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DICOM Viewer & Editor

DICOM Viewer & Editor

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View DICOM images and edit metadata side-by-side, right in your VS Code editor.
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Launch VS Code Quick Open (Ctrl+P), paste the following command, and press enter.
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DICOM Viewer & Editor

View and edit DICOM (.dcm) files directly in VS Code. View both the image and associated metadata side-by-side. Edit metadata and save edited DICOMs in the side panel.

Available on VS Code Marketplace and OpenVSX.

Features

  • Viewer: Display DICOM images as well as file metadata including tags, value representations (VRs), and attribute values
  • Editor: Edit DICOM tags directly from the metadata display
    • Includes warnings to ensure that file remains in valid DICOM standard format
    • Choose to update current file or create new file with changes
  • Easy to use: Activates as soon as you click on a .dcm file
  • Sequences: Supports sequence elements (viewing and editing)

Examples

Viewing: example1

Editing: example2 example3

Note: This extension currently does not support displaying or editing compressed images. The official names and VRs of private tags may not be identified. Binary data and tags required for image display cannot be edited.

Installation

Click the "Install" button. No additional dependencies to worry about :)

Contributing

Feel free to open issues and pull requests. I'll be regularly checking activity on the repository!

License

This extension is released under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for more details.

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