pydicom documentation

Getting Started

If you’re new to pydicom then start here:

• Installation | Plugins for Pixel Data | What Python types do I use for each VR

• Basics: Dataset: read, access, modify, write

• Intermediate: Waveform decoding and encoding | DICOM File-sets and DICOMDIR

• Pixel Data: Introduction & accessing | Creating new Pixel Data | Compression and decompression

User Guide

The main documentation. This contains an in-depth description of all core elements of pydicom and how to use them.

Examples

A set of examples illustrating the use of the different core elements. It complements the User Guide.

Reference

Documentation for pydicom’s public functions, classes and other objects.

• API

Releases

• Release notes