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 Julia interface for parsing/writing DICOM files
 
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 ## Usage
 
 **Installation** 
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 julia> dcmData = dcm_parse("path/to/dicom/file")
 ```
 The data in `dcmData` is structured as a dictionary, and individual DICOM elements can be accessed by their hex tag. 
-For example, the hex tag of "Pixel Data" is `7FE0,0010`, and it can be accessed in Julia by `dcmData[(0x7FE0,0x0010)]`. 
+For example, the hex tag of "Pixel Data" is `7FE0,0010`, and it can be accessed in Julia by `dcmData[(0x7FE0,0x0010)]` or by `dcmData[tag"Pixel Data"]`. 
 
 **Writing Data**