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Install libdicom with Homebrew
DICOM WSI read library. Version 1.3.0 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.
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Package summary
DICOM WSI read library
Project links
Commands and aliases
- dcm-dump
- dcm-getframe
history
Project history and usage
libdicom is an Imaging Data Commons C library and command-line tool set for reading DICOM whole-slide imaging files. It is a newer, focused medical-imaging package built around fast metadata/frame access rather than general image rendering.
Project history
The upstream README describes libdicom as a free, MIT-licensed, fast, cross-platform, dependency-light C library and command-line toolkit for DICOM WSI files. It returns compressed frame data rather than RGB pixel arrays, and points users who want image processing toward OpenSlide 4.0 and later.
GitHub release notes show 1.0.x, 1.1.0, and 1.2.0 release-candidate work with fixes for memory use, thread-safety documentation, pointer ownership, DICOM catenation support, faster reads for files with an Extended Offset Table, and command-line behavior improvements.
Adoption history
The package's adoption story is tightly connected to DICOM WSI and OpenSlide. The README states that OpenSlide 4.0 and later use libdicom to implement DICOM support, making libdicom a small but important bridge between medical-imaging standards and common open-source slide tooling.
How it is used
Developers use the C API or Python bindings to inspect metadata and read compressed frame payloads from DICOM WSI files. Command-line users get dcm-dump for structured inspection and dcm-getframe for frame extraction workflows.
Why package nerds care
libdicom is package-nerd interesting because it is a specialized C dependency created for a standards-heavy domain, has no broad dependency stack of its own, and lets larger imaging tools support DICOM WSI without each implementing frame indexing and parsing independently.
Timeline
- 2023: OpenSlide 4.0 adoption of libdicom for DICOM WSI support was described in the libdicom README image/context.
- 2024: libdicom 1.1.0 release notes recorded memory-use, docs, pointer-ownership, and thread-safety improvements.
- 2025: libdicom 1.2.0-rc1 release notes added DICOM catenation support and faster reads for files with an Extended Offset Table but no fragmented-pixel-data sequence.
- 2026: The README build example referenced libdicom 1.3.0 source-tree naming.
Related projects
- Imaging Data Commons is the upstream organization. OpenSlide 4.0 and later are the most important adjacent consumer named by upstream, while pylibdicom provides Python access to the C library.
Sources
security posture
Risk level: green
library-like package without higher-risk signals.
Risk classifier
green risk · low confidence · appliance
Why
- library-like package without higher-risk signals
Signals
- metadata:library-like
Install behavior
- No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.
Recommended review
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executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
dcm-dump | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
dcm-getframe | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
freshness
Version and freshness
These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.
page generated2026-08-03
manager version1.3.0
manager updated
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
- okNo freshness warnings were generated.
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:libdicom |
|---|---|
| Version | 1.3.0 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Homepage | https://github.com/ImagingDataCommons/libdicom |
| Repository | https://github.com/ImagingDataCommons/libdicom |
| Bottle | not recorded |
| Service | none declared |
source trail
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Used sources
- Geiger risk classifier
- Nucleus package database
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation