What is DICOM Dir?
The scan Data is saved as a DICOM file. The entire scan series can involve many hundreds of DICOM files which represent each CT or MRI slice. To load these (slice) files, the computer program must look at each file and from the data contained in the header load the data in the correct order. To facilitate the loading of the scan data however, most scanner workstations can create a DICOM Dir or scan data directory. In fact TLA software requires a DICOM Dir to load the data. If the scanning workstation does not create this Dir file TLA software can create this as part of the loading sequence. The best way to see how to do this is work through the tutorial in the help file on the programme.
