Image::ExifTool::DICOM(3)                  User Contributed Perl Documentation


NAME
       Image::ExifTool::DICOM - Read DICOM and ACR-NEMA medical images

SYNOPSIS
       This module is used by Image::ExifTool

DESCRIPTION
       This module contains routines required by Image::ExifTool to extract
       meta information from DICOM (Digital Imaging and Communications in
       Medicine) DCM and ACR-NEMA (American College of Radiology - National
       Electrical Manufacturer's Association) ACR medical images.

NOTES
       Images compressed using the DICOM deflated transfer syntax will be
       decoded if Compress::Zlib is installed.

       No translation of special characters sets is done.

AUTHOR
       Copyright 2003-2024, Phil Harvey (philharvey66 at gmail.com)

       This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
       under the same terms as Perl itself.

REFERENCES
       <http://medical.nema.org/>
       <http://www.sph.sc.edu/comd/rorden/dicom.html>
       <http://www.dclunie.com/>
       <http://www.gehealthcare.com/usen/interoperability/dicom/docs/2258357r3.pdf>

SEE ALSO
       "DICOM Tags" in Image::ExifTool::TagNames, Image::ExifTool(3pm)

perl v5.38.2                      2024-04-05         Image::ExifTool::DICOM(3)