DICOM Test Images¶

There are many DICOM test images available on the Internet. Here is a list of those that are worth to have a look at them:

Manufacturer-independent ¶

• IHE MESA CPI test cases: https://dicom.offis.de/download/mesa_cpi/
• DICOM images and CDs hosted by OFFIS, including the Digital Database for Screening Mammography (DDSM) in DICOM Format: https://dicom.offis.de/download/images/
• David Clunie's collection of test images: http://www.dclunie.com/#Images
• Various DICOM working groups (NEMA): ftp://medical.nema.org/medical/Dicom/DataSets/
• Enhanced Multiframe CT (NEMA): ftp://medical.nema.org/medical/Dicom/Multiframe/CT/
• Enhanced Multiframe MR (NEMA): ftp://medical.nema.org/medical/Dicom/Multiframe/MR/
• Enhanced (vegetarian) Multiframe MR from Philips: http://www.insight-journal.org/midas/collection/view/194
• GDCM data (Mathieu Malaterre): https://sourceforge.net/projects/gdcm/files/gdcmData/gdcmData/
• GDCM extra data (Jean Pierre Roux): http://www.creatis.insa-lyon.fr/~jpr/PUBLIC/gdcm/
• GDCM conformance tests (Mathieu Malaterre): https://sourceforge.net/projects/gdcm/files/gdcmConformanceTests/gdcmConformanceTests/
• Medical Image Samples (Sébastien Barré): https://barre.dev/medical/samples/
• DICOM sample image sets (Osirix): https://www.osirix-viewer.com/resources/dicom-image-library/
• DICOM sample surface segmentation (?) and RT data: http://code.google.com/p/fw4spl/downloads/list (look for SampleDicomSR_RT.tar.gz)
• DICOM sample breast tomo images: ftp://medical.nema.org/MEDICAL/Dicom/DataSets/WG15/BreastTomoImage/
• TCIA - The Cancer Image Archive, including lots of de-identified DICOM datasets related to cancer: http://www.cancerimagingarchive.net/
• XNAT - Image processing research database: https://central.xnat.org for download, http://www.xnat.org for main site
• NAMIC - Some demo datasets from the National Alliance for Medical Image Computing for RSNA 2012: http://www.na-mic.org/Wiki/index.php/RSNA2012_Planning
• Additional IHE MESA test cases (seem to be offline now): http://ihedoc.wustl.edu/mesasoftware/11.11.0/dist/#mir_tools
• Aliza DICOM Viewer sample images: https://www.aliza-dicom-viewer.com/download/datasets
• (to be continued)

Another collection of links is hosted by the GDCM project: http://gdcm.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Sample_DataSet

Manufacturers ¶

• Philips Ultrasound-related SR:
  • EPIQ: https://www.usa.philips.com/healthcare/resources/support-documentation/dicom-ultrasound#slide_Ultrasound%20Workspace&slide_EPIQ
  • QLAB: https://www.usa.philips.com/healthcare/resources/support-documentation/dicom-ultrasound#slide_Ultrasound%20Workspace&slide_QLAB
• (to be continued)