Open Source, interoperability, DICOM, DICOM toolkit, Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine, PACS, image management and communication, image archive, Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise
Radiology
developed by
Gunter Zeilinger and colleagues (see SourceForge)
released
First release: 2001 (approx.)
dcm4che2: 2006 (implements the DICOM 2006 standard).
status
Available for download and use under Open Source licence. Under continued development.
"dcm4che a robust implementation of the DICOM standard ... dcm4che is a collection of open source applications and utilities for the healthcare enterprise.
These applications have been developed in the Java programming language" [dcm4che.org].
See also dcm4chee (dcm4che enterprise): image manager and image archive application.
dcm4che sources (SourceForge)