NAME

Dicom::File::Detect - Detect DICOM file through magic string.

SYNOPSIS

use Dicom::File::Detect qw(dicom_detect_file);

my $dcm_flag = dicom_detect_file($file);

DESCRIPTION

This Perl module detect DICOM file through magic string. DICOM (Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine) is a standard for handling, storing, printing, and transmitting information in medical imaging. See DICOM on Wikipedia.

SUBROUTINES

dicom_detect_file

my $dcm_flag = dicom_detect_file($file);

Detect DICOM file.

Returns 1/0.

ERRORS

dicom_detect_file():
        Cannot close file '%s'.
        Cannot open file '%s'.

EXAMPLE1

use strict;
use warnings;

use Dicom::File::Detect qw(dicom_detect_file);
use File::Temp qw(tempfile);
use IO::Barf qw(barf);
use MIME::Base64;

# Data in base64.
my $data = <<'END';
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABESUNNCg==
END

# Temp file.
my (undef, $temp_file) = tempfile();

# Save data to file.
barf($temp_file, decode_base64($data));

# Check file.
my $dcm_flag = dicom_detect_file($temp_file);

# Print out.
if ($dcm_flag) {
        print "File '$temp_file' is DICOM file.\n";
} else {
        print "File '$temp_file' isn't DICOM file.\n";
}

# Output like:
# File '%s' is DICOM file.

EXAMPLE2

use strict;
use warnings;

use Dicom::File::Detect qw(dicom_detect_file);

# Arguments.
if (@ARGV < 1) {
        print STDERR "Usage: $0 file\n";
        exit 1;
}
my $file = $ARGV[0];

# Check file.
my $dcm_flag = dicom_detect_file($file);

# Print out.
if ($dcm_flag) {
        print "File '$file' is DICOM file.\n";
} else {
        print "File '$file' isn't DICOM file.\n";
}

# Output:
# Usage: dicom-detect-file file

DEPENDENCIES

Error::Pure, Exporter, Readonly.

SEE ALSO

File::Find::Rule::Dicom

Common rules for searching for DICOM things.

Task::Dicom

Install the Dicom modules.

REPOSITORY

https://github.com/michal-josef-spacek/Dicom-File-Detect

AUTHOR

Michal Josef Špaček mailto:skim@cpan.org

http://skim.cz

LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT

© 2014-2021 Michal Josef Špaček

BSD 2-Clause License

VERSION

0.05

cpanm Dicom::File::Detect

perl -MCPAN -e shell
install Dicom::File::Detect