Overview

DICOM-rs is an ecosystem of libraries and tools for working with DICOM systems.

Work with DICOM meta-data and pixel data with ease.
Communicate with existing DICOM systems.
Built in the Rust programming language for performance and reliability.
Portable and prepared for all modern environments.
Free to use and extend, for life.

Using as a library

Get started quickly by adding the dicom crate to your Rust project.

[dependencies]
dicom = "0.8"

Or pick exactly what you need from the various crates in the DICOM-rs umbrella.

dicom-object
dicom-dump
dicom-json
dicom-pixeldata
dicom-ul
dicom-dictionary-std
dicom-transfer-syntax-registry
dicom-parser
dicom-encoding
dicom-core

Example

Fetch a DICOM file and read its contents as a dictionary of data set elements.

use dicom::object::open_file;
use dicom::dictionary_std::tags;

let obj = open_file("path/to/IMAGES/0001.dcm")?;
let patient_name = obj.element(tags::PATIENT_NAME)?
    .to_patient_name()?;
let modality = obj.element(tags::MODALITY)?
    .to_str()?;

println!("{} case of patient {}", modality, patient_name);

Bring it to the Web

Rich DICOM applications can be delivered to the browser using WebAssembly.

DICOM dump app not loaded

See also a simple proof-of-concept DICOM viewer made with DICOM-rs.

Tools

DICOM-rs gives you cross-compatible command line tools for various operational needs.

dicom-dump to inspect the contents of DICOM files;
dicom-toimage to turn DICOM files into general image files;
dicom-storescu to send DICOM files to a DICOM device;
dicom-findscu to query a DICOM device;
and more!

These tools are standalone and can be downloaded here. Windows and linux binaries are available.

Free and open

DICOM-rs embraces the open source software model with a permissive license (dual license Apache 2.0 OR MIT), enabling its use in academia and professional software.

Community

See the official GitHub repository to follow the development process, report issues, and open discussion.
For real time chatting about DICOM-rs, see the DICOM-rs Zulip.
All interactions must abide to the community Code of Conduct.

Enter DICOM-rs

A DICOM implementation for the next generation of medical imaging systems.