README

DCMTK

This DICOM ToolKit (DCMTK) package consists of source code, documentation
and installation instructions for a set of software libraries and
applications implementing part of the DICOM/MEDICOM Standard.

DCMTK contains the following sub-packages, each in its own sub-directory:

    config   - configuration utilities for DCMTK
    dcmdata  - a data encoding/decoding library and utility apps
    dcmect   - a library for working with Enhanced CT objects
    dcmfg    - a library for working with functional groups
    dcmimage - adds support for color images to dcmimgle
    dcmimgle - an image processing library and utility apps
    dcmiod   - a library for working with information objects and modules
    dcmjpeg  - a compression/decompression library and utility apps
    dcmjpls  - a compression/decompression library and utility apps
    dcmnet   - a networking library and utility apps
    dcmpmap  - a library for working with parametric map objects
    dcmpstat - a presentation state library and utility apps
    dcmqrdb  - an image database server
    dcmrt    - a radiation therapy library and utility apps
    dcmseg   - a library for working with segmentation objects
    dcmsign  - a digital signature library and utility apps
    dcmsr    - a structured reporting library and utility apps
    dcmtls   - security extensions for the network library
    dcmtract - a library for working with tractography results
    dcmwlm   - a modality worklist database server
    oflog    - a logging library based on log4cplus
    ofstd    - a library of general purpose classes

Each sub-directory (except config) contains further sub-directories for
application source code (apps), library source code (libsrc), library
include files (include), configuration data (etc), documentation (docs),
sample and support data (data) as well as test programs (tests).

To build and install the DCMTK package see the INSTALL file.  For copyright
information see the COPYRIGHT file.  For information about the history of
this software see the HISTORY file.  For answers to frequently asked
questions please consult the FAQ:

        http://forum.dcmtk.org/faq/

In addition to the API documentation, there is also a Wiki system where
further information (e.g. HOWTOs) can be found:

        http://support.dcmtk.org/wiki/

If you find bugs or other problems with this software, we would appreciate
hearing about them.  Please send electronic mail to:

        bugs/at/dcmtk/dot/org

Please try to describe the problem in detail and if possible give a
suggested fix.  For general questions on how to compile, install or use
the toolkit we recommend the public discussion forum at:

        http://forum.dcmtk.org/