Opensource DICOM toolkit in .NET

Sri

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Dec 22, 2010, 9:07:12 PM12/22/10

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Hello,

I have been using dcmtk for a while in C++ however am looking for open-
source DICOM toolkit in .NET. Any suggestions?

I also came to know about about ClearCanvas - Could users share about
their experiences? How good is ClearCanvas for comunication (MPPS, Q/
R, Store) & SR support?

Additionally, do you have experience porting dcmtk to .net using
managed C++? Did you face any problems? Your comments are highly
appreciated, thank you,

Sri

Mahesh

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Dec 23, 2010, 8:37:05 AM12/23/10

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Hello;
dcmtk one of the best library for dicom. I had created
managed wrapper some time back for dcmtk using swig http://www.swig.org/
and it works very well.

There are also other open source library purely in .Net.

mDCM - https://github.com/rcd/mdcm

Regards
Mahesh

Sri

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Dec 25, 2010, 12:38:54 PM12/25/10

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Hi Mahesh,

Thanks for your points, Looks like ClearCanvas tool uses mDCM lib
internally, have you tried using mDCM? Could you share your
experience? that would be great.

Regards,
Sridhar

On Dec 23, 8:37 am, Mahesh <mdube...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Dec 23, 7:07 am, Sri <sridharr...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hello,
>
> > I have been using dcmtk for a while in C++ however am looking for open-
> > source DICOM toolkit in .NET. Any suggestions?
>
> > I also came to know about about ClearCanvas - Could users share about
> > their experiences? How good is ClearCanvas for comunication (MPPS, Q/
> > R, Store) & SR support?
>
> > Additionally, do you have experience porting dcmtk to .net using
> > managed C++? Did you face any problems? Your comments are highly
> > appreciated, thank you,
>
> > Sri
>
> Hello;
> dcmtk one of the best library for dicom. I had created

> managed wrapper some time back for dcmtk using swighttp://www.swig.org/

Mahesh

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Dec 27, 2010, 1:22:38 AM12/27/10

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Hello;
mDCM is a dicom implementation in .Net. I am using this
library from long time and it works very well :) There is no direct
support for MPPS and SR , but it is not difficult to code these
features using mDCM. For any specific question on mDCM you can post
your query on mDCM group ( http://groups.google.com/group/mdcm )

Regards
Mahesh

Mathieu Malaterre

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Dec 27, 2010, 3:59:07 AM12/27/10

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On Dec 23, 3:07 am, Sri <sridharr...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have been using dcmtk for a while in C++ however am looking for open-
> source DICOM toolkit in .NET. Any suggestions?

Try GDCM. It is wrapped to Python, Java and C# currently (using SWIG).

HTH
Ref: http://gdcm.sf.net

Suresh Viswanathan

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Jan 1, 2011, 7:15:44 AM1/1/11

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My company uses the Clear Canvas SDK for a lot of development work and
it has turned out really well. I would recommend it as a very good
open source alternative.

Suresh

Rady

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Jan 1, 2011, 5:35:02 PM1/1/11

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We are also using Clearcanvas extensively for the last 2 years. It is
one of the best implementation of DICOM Standards in .Net and Open
Source. Their support is also relatively fast, you can use their
forums. There is no direct MPPS or MWL implementation, but building
them should not be a problem. If you need any info please let us
know.

with regards
Ravindran Padmanabhan.
Pellucid.