo OHIF e foi empacotada para facilitar a publicação e uso via NPM.

📋 O que ele faz

O módulo percorre recursivamente uma pasta contendo arquivos DICOM, extrai os metadados de cada imagem médica e gera um arquivo JSON organizado por:

  • Estudos (Studies)
  • Séries (Series)
  • Instâncias (Instances)

O JSON gerado pode ser usado para carregar estudos médicos no OHIF Viewer através de uma fonte de dados DICOM JSON estática.

🔧 Instalação

npm install

📖 Uso

Importe a função convertDICOMToJSON no seu código:

import { convertDICOMToJSON } from './index.js';

await convertDICOMToJSON(studyDirectory, urlPrefix, outputPath, scheme);

Parâmetros

  • studyDirectory: Caminho para a pasta contendo os arquivos DICOM
  • urlPrefix: Prefixo da URL onde os arquivos DICOM serão hospedados
  • outputPath: Caminho para salvar o arquivo JSON de saída
  • scheme (opcional): Esquema de protocolo (padrão: dicomweb)

💡 Exemplos de Uso

Exemplo 1: Arquivos hospedados no S3

import { convertDICOMToJSON } from './index.js';

await convertDICOMToJSON(
  './dicom-study',
  'https://meu-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/estudos/',
  './output.json'
);

Isso irá:

  1. Ler todos os arquivos DICOM em ./dicom-study
  2. Gerar URLs como: dicomweb:https://meu-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/estudos/Series1/Instance1.dcm
  3. Salvar o JSON em ./output.json

Exemplo 2: Servidor local

import { convertDICOMToJSON } from './index.js';

await convertDICOMToJSON(
  'C:\\medical-images\\study-001',
  'http://localhost:3000/dicom/',
  'study-001.json'
);

Exemplo 3: Com esquema customizado

import { convertDICOMToJSON } from './index.js';

await convertDICOMToJSON(
  './images',
  'https://example.com/pacs/',
  'output.json',
  'custom-scheme'
);

Exemplo 4: Uso em um script

import { convertDICOMToJSON } from './index.js';

async function processStudy() {
  try {
    await convertDICOMToJSON(
      './patient-studies/study-123',
      'https://pacs.hospital.com/studies/',
      './exports/study-123.json'
    );
    console.log('Conversão concluída com sucesso!');
  } catch (error) {
    console.error('Erro na conversão:', error);
  }
}

processStudy();

📦 Estrutura do JSON Gerado

{
  "studies": [
    // first study metadata
    {
      "StudyInstanceUID": "1.3.6.1.4.1.14519.5.2.1.6279.6001.298806137288633453246975630178",
      "StudyDate": "20000101",
      "StudyTime": "",
      "PatientName": "",
      "PatientID": "LIDC-IDRI-0001",
      "AccessionNumber": "",
      "PatientAge": "",
      "PatientSex": "",
      "series": [
        // first series metadata
        {
          "SeriesInstanceUID": "1.3.6.1.4.1.14519.5.2.1.6279.6001.179049373636438705059720603192",
          "SeriesNumber": 3000566,
          "Modality": "CT",
          "SliceThickness": 2.5,
          "instances": [
            // first instance metadata
            {
              "metadata": {
                "Columns": 512,
                "Rows": 512,
                "InstanceNumber": 1,
                "SOPClassUID": "1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.2",
                "PhotometricInterpretation": "MONOCHROME2",
                "BitsAllocated": 16,
                "BitsStored": 16,
                "PixelRepresentation": 1,
                "SamplesPerPixel": 1,
                "PixelSpacing": [0.703125, 0.703125],
                "HighBit": 15,
                "ImageOrientationPatient": [1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0],
                "ImagePositionPatient": [-166, -171.699997, -10],
                "FrameOfReferenceUID": "1.3.6.1.4.1.14519.5.2.1.6279.6001.229925374658226729607867499499",
                "ImageType": ["ORIGINAL", "PRIMARY", "AXIAL"],
                "Modality": "CT",
                "SOPInstanceUID": "1.3.6.1.4.1.14519.5.2.1.6279.6001.262721256650280657946440242654",
                "SeriesInstanceUID": "1.3.6.1.4.1.14519.5.2.1.6279.6001.179049373636438705059720603192",
                "StudyInstanceUID": "1.3.6.1.4.1.14519.5.2.1.6279.6001.298806137288633453246975630178",
                "WindowCenter": -600,
                "WindowWidth": 1600,
                "SeriesDate": "20000101"
              },
              "url": "dicomweb:https://ohif-dicom-json-example.s3.amazonaws.com/LIDC-IDRI-0001/01-01-2000-30178/3000566.000000-03192/1-001.dcm"
            },
            // second instance metadata
            {
              "metadata": {
                "Columns": 512,
                "Rows": 512,
                "InstanceNumber": 2,
                "SOPClassUID": "1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.2",
                "PhotometricInterpretation": "MONOCHROME2",
                "BitsAllocated": 16,
                "BitsStored": 16,
                "PixelRepresentation": 1,
                "SamplesPerPixel": 1,
                "PixelSpacing": [0.703125, 0.703125],
                "HighBit": 15,
                "ImageOrientationPatient": [1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0],
                "ImagePositionPatient": [-166, -171.699997, -12.5],
                "FrameOfReferenceUID": "1.3.6.1.4.1.14519.5.2.1.6279.6001.229925374658226729607867499499",
                "ImageType": ["ORIGINAL", "PRIMARY", "AXIAL"],
                "Modality": "CT",
                "SOPInstanceUID": "1.3.6.1.4.1.14519.5.2.1.6279.6001.512235483218154065970649917292",
                "SeriesInstanceUID": "1.3.6.1.4.1.14519.5.2.1.6279.6001.179049373636438705059720603192",
                "StudyInstanceUID": "1.3.6.1.4.1.14519.5.2.1.6279.6001.298806137288633453246975630178",
                "WindowCenter": -600,
                "WindowWidth": 1600,
                "SeriesDate": "20000101"
              },
              "url": "dicomweb:https://ohif-dicom-json-example.s3.amazonaws.com/LIDC-IDRI-0001/01-01-2000-30178/3000566.000000-03192/1-002.dcm"
            }
            // ..... other instances metadata
          ]
        }
        // ... other series metadata
      ],
      "NumInstances": 133,
      "Modalities": "CT"
    }
    // second study metadata
  ]
}

🏥 Integração com OHIF Viewer

O JSON gerado é compatível com a fonte de dados DICOM JSON do OHIF. Para mais detalhes, consulte a documentação do OHIF.

📝 Requisitos

  • Node.js
  • dcmjs (instalado automaticamente via npm)

⚙️ Funcionalidades

  • ✅ Suporte a múltiplos frames (imagens multi-frame)
  • ✅ Extração completa de metadados DICOM
  • ✅ Organização hierárquica (Study → Series → Instances)
  • ✅ Geração automática de URLs para cada instância
  • ✅ Suporte a diferentes modalidades (CT, MR, PET, etc.)
  • ✅ Cálculo automático de número de instâncias e modalidades por estudo

📄 Licença

ISC