Hi Jeff
Re DICOM
Parsing a DICOM file is not that hard but it is somewhat more involved than parsing HL7 files in that:
there are options as to how it is encoded
it supports binary data
you have to read the lengths of data elements to determine where the next one starts
can switch between MSB and LSB formats
etc
I can certainly help with extracting information including patient demographics from DICOM files as I am doing that in production.
What I haven't done is get DICOM querying working to get the files there. For the very small number I need to process (maximum of 4 and normally only 2 on any day I have to process them they can come to me on a DVD.
If and when you want to look inmto that possibility let me know and I'll do my best to help.
Regards
Doug
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