2 * \page DoxyIntroduction Introduction
4 * Gdcm -which stands for Gnu DiCoM- is yet another C++ library
5 * dedicated to reading/parsing and writing
6 * <A HREF="http://medical.nema.org/">Dicom</A> files.
8 * \section DoxyFeatures Features
9 * - gdcm implements the
10 * <A HREF="http://www.dclunie.com/dicom-status/status.html">
11 * dicom base standard part 5</A> that concentrates on image file format.
12 * Hence gdcm supports the following formats:
13 * -# ACR-NEMA version 1 and 2
15 * - gdcm is distributed with
16 * <A HREF="http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/lesser.html">LPGL</A>
18 * - gdcm targets both GNU/Un*ces and Windows/VC++ (see \ref
20 * - gdcm comes with \ref DoxyPythonComplete it's
21 * <A HREF="http://www.python.org">Python</A> wrappers.
24 * \section DoxyLimitation Design limitations
25 * - gdcm does not implement any other part of the Dicom base standard as
27 * <A HREF="http://www.erl.wustl.edu/DICOM/ctn.html">CTN</A>
29 * <A HREF="http://www.offis.de/projekte/ig/dicom/soft-docs/soft01_d.html">
30 * DCMTK</A>. In particular gdcm is not aware of:
31 * -# the Dicom network file exchange protocol.
32 * -# the Dicom media storage formats.
37 * \section DoxyTODO Features to come (TODO list)
38 * - offer Dicom jpeg compressed image support,
39 * - enable Dicom header parsing of sequences and overlays,
40 * - distribute a <A HREF="http://public.kitware.com/VTK/">VTK</A>
41 * thin wrapper of gdcm (essentially a vtkGdcmImageReader).
43 * Installing gdcm and gdcmPyton: \ref DoxyInstallation