[issue42916] Support for DICOM image file format in imghdr module

[Charles Law]

New submission from Charles Law <charles.law at gmail.com>:

DICOM is a file format used frequently in medical imaging (it is also a communications protocol). It has been used since the 80's, and is still widely used by modern medical equipment.

It has a well defined format: http://dicom.nema.org/dicom/2013/output/chtml/part10/chapter_7.html

This proposal is for the addiction of a check to imghdr module to detect DICOM files, with imghdr.what() and return 'dicom' if a dicom file is found.

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components: Library (Lib)
messages: 384989
nosy: claw
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: Support for DICOM image file format in imghdr module
type: enhancement
versions: Python 3.10

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