XMedCon (Medical Image Conversion) is a toolkit for converting medical image files between formats used in clinical imaging and scientific research. It is particularly useful for processing reconstructed nuclear medicine images and exchanging data between applications that use different file representations.
The toolkit provides both graphical and command-line interfaces. The graphical application allows users to inspect conversion settings and visualise image information, while the command-line utility is suitable for automated processing and batch conversion.
XMedCon includes a programming library that provides access to its image format handling functionality. Developers can use this library to integrate supported medical image conversion capabilities into other applications.
The software can also inspect image headers, extract selected images and perform limited image manipulation operations. Its format conversion facilities help preserve relevant image characteristics such as dimensions, orientation and pixel information during supported conversions.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Convert supported medical imaging files between established scientific image formats.
- Provide the xmedcon graphical interface for interactive conversion.
- Include the medcon command-line application for batch processing.
- Supply a reusable library for medical image format handling.
- Read DICOM, ACR/NEMA, Analyze, ECAT, InterFile, PNG and other supported formats.
- Display image header information and pixel values.
- Extract selected images from multidimensional datasets.
- Reverse, reorder and flip image matrices.
- Apply limited image processing and reslicing operations.
- View transverse, sagittal and coronal image orientations.
- Control output byte order during conversion.
- Modify supported patient, modality, orientation and dimension information.
- Read supported compressed medical imaging files.
- Import raw image arrays when the required data characteristics are known.
- Integrate conversion operations into automated research workflows.
- Cross-platform support – runs on Linux, macOS, and Windows.
Website: xmedcon.sourceforge.io
Support:
Developer: Erik Nolf and contributors
License: GNU General Public License v2.0
XMedCon is written in C. Learn C with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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