DICOM Processing

What This Skill Does

Generates correct code for reading, writing, and manipulating DICOM (Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine) files. Covers the pydicom Python library (primary), DCMTK command-line tools, and the DICOM data model including tags, VRs, transfer syntaxes, and SOP classes.

Prerequisites

• Python 3.8+ with pydicom (pip install pydicom)
• Optional: pillow or numpy for pixel data operations
• Optional: pylibjpeg + pylibjpeg-libjpeg for compressed transfer syntaxes
• Optional: DCMTK toolkit for command-line operations

# Core
pip install pydicom