NAME
   Image::DCMTK - Interface to the DCMTK Dicom Toolkit

VERSION
   Version 0.05

SYNOPSIS
   Provides a set of interface functions to the Dicom Toolkit (dcmtk)

   In most cases, the Dicom tags are treated as a hash to and from the
   various functions.

   There is an included Dicom Dictionary, but you are free to add your own
   tags as well

EXPORT
SUBROUTINES/METHODS
 openDicomFile
   Read a Dicom File and generate a Dicom object

 returnTagAsXML
   Return an XML formatted string version of a given DICOM tag

   You may use either a Group and Element type tag or a DICOM Dictionary
   Common Name (PatientID for example)

   This function really just calls open/closeXMLSequence open/closeXMLItem
   or makeXMLElement as needed

 makeXMLElement
   Return an XML formatted string version of a given "normal" DICOM tag
   (not a Item or a Sequence structure)

 openXMLItem
   Return an XML formatted string of the DICOM "Open Item" tag

 closeXMLItem
   Return an XML formatted string of the DICOM "Close Item" tag

 openXMLSequence
   Return an XML formatted string of an DICOM "Open Sequence" tag

 closeXMLSequence
   Return an XML formatted string of an DICOM "Close Sequence" tag

 parseDCMXMLDumpForTagLists
 parseDCMXMLDumpForSequences
 parseDCMXMLDump
 parseDCMDumpForSequences
 parseDCMDumpForTagLists
 parseDCMDump
 modifyAnImage
AUTHOR
   Robert Haxton, "<robert.haxton at gmail.com>"

BUGS
   Please report any bugs or feature requests to "bug-dcmtk-dicomtags at
   rt.cpan.org", or through the web interface at
   <http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=Image-DCMTK>. I will be
   notified, and then you'll automatically be notified of progress on your
   bug as I make changes.

SUPPORT
   You can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command.

       perldoc Image::DCMTK

   You can also look for information at:

   *   RT: CPAN's request tracker (report bugs here)

       <http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/Bugs.html?Dist=Image-DCMTK>

   *   AnnoCPAN: Annotated CPAN documentation

       <http://annocpan.org/dist/Image-DCMTK>

   *   CPAN Ratings

       <http://cpanratings.perl.org/d/Image-DCMTK>

   *   Search CPAN

       <http://search.cpan.org/dist/Image-DCMTK/>

   *   Code Repository

       <https://code.google.com/p/Image-DCMTK/>

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT
   Copyright 2008-2012 Robert Haxton.

   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
   under the terms of either: the GNU General Public License as published
   by the Free Software Foundation; or the Artistic License.

   See http://dev.perl.org/licenses/ for more information.