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 2003-2014, Phil Harvey (phil at owl.phy.queensu.ca)
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)