GNU ELPA - dicom

DICOM files are typically used for medical imaging (US, CT, MRI, PET). This package adds the ability to view such files in Emacs. The images and metadata are displayed in regular Emacs buffers. The package registers itself in auto-mode-alist for DICOMDIR directory files and DICOM images (file extension *.dcm or *.ima). Furthermore the command dicom-open opens DICOMDIR directory files or DICOM image files interactively.

The package relies on a few external programs, which are all widely available on Linux distributions.

• convert from the ImageMagick suite
• ffmpeg for video conversion
• dcm2xml from the dcmtk DICOM toolkit
• mpv for video playing