Read, modify and write DICOM medical files using the python language.

pydicom is a pure python package for working with DICOM files. It was made for inspecting and modifying DICOM data in an easy "pythonic" way. The modifications can be written again to a new file. As a pure python package, it should run anywhere python runs without any other requirements.

Here is a short code sample from an interactive python session:

Code:

>>> import dicom >>> plan=dicom.read_file("rtplan.dcm") >>> plan.PatientsName 'Last^First^mid^pre' >>> plan.dir("setup")    # get a list of tags with "setup" somewhere in the name ['PatientSetups'] >>> plan.PatientSetups[0] (0018, 5100) Patient Position                    CS: 'HFS' (300a, 0182) Patient Setup Number                IS: '1' (300a, 01b2) Setup TechniqueDescription          ST: '' >>> plan.PatientSetups[0].PatientPosition = "HFP" >>> plan.save_as("rtplan2.dcm") >>>