[Pythonmac-SIG] Restrictions on what you can do in a Python module?

[Robb Brown]

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