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    Q: I'm trying to read an RT Dose DICOM file, but I need to access to the image data because I need the array with the raw values, is it possible to get it with fo-dicom?

    A: You can for example obtain the pixel data from a DicomDataset called dataset for a specific frame with index idx like this:

        var header = DicomPixelData.Create(dataset);
        var pixelData = PixelDataFactory.Create(header, idx);
    

    The PixelDataFactory.Create creates different pixel data types depending on dataset properties such as bits allocated, pixel representation etc. Check the actual type of pixelData to obtain a pixel array that you can operate on:

        if (pixelData is GrayscalePixelDataU16) {
          ushort[] pixels = ((GrayscalePixelDataU16)pixelData).Data;
          ...
        }
    

    etc.

    To obtain a full 3D grid from a multi-frame image, loop over all frames in the image, as defined by header.NumberOfFrames.

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