# How to read dicom image via URL link

**URL:** https://discourse.vtk.org/t/how-to-read-dicom-image-via-url-link/13086
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [January 17, 2024, 2:32am UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/how-to-read-dicom-image-via-url-link/13086 "2024-01-17T02:32:52Z")
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### Author: ![dbtruong](https://discourse.vtk.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/f08c70/32.png) [@dbtruong](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/dbtruong)
#### Post date: [January 17, 2024, 2:32am UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/how-to-read-dicom-image-via-url-link/13086/1 "2024-01-17T02:32:52Z")

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Hello.  
I want to read a dicom image from a storage via URL and display it on the screen. Is there any way to do that?

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### Author: ![mwestphal](https://discourse.vtk.org/user_avatar/discourse.vtk.org/mwestphal/32/19_2.png) [@mwestphal](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [January 17, 2024, 8:16am UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/how-to-read-dicom-image-via-url-link/13086/2 "2024-01-17T08:16:31Z")

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Hi @dbtruong

The fairly recent vtkRessourceStream should be able to help, but sadly the dicom image viewer is not compatible with it yet. This require some work I’m afraid.

[https://www.kitware.com/faster-data-loading-in-vtk/](https://www.kitware.com/faster-data-loading-in-vtk/)

[https://vtk.org/doc/nightly/html/classvtkDICOMImageReader.html](https://vtk.org/doc/nightly/html/classvtkDICOMImageReader.html)

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### Author: ![dbtruong](https://discourse.vtk.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/f08c70/32.png) [@dbtruong](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/dbtruong)
#### Post date: [January 17, 2024, 3:35pm UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/how-to-read-dicom-image-via-url-link/13086/3 "2024-01-17T15:35:42Z")

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Thanks @mwestphal