dcm4che is a collection of libraries and command-line applications for working with the DICOM standard. It provides reusable components for developers and administrators who need to process medical imaging objects or exchange information between healthcare imaging systems.
The toolkit supports the reading, writing and manipulation of DICOM files, together with network communication and other interoperability functions. Its utilities cover tasks such as examining metadata, transferring image objects, converting representations and testing DICOM services.
dcm4che is used in healthcare software development and integration work. It supplies building blocks for applications that communicate with imaging equipment, diagnostic workstations and picture archiving and communication systems.
The toolkit is related to dcm4chee-arc, but the two projects serve different purposes. dcm4che provides libraries and utilities, while dcm4chee-arc is an enterprise imaging archive with additional storage, management and administration functionality.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Read, write and manipulate DICOM datasets and information objects.
- Inspect and modify DICOM data elements and metadata.
- Convert supported DICOM data into XML and other structured representations.
- Provide command-line tools for DICOM file operations.
- Send and receive DICOM image objects over network connections.
- Support DICOM storage service operations.
- Perform query and retrieval operations against compatible DICOM systems.
- Include utilities for DICOMweb-related services and interoperability testing.
- Handle supported DICOM image compression and transfer syntaxes.
- Provide components for implementing custom DICOM service classes.
- Support healthcare messaging and integration workflows.
- Include utilities for inspecting, converting and validating medical imaging data.
- Provide reusable libraries for developing imaging applications and services.
Website: web.dcm4che.org
Support:
Developer: dcm4che Project Team
License: Mozilla Public License v1.1 / GNU General Public License v2.0 / GNU Lesser General Public License v2.1
The dcm4che suite of applications (DICOM toolkit, archive, etc.) are used worldwide by healthcare providers, research projects, open source applications, as well as commercial applications.
dcm4che is written in Java. Learn Java with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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