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)