Adobe Photoshop CC 2014 v.14.xx - Manual (Page 1001)

DICOM files (Photoshop Extended)
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About DICOM files (Photoshop Extended)
Open a DICOM file (Photoshop Extended)
Create a 3D volume from DICOM frames (Photoshop Extended)
Export DICOM frames as JPEG files (Photoshop Extended)
DICOM metadata (Photoshop Extended)
Animate DICOM files (Photoshop Extended)
About DICOM files (Photoshop Extended)
For a video about DICOM files, see www.adobe.com/go/vid0028 .
DICOM (an acronym for Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine) is the most common standard for receiving medical scans.
Photoshop Extended allows you to open and work with DICOM (.dc3, .dcm, .dic, or no extension) files. DICOM files can contain multiple “slices” or
frames, which represent different layers of a scan.
Photoshop reads all frames from a DICOM file and converts them to Photoshop layers. Photoshop can also place all DICOM frames in a grid on
one layer, or open frames as a 3D volume which you can rotate in 3D space. Photoshop can read 8-, 10-, 12-, or 16-bit DICOM files. (Photoshop
converts 10- and 12-bit files to 16-bit files.)
Once you’ve opened a DICOM file in Photoshop, you can use any Photoshop tool to adjust, mark up, or annotate the file. For example, use the
Notes tool to add a comment to the file, the Pencil tool to mark a specific area of the scan or the Dust And Scratches filter to remove dust or
scratches from a scan. Use the Ruler or selection tools to make measurements of image content.
Any measurement scale present in a DICOM file is automatically imported with the file. If no scale is present, the default scale of 1 pixel = 1
mm is added as a custom measurement scale. See Set the measurement scale (Photoshop Extended).
You can save 8-bit DICOM files in any file format Photoshop supports (16-bit files must be saved as DICOM, Large Document Format, Photoshop,
Photoshop PDF, Photoshop Raw, PNG, or TIFF files).
When you save a file as DICOM, any layer styles, adjustments, blend modes, or masks are discarded.
You can also view and edit metadata for DICOM files in Bridge or in the Photoshop File Info dialog box. DICOM files support external automation
through scripting (see Scripting).
Open a DICOM file (Photoshop Extended)
Before you open a DICOM file, you can specify how DICOM frames are opened (as layers, in a grid, or as a 3D volume), and set options (in the
DICOM File Import dialog box) that anonymize patient metadata and display overlays. During the import you can also perform pans, zooms, and
window leveling.
The DICOM import dialog box also displays DICOM header information—textual information about the file, such as its dimensions, data resolution,
and whether the data has been compressed.
You can import a sequence of multiple, single-frame DICOM files into a single multilayered Photoshop file, using the New Video Layer from File
command. See Import image sequences (Photoshop Extended).
1. Choose File > Open, select a DICOM file, and click Open.
2. Select the frames you want to open. Shift-click to select contiguous frames. To select noncontiguous frames, Ctrl-click (Windows) or
Command-click (Mac OS). Click Select All to select all frames.
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