pydicom User Guide

• Core elements in pydicom
  • Dataset
  • DataElement
  • Tag
  • Sequence
• Writing DICOM Files
  • Introduction
  • Using codify
  • Writing a file from scratch
• Working with Pixel Data
  • Introduction
  • Dataset.pixel_array
  • Color space
  • Palette Color
  • Modality LUT or Rescale Operation
  • VOI LUT or Windowing Operation
• Working with Overlay Data
  • Introduction
  • Dataset.overlay_array()
• Working with Waveform Data
  • Introduction
  • Dataset.waveform_array()
• Handling of compressed pixel data
  • Prerequisites
  • Supported Transfer Syntaxes
  • Usage
• Compressing Pixel Data
  • Compressing using pydicom
    • Supported Transfer Syntaxes
    • Compressing with Dataset.compress()
  • Compressing using third-party packages
• Viewing Images
  • Introduction
  • Using pydicom with matplotlib
• Private Data Elements
  • Introduction
  • Displaying Private Data Elements in pydicom
  • Setting Private Data Elements with pydicom
  • Removing All Private Data Elements
  • Adding new entries to the DICOM dictionary
• Best Practices
  • Introduction
  • Enforcing Valid DICOM
  • Future-proofing your code
  • Limiting the pydicom major version in your package