Python-GDCM

Unoficial GDCM packages for Python.

Grassroots DiCoM is a C++ library for DICOM medical files. It is automatically wrapped to python/C#/Java (using swig). It supports RAW,JPEG (lossy/lossless),J2K,JPEG-LS, RLE and deflated. It also comes with DICOM Part 3,6 & 7 of the standard as XML files.

Installation

Using PIP

pip install python-gdcm

From source

Install building dependencies
- Compiler for you platform (GCC, Clang, MSVC)
- Cmake (https://cmake.org/)
- Swig (http://www.swig.org/)
Build and install python-gdcm
- If cmake isn't in $PATH export the env variable CMAKE_EXE to its path
```
$ export CMAKE_EXE=/CMAKE/PATH
```
- If swig isn't in $PATH export the env variable SWIG_EXE to its path
```
$ export SWIG_EXE=/SWIG/PATH
```
- Build and install
```
$ python setup.py install
```

Usage

Reading a DICOM image file

import gdcm
reader = gdcm.ImageReader()
reader.SetFileName("dicom_image_file.dcm")
ret = reader.Read()
if not ret:
    print("It was not possible to read your DICOM file")

Other Examples

See here https://github.com/malaterre/GDCM/tree/master/Examples/Python

scaramallion / python-gdcm