*Maintainer: Andy Buckle [http://sourceforge.net/sendmessage.php?touser=1760416contact]
*Maintainer: Andy Buckle [http://sourceforge.net/sendmessage.php?touser=1760416contact]
*Currently worked on by: Kris Thielemans
*Currently worked on by: Kris Thielemans
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=== What is the aim of this package? ===
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DICOM ('Digital Imaging and Communication in Medicine') is a standard for transfering and storing medical data. See http://medical.nema.org/ for more info.
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This package provides functions to read and (eventually) write DICOM files. The functions in the package are intended to have similar usage as
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the dicom functions in the Matlab Image Processing Toolbox.
===Supporting library===
===Supporting library===
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[http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/gdcm/index.php?title=Main_Page GCDM]. You can usually get this via your package manager,e e.g. on Ubuntu
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[http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/gdcm/index.php?title=Main_Page GCDM]. You can usually get this via your package manager, e.g. on Ubuntu