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How to read dicom image metadata using dcm4che in Java

To read DICOM image metadata, we can use the dcm4che library. First, we need to download and add the dcm4che library to our project. we can do this by adding the following dependency on our project's build file (e.g., pom.xml for Maven): <dependency> <groupId>com.github.dcm4che</groupId> <artifactId>dcm4che-core</artifactId> <version>3.4.1</version> </dependency> Now, let's create the java class to read the metadata from a DICOM file: import org.dcm4che3.data.Attributes; import org.dcm4che3.io.DicomInputStream; import java.io.File; import java.io.IOException; public class DicomMetadataReader { public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException { File dicomFile = new File("/path/to/dicom/dicomfile.dcm"); DicomInputStream dis = new DicomInputStream(dicomFile); Attributes metadata = dis.readDataset(-1, -1); dis.close(); // You can now access the metadata using the