RUBY DICOM is a cross-platform library for handling DICOM files in the Ruby language. DICOM is a standard that is widely used throughout the world for saving and transmitting image data used in medicine. The library currently only supports reading files.

The goal is to provide a scriptable way of handling DICOM files that is easy, yet powerful, as well as free; in the true spirit of the Ruby language. The library can be used directly to extract information from your DICOM files. However, by combining it with other packages, such as NArray or RMagick, you can perform powerful array and image processing as well as display your images on screen. Other possibilities includes using it with the amazing web framework Ruby on Rails to present the content of your DICOM storage in a web interface.

RUBY DICOM is open source, licensed under the GNU GPL (v3). From the menu on the left, you can access, amongst other things, the tutorials section. Here you will find basic practical guidance on some of the more interesting ways in which you can use this library, like anonymization, image manipulation and rails. Please check it out and don't hesitate to contact me if you have some feedback!