Import Overview

Import Widget

Import is performed in 3 steps:

1. Add one or multiple files that are to be imported <Ctrl+I>.
2. Enter correct parameters for all files.
3. Press import button.

File Parameters

Anatomical coordinate system

• LPS - Used by CustusX and DICOM
• RAS - Used by NIfTI and ITK Snap (Make sure this is selscted when importing NIfTI files, or data from ITK Snap)

Import Parents transform

• Copies the transform from the parent object

Set parent

• Set a parent object. This will connect the two objects, so that they move together when performing operations like registrations.

Import file types

CustusX can import the following data types from file.

Image / volume data:

Input datatype	Allowed variants	Description
DICOM	8, 16, or 32 bit (signed or unsigned)	http://dicom.nema.org/standard.html
.mhd	VTK mhd reader (with some CX additions)	https://itk.org/Wiki/ITK/MetaIO/Documentation
.nii	VTK NIfTI reader	NIfTI file format
.png	VTK png reader	2D pictures

Polydata / Surface models:

Input datatype	Allowed variants	Description
.stl	VTK stl reader
.vtk	VTK vtk format	www.vtk.org/VTK/img/file-formats.pdf
.vtp	VTK vtp format	www.vtk.org/VTK/img/file-formats.pdf

PointMetrics:

Input datatype	Allowed variants	Description
.tag	VTK MNI tag point reader	MNI tag files.