DICOM
Languages and libraries
medical imaging parser library
SHOW HN2019
How HN took it
4 positive, 6 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 1 critical, out of 12 comments about the project. Thread score +0.19.
Idea: 1 for, 0 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 againstDesign: 1 for, 0 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Useful and well-designed reference implementation for DICOM in Go
From 3 comments
Note that an 'image' for DICOM software can mean many things, from a collection of slices through a volume from an MRI scan to x-rays and ultrasound along with a whole pile of…
jacquesm on HNI use this and it's great! One thing that would be helpful (and perhaps it's already included and I just haven't seen it?) is a set of functions to make the parsed image…
carbocation on HNI work with DICOM pretty regularly and it's cool to see new implementations of parsers popping up. I've recently been toying with an implementation in rust with a goal of…
neandrake on HN
Objections
Source repo of the parent fork appears abandoned
From 1 comment
Quick glance at the source repo shows all the familiar symptoms of an abandoned project.
avip on HN
Requests
Functions to convert parsed pixel data into displayable images using window width and center
From 1 comment
I use this and it's great! One thing that would be helpful (and perhaps it's already included and I just haven't seen it?) is a set of functions to make the parsed image…
carbocation on HN
Questions
Why fork instead of contributing upstream
From 1 comment
Note that an 'image' for DICOM software can mean many things, from a collection of slices through a volume from an MRI scan to x-rays and ultrasound along with a whole pile of…
jacquesm on HN
Use case for converting DICOM to protocol buffers
From 1 comment
Where would you use the functionality of converting DICOM into protocol buffers?
kspacewalk on HN
Alternatives named
dicomtk (C++ reference implementation)
From 1 comment
Indeed, DICOM is a beast of a spec. Dicomtk is a solid reference implementation in C++ imo, but a bit difficult to work with sometimes. The goal here is to have a featured…
suyashkumar on HN
pynetdicom
From 1 comment
Read the standard. There truly is no way around it if you need to perform actual "real" work with DICOM. You need to become familiar with the vocabulary. Also get a copy of [0].…
tpfour on HN