- const std::string &strSliceThickness = GetEntryValue(0x0018,0x0050);
- if ( strSliceThickness == GDCM_UNFOUND )
- {
- gdcmWarningMacro("Unfound Slice Thickness (0018,0050)");
- return 1.;
- }
- else
- {
- // if no 'Spacing Between Slices' is found,
- // we assume slices join together
- // (no overlapping, no interslice gap)
- // if they don't, we're fucked up
- return (float)atof( strSliceThickness.c_str() );
- }
+
+ // if no 'Spacing Between Slices' is found,
+ // we assume slices join together
+ // (no overlapping, no interslice gap)
+ entry = GetDataEntry(0x0018,0x0050);
+ if( entry )
+ {
+ zspacing = (float)entry->GetValue(0);
+
+ if ( zspacing == 0.0 )
+ zspacing = 1.0;
+ return zspacing;
+ }
+ else
+ gdcmWarningMacro("Unfound Slice Thickness (0018,0050)");
+
+ // if no 'Spacing Between Slices' is found,
+ // we assume slices join together
+ // (no overlapping, no interslice gap)
+ entry = GetDataEntry(0x3004,0x000c);
+ if( entry )
+ {
+ float z1 = (float)entry->GetValue(0);
+ float z2 = (float)entry->GetValue(1);
+ zspacing = z2 - z1; // can be negative...
+
+ if ( zspacing == 0.0 )
+ zspacing = 1.0;
+ return zspacing;