Section 1: user commands and tools
NAME dcmquant – Convert DICOM color images to palette color SYNOPSIS dcmquant [options] dcmfile-in dcmfile-out DESCRIPTION The dcmquant utility reads a DICOM color image, computes a palette color look-up table of the desired size for this image (based on the median cut algorithm published by Paul Heckbert) and converts the color image into a DICOM…
NAME dcmqrti – The Terminal Initiator Telnet Client Program SYNOPSIS dcmqrti [options] peer… DESCRIPTION The dcmqrti program (telnet initiator) is an interactive character based program intended to be used for examining the dcmqrscp image databases and sending images contained within these databases to Vendor nodes. During a DICOM Demonstration the dcmqrti program can be activated…
NAME dcmqrscp – DICOM image archive (central test node) SYNOPSIS dcmqrscp[options][port] DESCRIPTION The Image Central Test Node (dcmqrscp) Application implements a simple image archive. It manages a number of storage areas and allows images to be stored in these storage areas using the DICOM Storage Service Class. It also allows image attributes to be queried…
NAME dcmqridx – Register a DICOM image file in an image database index file SYNOPSIS dcmqridx[options] index – out[dcmfile – in…] DESCRIPTION The dcmqridx ulility registers DICOM image files in the database index file used by the dcmqrscp and dcmqrti applications. No image files are copied. dcmqridx can also list the contents of the database…
NAME dcmpssnd – Network send for presentation state viewer SYNOPSIS dcmpssnd[options] config – file target study[series][instance] DESCRIPTION The dcmpssnd application is invoked by the Grayscale Softcopy Presentation State Viewer and is not intended to be invoked manually. The application reads the common configuration file which is shared between the different components of the viewer, attempts…
NAME dcmpsrcv – Network receive for presentation state viewer SYNOPSIS dcmpsrcv [options] config-file DESCRIPTION The dcmpsrcv application is invoked by the Grayscale Softcopy Presentation State Viewer and is not intended to be invoked manually. The application reads the common configuration file which is shared between the different components of the viewer and opens a TCP/IP…
NAME dcmpsprt – Read DICOM images and presentation states and render print job SYNOPSIS dcmpsprt [options] dcmfile-in… DESCRIPTION The dcmpsprt utility reads one or more DICOM images and presentation states and creates a print job. The print job consists of one Stored Print object and one or more Hardcopy Grayscale images and is written to…
NAME dcmpsmk – Create DICOM grayscale softcopy presentation state SYNOPSIS dcmpsmk [options] dcmfile-in dcmfile-out DESCRIPTION The dcmpsmk utility reads a DICOM image file and creates a grayscale softcopy presentation state object according to Supplement 33. The presentation state object is written back to file. A number of command line options allow to specify how certain…
NAME dcmpschk – Checking tool for presentation states SYNOPSIS dcmpschk[options][dcmfile – in…] DESCRIPTION The dcmpschk utility checks DICOM Grayscale Softcopy Presentation State objects for conformance with the standard. The test is performed in three phases: • Phase 1 checks the Meta-header of the DICOM file. It is tested whether all required attributes are present, whether…
NAME dcmprscu – Print spooler for presentation state viewer SYNOPSIS dcmprscu[options][dcmfile – in…] DESCRIPTION The dcmprscu utility implements the DICOM Basic Grayscale Print Management Service Class as SCU. It also supports the optional Basic Annotation Box and Presentation LUT SOP Classes. The utility is intended for use within the DICOMscope viewer. The dcmprscu utility takes…
NAME dcmprscp – DICOM basic grayscale print management SCP SYNOPSIS dcmprscp [options] DESCRIPTION The dcmprscp utility implements the DICOM Basic Grayscale Print Management Service Class as SCP. It also supports the optional Presentation LUT SOP Class. The utility is intended for use within the DICOMscope viewer. The dcmprscp utility accepts print jobs from a remote…
NAME dcmp2pgm – Read DICOM image and presentation state and render bitmap SYNOPSIS dcmp2pgm[options] dcmimage – in[bitmap – out] DESCRIPTION The dcmp2pgm utility renders a monochrome DICOM image under the control of a grayscale softcopy presentation state object into a monochrome bitmap with 8 bits/pixel. The bitmap is stored either as ‘Portable Gray Map’ (PGM)…
NAME dcmodify – Modify DICOM files SYNOPSIS dcmodify [options] dcmfile-in… DESCRIPTION dcmodify is a tool that allows to modify, insert and delete tags and items in DICOM files. Sequences and tags with a value multiplicity > 1 are also supported. Metaheader information and the tag’s VR can not be modified directly by dcmodify at this…
NAME dcmmklut – Create DICOM look-up tables SYNOPSIS dcmmklut [options] dcmimg-out DESCRIPTION The dcmmklut utility allows to create a variety of DICOM Modality, Presentation and VOI look-up tables (LUT) and is intended for the creation of test images. The utility is able to read an existing DICOM image file, create a look up table according…
NAME dcmmkdir – Create a DICOMDIR file SYNOPSIS dcmmkdir[options][dcmfile – in…] DESCRIPTION The dcmmkdir utility creates a DICOMDIR file from the specified referenced DICOM files according to the DICOM Part 11 Media Storage Application Profiles. Currently the following profiles are supported (others might be added later): • General Purpose CD-R Interchange (STD-GEN-CD) • General Purpose…
NAME dcmmkcrv – Add 2D curve data to image SYNOPSIS dcmmkcrv [options] dcmfile-in curvedata-in dcmfile-out DESCRIPTION The dcmmkcrv utility allows to create DICOM images containing curve data. Since curve data is hardly used by vendors today, this is intended as a means to test implementations that can read curve data. The utility reads an existing…
NAME dcml2pnm – Convert DICOM images to PGM/PPM, PNG, TIFF or BMP SYNOPSIS dcml2pnm[options] dcmfile – in[bitmap – out] DESCRIPTION The dcml2pnm utility reads a DICOM image, converts the pixel data according to the selected image processing options and writes back an image in the well-known PGM/PPM (portable gray map / portable pix map), PNG,…
NAME dcmj2pnm – Convert DICOM images to PGM/PPM, PNG, TIFF, JPEG or BMP SYNOPSIS dcmj2pnm[options] dcmfile – in[bitmap – out] DESCRIPTION The dcmj2pnm utility reads a DICOM image, converts the pixel data according to the selected image processing options and writes back an image in the well-known PGM/PPM (portable gray map / portable pix map),…
NAME dcmgpdir – Create a general purpose DICOMDIR SYNOPSIS dcmgpdir[options][dcmfile – in…] DESCRIPTION The dcmgpdir utility creates a DICOMDIR file from the specified referenced DICOM files according to the DICOM Part 11 Media Storage Application Profiles. Currently, the following profiles are supported: • General Purpose CD-R Interchange (STD-GEN-CD) • General Purpose Interchange on DVD-RAM Media…
NAME dcmftest – Test if file uses DICOM part 10 format SYNOPSIS dcmftest file… DESCRIPTION The dcmftest utility checks whether the files specified on the command line are DICOM files in part 10 format (with meta-header). PARAMETERS dcmfile-in DICOM input filename to be dumped NOTES All files specified on the command line are checked for…