# display patient info in the render window

**URL:** https://discourse.vtk.org/t/display-patient-info-in-the-render-window/1213
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [June 26, 2019, 7:09am UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/display-patient-info-in-the-render-window/1213 "2019-06-26T07:09:09Z")
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### Author: ![Marco\_Festugato](https://discourse.vtk.org/user_avatar/discourse.vtk.org/marco_festugato/32/327_2.png) [@Marco\_Festugato](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/Marco_Festugato)
#### Post date: [June 26, 2019, 7:09am UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/display-patient-info-in-the-render-window/1213/1 "2019-06-26T07:09:09Z")

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Hello, I have 200 DICOM images of which I have successfully performed volume rendering. Now I want my window to also display some information about the patient (like ID patient, type of TC, …), how can I do that?  
Thanks in advance for any help!

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### Author: ![marcomusy](https://discourse.vtk.org/user_avatar/discourse.vtk.org/marcomusy/32/95_2.png) [@marcomusy](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/marcomusy)
#### Post date: [June 26, 2019, 10:54am UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/display-patient-info-in-the-render-window/1213/2 "2019-06-26T10:54:21Z")

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You might use the `vtkCornerAnnotation` class:  
[https://vtk.org/doc/nightly/html/classvtkCornerAnnotation.html](https://vtk.org/doc/nightly/html/classvtkCornerAnnotation.html)