Dicom MCP vs Medical Terminologies MCP

In-depth architectural comparison of the Dicom MCP and Medical Terminologies MCP MCP servers. Compare execution transports, security boundaries, tool capabilities, quality scores, and ready-to-paste client installation snippets for Claude, Cursor, Windsurf, and VS Code.

Which MCP Server Should You Choose?

Choose Dicom MCP when:

• You need dedicated capabilities in the Biology, Medicine and Bioinformatics domain.
• You prefer local stdio subprocess transport architecture.
• Your security boundary fits: No auth required (Free / Open Source).
• Primary tools included: Patient, study, series, and instance queries, Encapsulated PDF text extraction, C-MOVE transfers for studies and series.

Explore Dicom MCP Details

Choose Medical Terminologies MCP when:

• You need dedicated capabilities in the Biology, Medicine and Bioinformatics domain.
• You prefer local stdio subprocess transport architecture.
• Your security boundary fits: API Key required (Free / Open Source).
• You have access to required keys: WHO_API_KEY, SNOWSTORM_URL, SNOWSTORM_AUTH.
• Primary tools included: .

Feature & Specification Comparison

Specification	Dicom MCP ChristianHinge Biology, Medicine and Bioinformatics	Medical Terminologies MCP SidneyBissoli Biology, Medicine and Bioinformatics
Summary	DICOM integration to query, read, and move medical images and reports from PACS and other DICOM compliant systems.	Unified MCP server for ICD-11 (WHO), LOINC, RxNorm, MeSH (NLM), ATC, CID-10 (Brazilian DataSUS), and optional SNOMED CT. 28 tools (34 with SNOMED) with structuredContent + outputSchema on every default tool. Hosted on Cloudflare Workers, listed on Smithery, and on npm.
Category & Scope

Tools & Capabilities Breakdown

Ready-to-Paste Client Configurations

Paste either (or both) of these JSON server blocks into your client config file (e.g. claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json).

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "christianhinge-dicom-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "dicom-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "sidneybissoli-medical-terminologies-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "medical-terminologies-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "WHO_API_KEY": "YOUR_WHO_API_KEY_HERE",
        "SNOWSTORM_URL": "YOUR_SNOWSTORM_URL_HERE",
        "SNOWSTORM_AUTH": "YOUR_SNOWSTORM_AUTH_HERE"
      }
    }
  }
}

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