Does the Image Processing Toolbox support the DICOM Image Format?

I would like to know if the Image Processing Toolbox supports DICOM export, DICOM network protocols, and reading JPEG-compressed DICOM files.

Answer 1

[MathWorks Support Team]

Image Processing Toolbox 3.0 (R12) and later has the following functions that support the DICOM Image Format:

dicominfo - Read metadata from a DICOM message.

dicomread - Read a DICOM image.

dicom-dict.txt - Text file containing DICOM data dictionary.

Support for reading JPEG-compressed DICOM files is available as of the Image Processing Toolbox 3.1 (R12.1).

Some support for DICOM export and network protocols is available as of the Image Processing Toolbox 3.2 (R13). See the R13 documentation and the following Related Solution, "What values can I add to my DICOM file with DICOMWRITE?" for more information:

For more information on the formats that IMREAD supports, type the following at the MATLAB command window:

help imread