Image::ExifTool::DICOM (3)

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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 (Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine) and ACR-NEMA (American College of Radiology - National Electrical Manufacturer's Association) medical images.

NOTES

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

No translation of special characters sets is done.

AUTHOR

Copyright 2003-2017, 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

<medical.nema.org>

<www.sph.sc.edu/comd/rorden/dicom.html>

<www.dclunie.com>

<www.gehealthcare.com/usen/interoperability/dicom/docs/2258357r3.pdf>

SEE ALSO

`` Tags'' in Image::ExifTool::TagNames, Image::ExifTool(3pm)