
However, to really create the DICOMDIR file, the Create button must be activated. A DICOM file consists of a header and image data sets packed into a single file. DICOM differs from other image formats in that it groups information into data sets.

When Gather statistics is activated, all files in the directory tree are analyzed, and the information in the STATISTICS section updated. DESCRIPTION dcmmkdir utility creates a DICOMDIR file from the specified referenced DICOM files according to the DICOM Part 11 Media Storage Application. Image files that are compliant with part 10 of the DICOM standard are generally referred to as DICOM format files or simply DICOM files and are represented as. The Change Folder opens a file browser to select the root directory of the tree containing the DICOM files to be registered. This function is called by the Create Dicomdir entry in the Menu and opens the following dialog. The PVIEW tool has a handy function to create a DICOMDIR file which registers all DICOM files contained in a directory tree (see also the section DICOM Part 10 Data Loading). This file can be maintained by PMOD's DICOM server which updates the information after receiving and storing new images (see also the PMOD DICOM Functionality).

In PMOD, the DICOMDIR similarly describes the DICOM files residing under a root directory, eg. For instance, DICOM-compliant data CDs contain a DICOMDIR at the root level which contains a description and access information for all the studies on the CD. The DICOMDIR file format has been defined to organize the access to off-line DICOM part 10 files.
