[Pythonmac-SIG] Restrictions on what you can do in a Python
module?
Robb Brown
brownr at ucalgary.ca
Thu Aug 28 19:24:40 EDT 2003
Ah, if only. The DICOM specification was (is being) written by
committee. It's an evil piece of work. I believe the paper specs will
fill a couple of shelves by themselves. And all this was written to
help reduce confusion....
On Thursday, August 28, 2003, at 12:21 PM, Paul Miller wrote:
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>> I thought you might be interested... dctk is a DICOM (medical image
>> file format / network protocol for those not in the know) toolkit --
>> file read and write as well as network connectivity. My idea is to
>> wrap the basic functions in Python and then writing DICOM enabled
>> apps is no problem. Plus, I'm frequently annoyed by our expensive
>> research PACS (a medical image archiving server)... a good Python
>> DICOM package and existing Python database modules would let you
>> write your own PACS in an afternoon.
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> Do you know what the protocols are and how they work? If so, why not
> just reimplement them directly in Python, and skip the library
> entirely?
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> Paul Miller | paul at fxtech.com | Got Tivo?
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Robb Brown
Seaman Family MR Center
Calgary, AB
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