Retrieve DICOM Files from PACS Connection (C-GET / C-MOVE / Local PACS)

Copies or downloads matching DICOM files from a "dicom_connection" or query result tibble into output_dir.

Usage

dicom_get(x, output_dir = tempfile("dicom_get_"), ...)

Arguments

x

A "dicom_connection" object or a tibble::tibble returned by dicom_find().

output_dir

Destination directory for retrieved .dcm files. Defaults to a temporary directory.

...

Optional filter criteria if x is a "dicom_connection".

Value

Character vector of retrieved file paths in output_dir.

Examples

ext_dir <- system.file("extdata", package = "dicomtk")
conn <- dicom_connect(local_dir = ext_dir)
files <- conn |> dicom_find() |> dicom_get()
length(files)
#> [1] 2