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helpers/images.py

@@ -110,4 +110,38 @@ def get_dicom_order(path):
     for i in slices:
         print(map[i.SliceLocation])
 
-#get_dicom_order("/home/ross/Downloads/DICOM HEAD/STD4/SER1/*.dcm")
+#get_dicom_order("/home/ross/Downloads/DICOM HEAD/STD4/SER1/*.dcm")
+
+def pretty_print_dicom(dataset, indent=0):
+    return "\n<br/>".join(print_dicom(dataset, indent))
+
+
+def print_dicom(dataset, indent=0):
+    """Go through all items in the dataset and print them with custom format
+
+    Modelled after Dataset._pretty_str()
+    """
+    dont_print = ['Pixel Data', 'File Meta Information Version']
+
+    indent_string = "   " * indent
+    next_indent_string = "   " * (indent + 1)
+
+    l = []
+
+    for data_element in dataset:
+        if data_element.VR == "SQ":   # a sequence
+            l.append(f"({indent_string}{data_element.name}")
+            for sequence_item in data_element.value:
+                l.append(print_dicom(sequence_item, indent + 1))
+                l.append(next_indent_string + "---------")
+        else:
+            if data_element.name in dont_print:
+                l.append("""<item not printed -- in the "don't print" list>""")
+            else:
+                repr_value = repr(data_element.value)
+                if len(repr_value) > 50:
+                    repr_value = repr_value[:50] + "..."
+                l.append("{0:s} {1:s} = {2:s}".format(indent_string,
+                                                   data_element.name,
+                                                   repr_value))
+    return l