# GNU Octave DICOM Toolkit

## Introduction

The DICOM package provides Digital communications in medicine (DICOM) 
file io by using the Grassroots DICOM (GDCM) libraries for GNU Octave.

## Requirements

* libgdcm 2.0.16 or greater


## Installing

To install, run the octave package manager:

1. If running Windows, the package may already be installed:
   type pkg list, to view the installed packages.

2. To install online:
   pkg install -forge dicom

3. To install from a local tarball.
   pkg install dicom-XXXXXXX.tar.gz
   Where XXXXXXX is the version of the the downloaded tarball.

## Usage:

1. Load the package.
   pkg load dicom
   (Required each time Octave is started)

2. Use the function calls dicominfo, dicomread and dicomwrite to read and write DICOM files.

## Documentation

See the function list for dicom online [octave forge](https://gnu-octave.github.io/octave-dicom/functions/) 
or within the Octave help system for function documentation.

## Known limitations and bugs

Found a bug? Report it [here](https://github.com/gnu-octave/octave-dicom/issues)
