The DICOM-MCP server is a versatile tool that provides two main functionalities:
Note Management
Add new notes with name and content
Access stored notes via custom
note://URI schemeSummarize all stored notes (with optional style)
DICOM File Processing
Scan directories for DICOM files and organize them into series
Extract detailed metadata from DICOM files
Load DICOM series into memory by UID
Load and associate DICOM SEG files with reference images
Crop loaded DICOM images by removing boundary percentage
Allows publishing the MCP server package to PyPI for distribution to other users
DICOM-MCP MCP server
MCP to work with DICOM images
Components
Resources
The server implements a simple note storage system with:
Custom note:// URI scheme for accessing individual notes
Each note resource has a name, description and text/plain mimetype
Prompts
The server provides a single prompt:
summarize-notes: Creates summaries of all stored notes
Optional "style" argument to control detail level (brief/detailed)
Generates prompt combining all current notes with style preference
Tools
The server implements one tool:
add-note: Adds a new note to the server
Takes "name" and "content" as required string arguments
Updates server state and notifies clients of resource changes
Related MCP server: Desktop Image Manager MCP Server
Configuration
[TODO: Add configuration details specific to your implementation]
Quickstart
Install
Claude Desktop
On MacOS: ~/Library/Application\ Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
On Windows: %APPDATA%/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
Development
Building and Publishing
To prepare the package for distribution:
Sync dependencies and update lockfile:
Build package distributions:
This will create source and wheel distributions in the dist/ directory.
Publish to PyPI:
Note: You'll need to set PyPI credentials via environment variables or command flags:
Token:
--tokenorUV_PUBLISH_TOKENOr username/password:
--username/UV_PUBLISH_USERNAMEand--password/UV_PUBLISH_PASSWORD
Debugging
Since MCP servers run over stdio, debugging can be challenging. For the best debugging experience, we strongly recommend using the MCP Inspector.
You can launch the MCP Inspector via npm with this command:
Upon launching, the Inspector will display a URL that you can access in your browser to begin debugging.