Image::ExifTool::DICOM(3) User Contributed Perl Documentation Image::ExifTool::DICOM(3)

# [NAME](#NAME)

Image::ExifTool::DICOM - Read DICOM and ACR-NEMA medical images

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

This module is used by Image::ExifTool

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

This module contains routines required by Image::ExifTool to extract meta information from DICOM (Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine) DCM and ACR-NEMA (American College of Radiology - National Electrical Manufacturer's Association) ACR medical images.

# [NOTES](#NOTES)

Images compressed using the DICOM deflated transfer syntax will be decoded if Compress::Zlib is installed.

No translation of special characters sets is done.

# [AUTHOR](#AUTHOR)

Copyright 2003-2026, Phil Harvey (philharvey66 at gmail.com)

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

# [REFERENCES](#REFERENCES)

<http://medical.nema.org/>

<http://www.sph.sc.edu/comd/rorden/dicom.html>

<http://www.dclunie.com/>

<http://www.gehealthcare.com/usen/interoperability/dicom/docs/2258357r3.pdf>

# [SEE ALSO](#SEE_ALSO)

"DICOM Tags" in Image::ExifTool::TagNames, [**Image::ExifTool**(3pm)](/man/os/exiftool/Image::ExifTool.3pm)

2026-10-09 perl v5.44.0

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Document: Image::ExifTool::DICOM(3pm) from exiftool 13.59-r3 (Chainguard OS)
Source: https://github.com/exiftool/exiftool