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*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 | ||
=== What is the aim of this package? === | === What is the aim of this package? === | ||
Digital communications in medicine (DICOM) is an information standard. Originally created for image transfer, the standard now deals with an large range of medical data. See http://medical.nema.org/ for more info. | |||
This package provides functions to read and (eventually) write DICOM files. The functions in the package are intended to have similar usage as | This package provides functions to read and (eventually) write DICOM files. The functions in the package are intended to have similar usage as | ||
the dicom functions in the Matlab Image Processing Toolbox. | the dicom functions in the Matlab Image Processing Toolbox. In Octave they are separate: most image package users will not use dicom, and its dependency might be considered troublesome. | ||
===Supporting library=== | ===Supporting library=== |
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