.. note::
    :class: sphx-glr-download-link-note

    Click :ref:`here <sphx_glr_download_auto_examples_input_output_plot_read_dicom.py>` to download the full example code
.. rst-class:: sphx-glr-example-title

.. _sphx_glr_auto_examples_input_output_plot_read_dicom.py:


=======================================
Read DICOM and ploting using matplotlib
=======================================

This example illustrates how to open a DICOM file, print some dataset
information, and show it using matplotlib.





.. image:: /auto_examples/input_output/images/sphx_glr_plot_read_dicom_001.png
    :class: sphx-glr-single-img


.. rst-class:: sphx-glr-script-out

 Out:

 .. code-block:: none

    Filename.........: /home/ubuntu/pydicom/pydicom/data/test_files/CT_small.dcm
    Storage type.....: 1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.2

    Patient's name...: CompressedSamples, CT1
    Patient id.......: 1CT1
    Modality.........: CT
    Study Date.......: 20040119
    Image size.......: 128 x 128, 32768 bytes
    Pixel spacing....: ['0.661468', '0.661468']
    Slice location...: -77.2040634155




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.. code-block:: python


    # authors : Guillaume Lemaitre <g.lemaitre58@gmail.com>
    # license : MIT

    import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
    import pydicom
    from pydicom.data import get_testdata_files

    print(__doc__)

    filename = get_testdata_files('CT_small.dcm')[0]
    dataset = pydicom.dcmread(filename)

    # Normal mode:
    print()
    print("Filename.........:", filename)
    print("Storage type.....:", dataset.SOPClassUID)
    print()

    pat_name = dataset.PatientName
    display_name = pat_name.family_name + ", " + pat_name.given_name
    print("Patient's name...:", display_name)
    print("Patient id.......:", dataset.PatientID)
    print("Modality.........:", dataset.Modality)
    print("Study Date.......:", dataset.StudyDate)

    if 'PixelData' in dataset:
        rows = int(dataset.Rows)
        cols = int(dataset.Columns)
        print("Image size.......: {rows:d} x {cols:d}, {size:d} bytes".format(
            rows=rows, cols=cols, size=len(dataset.PixelData)))
        if 'PixelSpacing' in dataset:
            print("Pixel spacing....:", dataset.PixelSpacing)

    # use .get() if not sure the item exists, and want a default value if missing
    print("Slice location...:", dataset.get('SliceLocation', "(missing)"))

    # plot the image using matplotlib
    plt.imshow(dataset.pixel_array, cmap=plt.cm.bone)
    plt.show()

**Total running time of the script:** ( 0 minutes  0.025 seconds)


.. _sphx_glr_download_auto_examples_input_output_plot_read_dicom.py:


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 .. container:: sphx-glr-footer
    :class: sphx-glr-footer-example



  .. container:: sphx-glr-download

     :download:`Download Python source code: plot_read_dicom.py <plot_read_dicom.py>`



  .. container:: sphx-glr-download

     :download:`Download Jupyter notebook: plot_read_dicom.ipynb <plot_read_dicom.ipynb>`


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 .. rst-class:: sphx-glr-signature

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