add stop_before_pixels tag and set to True to speed up dcm reads (#80)

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bhklab · Jun 2, 2023 · bb4dad7 · bb4dad7
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diff --git a/imgtools/utils/crawl.py b/imgtools/utils/crawl.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ def crawl_one(folder):
                 rel_path  = dcm_path.relative_to(folder_path.parent.parent)                                        # rel_path of dicom from folder
                 rel_posix = rel_path.parent.as_posix()     # folder name + until parent folder of dicom
 
-                meta      = dcmread(dcm, force=True)
+                meta      = dcmread(dcm, force=True, stop_before_pixels=True)
                 patient   = str(meta.PatientID)
                 study     = str(meta.StudyInstanceUID)
                 series    = str(meta.SeriesInstanceUID)