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SU-E-T-219: A Free and Open Source DICOM Solution: DicomPack.

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  • 1University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.

Medical Physics
|May 19, 2017
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DicomPack is a Perl library simplifying Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM) complexity for application development. It facilitates processing and exchanging medical images and treatment plans, offering a robust solution for research and clinical workflows.

Area of Science:

  • Medical Informatics
  • Software Engineering

Background:

  • Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM) standards are crucial for medical imaging and data exchange.
  • Developing applications that interact with DICOM data can be complex due to the standard's intricacies.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To introduce DicomPack, a Perl library designed to abstract DICOM complexities.
  • To facilitate the creation of DICOM-compliant applications for processing and exchanging medical data.

Main Methods:

  • DicomPack utilizes an extensible internal data structure to represent DICOM tag/element information.
  • It supports creating DICOM files from scratch or using templates, handling nested sequences and multi-frame images.
  • Includes DicomPack::IO and DicomPack::Network for DICOM data exchange via DICOM Message Service (DIMSE) protocol with a callback plugin design.
Keywords:
ArchivesComputer softwareDatabasesMedical image processingMedical imagingMedical treatment planningRadiation therapyRadiotherapy sourcesSequence analysis

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Main Results:

  • DicomPack is a pure Perl package with minimal dependencies on core Perl functions.
  • It offers utilities like DicomDumper, DicomAnonymizer, and DicomStore for application development examples.
  • Installation is straightforward via the Comprehensive Perl Archive Network (CPAN).

Conclusions:

  • DicomPack provides a flexible and accessible solution for developing DICOM applications in Perl.
  • It simplifies the handling of DICOM data structures and network communication.
  • Application developers are responsible for DICOM interpretation and conformance validation.