/lidc2dicom

Scripts for converting TCIA LIDC-IDRI collection derived data into standard DICOM representation from project-specific XML format.

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This repository contains the script used to convert the TCIA LIDC-IDRI XML representation of nodule annotations and characterizations into the DICOM Segmentation object (for annotations) and DICOM Structured Reporting objects (for nodule characterizations).

See details in this preprint:

Fedorov A, Hancock M, Clunie D, Brochhausen M, Bona J, Kirby J, Freymann J, Pieper S, Aerts H, Kikinis R, Prior F. 2018. Standardized representation of the LIDC annotations using DICOM. PeerJ Preprints 6:e27378v1 https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.27378

This project has been funded in part with federal funds from the National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health under Contract No. HHSN261200800001E, and by the NIH grants U24 CA180918 (QIICR), U24 CA199460 and U01 CA190234. The content of this publication does not necessarily reflect the views or policies of the Department of Health and Human Services, nor does mention of trade names, commercial products, or organizations imply endorsement by the U.S. Government. Under this contract the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences is funded by Leidos Biomedical Research subcontract 16X011.

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