# DICOM-rs `core`
[](https://crates.io/crates/dicom-core)
[](https://docs.rs/dicom-core)
This sub-project implements the essential data structures and mechanisms
for dealing with DICOM information and communication formats,
thus serving as a center piece for other crates in [DICOM-rs].
This crate is part of the [DICOM-rs] project
and is contained by the parent crate [`dicom`](https://crates.io/crates/dicom).
[DICOM-rs]: https://github.com/Enet4/dicom-rs