===================== pydicom documentation ===================== .. toctree:: :maxdepth: 2 :hidden: :caption: Getting started tutorials/installation old/getting_started .. toctree:: :maxdepth: 2 :hidden: :caption: Documentation old/pydicom_user_guide old/ref_guide tutorials/index guides/index reference/index .. toctree:: :maxdepth: 2 :hidden: :caption: Examples auto_examples/index .. toctree:: :maxdepth: 1 :hidden: :caption: Additional Information tutorials/contributing faq/index release_notes/index Getting Started =============== If you're new to *pydicom* then start here: * :doc:`Installation` | :doc:`Introduction to pydicom` | :doc:`What Python types do I use for each VR` * **Basics**: :doc:`Read, access, modify, write` * **Intermediate**: :doc:`Compressing Pixel Data ` | :doc:`Waveform decoding and encoding ` | :doc:`DICOM File-sets and DICOMDIR` :doc:`User Guide ` ========================================== The main documentation. This contains an in-depth description of all core elements of *pydicom* and how to use them. :doc:`Examples ` ===================================== A set of examples illustrating the use of the different core elements. It complements the :doc:`User Guide `. :doc:`API Reference ` ====================================== The API Reference provides technical documentation for the *pydicom* API's functions, variables and classes.