Extract Patient Name from Dicom Images

Hi all, how can i extract only Patient name in dicom image. I used dicomlookup to extract paitent details but i just need patient name from it.

for eg. FamilyName: '' GivenName: '' MiddleName: '' NamePrefix: '' NameSuffix: '' Please help me.

Answer 1

[Abhipsa]

Hii @Neha P,

The patient’s name can be extracted from DICOM image using dicominfo function available in MATLAB.

You can refer to the code segment below for extracting the patient’s name:

metadata = dicom(“image_path”); % you can replace the placeholder "image_path" with your actual path
patientName = matadata.PatientName % this will output a structure containing all the patient name’s related fields

You can refer to MATLAB documentation for dicominfo function below:

https://www.mathworks.com/help/images/ref/dicominfo.html

I hope this resolves your query.