dcm4che/dcm4che
DICOM Implementation in JAVA observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
91/100
- Activity 99
- Release rhythm 75
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_license
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 100
- age_days: 5831
- days_rel: 9
- days_push: 9
- n_releases_24m: 8
Adoption not part of the score
1450 stars · 711 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
dcm4che is a Java toolkit and library implementing the DICOM standard for medical imaging, including data set handling, network communication, HL7 support, and image compression/decompression via a native OpenCV-based library. It is a modular rewrite of dcm4che-2.x focused on a minimal memory footprint for DICOM data sets.
Use cases
- parse and manipulate DICOM files in Java
- build a PACS or DICOM network service
- decompress and transcode medical images
- store DICOM application configuration in LDAP
- handle HL7 messages alongside DICOM workflows
- de-identify DICOM data for research
When to choose
- you need a mature, standards-compliant DICOM implementation on the JVM
- you are building medical imaging applications or PACS-like systems in Java
- you need DICOM network services, HL7, and audit support in one toolkit
When to avoid
- you need a lightweight non-Java solution or a simple DICOM viewer
- your deployment is musl-based (Alpine) without a glibc compatibility layer
- you need GPU-accelerated image processing
Facets
library · maturity active
image-processing serialization networking parser sdk healthcare image-processing developer-tools jvm windows cross-platform dicom medical-imaging hl7 pacs java-library imageio healthcare-interoperability linux macos
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/dcm4che/dcm4che · fetched 2026-08-28 · 8dc3bbb80c30
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| dcm4che/dcm4che | main | 91 |
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