USB Camera to Dicom

Question

I need to build a solution that will read from a USB camera and save the Video and Image files in Dicom Format.

I'm wondering what free tools could I use to accomplish this.

Answer 1

Without more details such as target operating system, or programing language, all I can do is give you some general links.

For dealing with Dicom format:

• dcm4che, a DICOM Implementation in
  JAVA
• DICOM# (partially rewrites dcm4che open source project in C#)
• C++ Open Source Dicom Library

For capturing images from a camera in Windows:

• Windows Mobile 5 or older devices.
• Webcam using DirectShow.NET (codeproject)
• SO answer about using WIA (Windows Image Adquisition)

Answer 2

Also - if you want to interoperate with other DICOM devices you might want to look at the visible light video DICOM supplement:ftp://medical.nema.org/medical/dicom/final/sup47_ft.pdf. This will tell you the groups/elements that the devices consuming your objects might expect.