python-gdcm 3.0.24.1

Description:

pythongdcm 3.0.24.1

Python-GDCM
Unofficial GDCM packages for Python 3 on Linux, Windows and MacOS (both Intel and Apple Silicon).
Grassroots DiCoM is a C++ library for DICOM medical files that can be wrapped for Python using SWIG. It supports datasets encoded using native, JPEG, JPEG 2000, JPEG-LS, RLE and deflated transfer syntaxes. It also comes with Parts 3, 6 & 7 of the DICOM Standard as XML files.
Installation
Using pip
pip install -U python-gdcm

From source
Install dependencies

Compiler for you platform (GCC, Clang, MSVC)
CMake
SWIG
patchelf will also be needed on Linux
Git to get the source code

Setup environment
If the cmake or swig executables aren't in $PATH, either add them or create CMAKE_EXE and SWIG_EXE envars:
export CMAKE_EXE="path/to/cmake/executable"
export SWIG_EXE="path/to/swig/executable"

Clone source
git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/tfmoraes/python-gdcm

Build and install
# Note the trailing slash!
pip install python-gdcm/

Test installed package
python -c "import gdcm; print(gdcm.GDCM_VERSION)"

If you get a ModuleNotFoundError: No module named '_gdcm.gdcmswig' error then make sure your current working directory doesn't contain a _gdcm folder.
Usage
Reading a DICOM image file
import gdcm
reader = gdcm.ImageReader()
reader.SetFileName("dicom_image_file.dcm")
ret = reader.Read()
if not ret:
print("It was not possible to read your DICOM file")

Other Examples
See here https://github.com/malaterre/GDCM/tree/master/Examples/Python