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.

API Reference

The API Reference provides technical documentation for the pydicom API’s functions, variables and classes.