Mathematica Import/Export Format

DICOM (.dcm,.dic)

MIME type: application/dicom
DICOM medical imaging format.
Commonly used in medical imaging equipment and picture archiving and communication systems.
DICOM is an acronym for Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine.
Stores multiple raster images together with patient and device information.
Binary format.
Supports a variety of image encoding and data compression methods.
DICOM Version 3.0 was introduced in 1993.

Import and Export fully support DICOM files conforming to Section PS 3.10 of the DICOM standard.

Import can also read ACR/NEMA Version 2.0 files.

IMPORT AND EXPORT

Import["file.dcm"] imports a DICOM file, returning a graphics object.

Export["file.dcm", expr] exports graphics or any other expression as an image to a DICOM file.

Import["file.dcm"] returns an expression of the form Graphics[Raster[data], opts], where data is an array of RGB color values.

Export["file.dcm", expr] creates a DICOM image with the same image size as the displayed form of .

Because DICOM is a raster image format, all fonts are rasterized on export.

Import["file.dcm", elem] imports the specified element from a DICOM file.

Import["file.dcm", {elem, sub_a, sub_b, ...}] imports a subelement.

Import["file.dcm", {{elem₁, elem₂, ...}}] imports multiple elements.

The import format can be specified with Import["file", "DICOM"] or Import["file", {"DICOM", elem, ...}].

Export["file.dcm", expr, elem] creates a DICOM file by treating expr as specifying element elem.

Export["file.dcm", {expr₁, expr₂, ...}, {{elem₁, elem₂, ...}}] treats each expr_i as specifying the corresponding elem_i.

Export["file.dcm", expr, opt₁->val₁, ...] exports expr with the specified option elements taken to have the specified values.

Export["file.dcm", {elem₁->expr₁, elem₂->expr₂, ...}, "Rules"] uses rules to specify the elements to be exported.

See the reference pages for full general information on Import and Export.

ImportString and ExportString support the DICOM format.

ELEMENTS

General Import elements:

	"Elements"	list of elements and options available in this file
	"Rules"	full list of rules for each element and option
	"Options"	list of rules for options, properties, and settings

Data representation elements:

	"ColorMap"	color reduction palette created on Import
	"Data"	array of color values
	"Graphics"	Graphics object representing an image
	"GrayLevels"	array of normalized gray-level values