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 2003-2021, 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)