Dicom Tags Read and Write

Read / Write raw Dicom tags with large dictionary, for small file manipulations, like anonymize

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There are two main files, "ReadDicomElementList" which will read all tags of a dicom file into a struct and "WriteDicomElementList" which can write them back to a new file.

A large dicom dictionary is included from GDCM with private tags from Philips, Siemens and Toshiba (See Dictionary-License.txt).

These functions are usable for creation of an anatomize function, or to manipulate data which is not support by Matlab defaults functions (like writing a dicom file with one big volume inside)

Example read output:

>> Elements(4)
name: 'MediaStorageSOPInstanceUID'
data: '1.2.840.113619.2.1.2.2011002556.2.10.602503127'
group: '0002'
number: '0003'
type: 'UI'
length: 46
info: 'Type Included'
explicit: 1
location: 192

Cite As

Dirk-Jan Kroon (2026). Dicom Tags Read and Write (https://uk.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/29145-dicom-tags-read-and-write), MATLAB Central File Exchange. Retrieved .

General Information

MATLAB Release Compatibility

  • Compatible with any release

Platform Compatibility

  • Windows
  • macOS
  • Linux
Version Published Release Notes Action
1.1.0.0

Now also reads Dicom files with ISO header.
Tag-Replace Example.

1.0.0.0