Convert a DICOM File to XML (Native DICOM Model PS3.19)

Exports the DICOM header and dataset elements to XML format.

Usage

dcm2xml(file, out_path = NULL, opts = "", ...)

Arguments

file

Path to input DICOM file.

out_path

Optional output .xml file path. If NULL (default), writes to a temporary .xml file and returns its path (with the XML string attached as attribute "xml").

opts

Optional arguments (ignored in native C++ mode, kept for legacy compatibility).

...

Additional unused arguments.

Value

Character string of the output .xml file path.

Examples

dcm_file <- system.file("extdata", "example.dcm", package = "dicomtk")
xml_file <- dcm2xml(dcm_file)
head(readLines(xml_file), 10)
#>  [1] "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?>"                                              
#>  [2] "<NativeDicomModel xml:space=\"preserve\">"                                               
#>  [3] "  <DicomAttribute tag=\"00020000\" vr=\"UL\" keyword=\"FileMetaInformationGroupLength\">"
#>  [4] "    <Value number=\"1\">192</Value>"                                                     
#>  [5] "  </DicomAttribute>"                                                                     
#>  [6] "  <DicomAttribute tag=\"00020001\" vr=\"OB\" keyword=\"FileMetaInformationVersion\">"    
#>  [7] "    <Value number=\"1\">00</Value>"                                                      
#>  [8] "    <Value number=\"2\">01</Value>"                                                      
#>  [9] "  </DicomAttribute>"                                                                     
#> [10] "  <DicomAttribute tag=\"00020002\" vr=\"UI\" keyword=\"MediaStorageSOPClassUID\">"