# C#/C++ packages for working with PACS

**URL:** https://discourse.vtk.org/t/c-c-packages-for-working-with-pacs/1075
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [June 3, 2019, 7:55pm UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/c-c-packages-for-working-with-pacs/1075 "2019-06-03T19:55:18Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author: ![dmgroppe](https://discourse.vtk.org/user_avatar/discourse.vtk.org/dmgroppe/32/25_2.png) [@dmgroppe](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/dmgroppe)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2019, 7:55pm UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/c-c-packages-for-working-with-pacs/1075/1 "2019-06-03T19:55:18Z")

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Hi Discourse-VTK, I am using VTK to work with dicom files and would like to make it possible for my app to directly search for and access dicom files directly from a hospital PACS server. Can anyone recommend a C#/C++ package for doing this? It could be a public or proprietary package.  
thank you in advance,  
-David

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### Author: ![ben.boeckel](https://discourse.vtk.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@ben.boeckel](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/ben.boeckel)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2019, 8:08pm UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/c-c-packages-for-working-with-pacs/1075/2 "2019-06-03T20:08:53Z")

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@jcfr You might have relevant information for this.

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### Author: ![lassoan](https://discourse.vtk.org/user_avatar/discourse.vtk.org/lassoan/32/50_2.png) [@lassoan](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/lassoan)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2019, 8:29pm UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/c-c-packages-for-working-with-pacs/1075/3 "2019-06-03T20:29:49Z")

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As far as I know, [DCMTK](https://dcmtk.org) is the only free, open-source DICOM networking library available in C++. Qt GUI widgets for communication setup, query options, etc. are available in [CTK](http://www.commontk.org) (used by applications such as 3D Slicer and MITK).

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### Author: ![dmgroppe](https://discourse.vtk.org/user_avatar/discourse.vtk.org/dmgroppe/32/25_2.png) [@dmgroppe](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/dmgroppe)
#### Post date: [June 4, 2019, 1:50am UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/c-c-packages-for-working-with-pacs/1075/4 "2019-06-04T01:50:18Z")

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Thanks Andras & Ben. Does anyone have experience with Fellow Oak Dicom?

> **[fo-dicom/fo-dicom](https://github.com/fo-dicom/fo-dicom)**
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> Fellow Oak DICOM for .NET, .NET Core, Universal Windows, Android, iOS, Mono and Unity - fo-dicom/fo-dicom

It’s a C# package that appears to have some PACS functionality.