# Dicom - ruby

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/dicom-ruby/193906>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [August 26, 2010, 1:04pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/dicom-ruby/193906 "2010-08-26T13:04:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![adilbitk](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@adilbitk](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/adilbitk)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2010, 1:04pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/dicom-ruby/193906/1 "2010-08-26T13:04:02Z")

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Hi,

I am struggling with dicom iamge view in rails app.  
I used dcim and rmagick gem.  
I followed [http://dicom.rubyforge.org/tutorial1.htm](http://dicom.rubyforge.org/tutorial1.htm)  
and [http://www.clubpacswestmi.net/](http://www.clubpacswestmi.net/) ,but didn’t happend  
anything.  
I am getting diacom object but unable to mak it viewable.

require ‘rubygems’  
require ‘dicom’  
require ‘RMagick’  
.  
.  
.  
@gar = DICOM::DObject.new(“path/IM-0001-0001.dcm”)  
data = @gar.get\_image\_magick(:rescale =\> true)  
data[0].display  
.  
.  
.

ERROR

comparison of Magick::Image with 0 failed

for line  
data = @gar.get\_image\_magick(:rescale =\> true)

Please help and reply.

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**Author:** ![adilbitk](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@adilbitk](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/adilbitk)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2010, 10:40am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/dicom-ruby/193906/2 "2010-08-28T10:40:07Z")

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Hi Adil

I think you would have a better chance of getting an answer to your  
question if you post your question on the ruby-dicom forum instead:  
[http://groups.google.com/group/ruby-dicom](http://groups.google.com/group/ruby-dicom)

Chris