DCMTK
This DICOM ToolKit (DCMTK) package consists of source code, documentation
and installation instructions for a set of software libraries and
applications implementing part of the DICOM/MEDICOM Standard.
DCMTK contains the following sub-packages, each in its own sub-directory:
config - configuration utilities for DCMTK
dcmdata - a data encoding/decoding library and utility apps
dcmimage - adds support for color images to dcmimgle
dcmimgle - an image processing library and utility apps
dcmjpeg - a compression/decompression library and utility apps
dcmjpls - a compression/decompression library and utility apps
dcmnet - a networking library and utility apps
dcmpstat - a presentation state library and utility apps
dcmqrdb - an image database server
dcmrt - a radiation therapy library and utility apps
dcmsign - a digital signature library and utility apps
dcmsr - a structured report library and utility apps
dcmtls - security extensions for the network library
dcmwlm - a modality worklist database server
oflog - a logging library based on log4cplus
ofstd - a library of general purpose classes
Each sub-directory (except config) contains further sub-directories for
application source code (apps), library source code (libsrc), library
include files (include), configuration data (etc), documentation (docs),
sample and support data (data) as well as test programs (tests).
To build and install the DCMTK package see the INSTALL file. For copyright
information see the COPYRIGHT file. For information about the history of
this software see the HISTORY file. For answers to frequently asked
questions please consult the FAQ:
http://forum.dcmtk.org/faq/
There is also a Wiki system where additional information can be found:
http://support.dcmtk.org/wiki/
If you find bugs or other problems with this software, we would appreciate
hearing about them. Please send electronic mail to:
dicom-bugs/at/offis/dot/de
Please try to describe the problem in detail and if possible give a
suggested fix. For general questions on how to compile, install or use
the toolkit we recommend the public discussion forum at:
http://forum.dcmtk.org/