DICOM Series to Volume Operator

Authors: Holoscan SDK Team (NVIDIA)
Supported platforms: x86_64, aarch64
Language: Python
Last modified: June 2, 2025
Latest version: 1.1.0
Minimum Holoscan SDK version: 1.0.3
Tested Holoscan SDK versions: 2.2.0, 3.2.0
Contribution metric: Level 2 - Trusted

This operator converts a DICOM series into a volumetric image for downstream analysis in medical imaging workflows.

Overview

The DICOMSeriesToVolumeOperator reads a DICOM series and constructs a volume image suitable for 3D processing and visualization in Holoscan pipelines.

Requirements

• Holoscan SDK Python package
• pydicom
• numpy

Example Usage

from holoscan.core import Fragment
from operators.medical_imaging.dicom_series_to_volume_operator import DICOMSeriesToVolumeOperator

fragment = Fragment()
vol_op = DICOMSeriesToVolumeOperator(
    fragment,
    name="series_to_volume"  # Optional operator name
)