====== DCMTK modules ======

The DCMTK is functionally structured into so-called modules. For each module there is a directory in DCMTK's main directory.

These are the modules of the public DCMTK toolkit (version 3.6.0):

  * [[config]]: Module for configuring compilation of DCMTK
  * [[ofstd]]: General purpose library including string class, etc.
  * [[oflog]]: A logging library based on log4cplus
  * [[dcmdata]]: Module for reading, modifying and writing DICOM data structures
  * [[dcmimgle]]: Module for processing DICOM images (grayscale)
  * [[dcmimage]]: Module for processing DICOM images (color)
  * [[dcmnet]]: Module for the DICOM network protocol
  * [[dcmqrdb]]: Module providing a simple test PACS
  * [[dcmsr]]: Module implementing DICOM Structured Reporting (SR)
  * [[dcmwlm]]: Module implementing a DICOM worklist server
  * [[dcmjpeg]]: Module implementing a DICOM JPEG codec
  * [[dcmjpls]]: Module implementing a DICOM JPEG-LS codec
  * [[dcmpstat]]: Module implementing DICOM Presentation States
  * [[dcmsign]]: Module implementing DICOM signatures etc.
  * [[dcmtls]]: Module implementing secure networking for DICOM
  * [[docs]]: Module containing some general documents about DCMTK
  * [[doxygen]]: Module for generating API documentation with doxygen

\\ Documentation on the DCMTK is available [[http://support.dcmtk.org/docs/|online]].

===== Dependencies =====

This image illustrates the dependencies between the public modules (as of DCMTK 3.6.0):

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The image was generated by parsing DCMTK's source code with [[dependency-script|this script]]. More information about it can be found there.