The reference for parsing dicom file is the dicom standard. A locat copy can be found in Dicom2003_Part5.pdf. A nice starting point for browsing the standard can be found at http://www.dclunie.com/dicom-status/status.html. Documentation can be build with doxygen: * For the developpers version: doxygen DoxyfileDeveloppers mozilla html.developper/index.html * For the user version: doxygen DoxyfileUsers mozilla html.user/index.html