A python package that validates, reads, and extracts images from a DICOM file.

Base:

• Python <= 2.7
• GDCM with python wrapper (https://github.com/neurosnap/mudicom/blob/master/docs/install.rst)

Validator:

• dicom3tools (http://www.dclunie.com/dicom3tools.html)

Image:

• numpy (http://www.numpy.org/)
• PIL (https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow); or
• Matplotlib (http://matplotlib.org/)

import mudicom
mu = mudicom.load("mudicom/tests/dicoms/ex1.dcm")

# returns array of data elements as dicts
mu.read()

# returns dict of errors and warnings for DICOM
mu.validate()

# creates image object
img = mu.image()
# returns numpy array
img.numpy()

# using Pillow, saves DICOM image
img.save_as_pil("ex1.jpg")
# using matplotlib, saves DICOM image
img.save_as_plt("ex1_2.jpg")

Full documentation is available at http://mudicom.dcmdb.org/

• Extract multiple images from one single DICOM file
• Publish documentation online

Written by Eric Bower

Special thanks to Mathieu Malaterre (primary developer for GDCM), of whom without this package would not be possible.