Image::ExifTool::DICOM - phpMan

NAME
    Image::ExifTool::DICOM - Read DICOM and ACR-NEMA medical images

SYNOPSIS
    This module is used by Image::ExifTool

DESCRIPTION
    This module contains routines required by Image::ExifTool to extract
    meta information from DICOM (Digital Imaging and Communications in
    Medicine) DCM and ACR-NEMA (American College of Radiology - National
    Electrical Manufacturer's Association) ACR medical images.

NOTES
    Images compressed using the DICOM deflated transfer syntax will be
    decoded if Compress::Zlib is installed.

    No translation of special characters sets is done.

AUTHOR
    Copyright 2003-2022, Phil Harvey (philharvey66 at gmail.com)

    This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
    under the same terms as Perl itself.

REFERENCES
    <http://medical.nema.org/>
    <http://www.sph.sc.edu/comd/rorden/dicom.html>
    <http://www.dclunie.com/>
    <http://www.gehealthcare.com/usen/interoperability/dicom/docs/2258357r3.
    pdf>

SEE ALSO
    "DICOM Tags" in Image::ExifTool::TagNames, Image::ExifTool(3pm)