Image:...:DICOM(3pm) User Contributed Perl Documentation Image:...:DICOM(3pm)
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 2003-2025, 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)
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