Tag Archives: DCMTK

Enhanced character set support in DCMTK

Posted on 2011-11-02 by Jörg Riesmeier

When the DCMTK module “dcmdata“, which is used for managing DICOM data structures and files, was designed in the mid of the 90s, there was already a distinct class for DICOM data elements that are affected by the attribute Specific … Continue reading →

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Sending DICOM files more easily

Posted on 2011-10-05 by Jörg Riesmeier

Today, an initial version of a new command line tool has been made available as part of the latest development version of the DCMTK. Its name is “dcmsend”. It is a “Simple Storage Service Class User”. This new tool, together … Continue reading →

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Fourth DCMTK snapshot version 3.6.1

Posted on 2011-09-22 by Jörg Riesmeier

Today, a new development snapshot of the DCMTK has been made available. This is the fourth snapshot after the official release of version 3.6.0. As it is true for all snapshots since then, a couple of minor issues have been … Continue reading →

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DICOM 2011

Posted on 2011-08-15 by Jörg Riesmeier

A couple of days ago, the DICOM 2011 edition has been made available. The DICOM standard now consists of 20 parts and has more than 4900 pages. Altogether 17 supplements and 96 correction items have been incorporated, based on the … Continue reading →

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DCMTK and CMake

Posted on 2011-08-09 by Jörg Riesmeier

In the beginning of the 1990s, the DCMTK (or to be more precise its predecessor European CTN) started as a Unix-only DICOM toolkit. So, it was an easy decision to use GNU Autoconf (aka configure) at some point in time … Continue reading →

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