The Linux Manuals (man pages) document is an important part of Linux documents. Linux Manuals are organized as several sections. Each section has a group of commands for a specific area in Linux usage, administration or development.
dcmpschk – Checking tool for presentation states Synopsisdcmpschk [options] [dcmfile-in…]DescriptionThe 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 the SOP class and…
dcmprscu – Print spooler for presentation state viewer Synopsisdcmprscu [options] [dcmfile-in…]DescriptionThe 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 complete print jobs consisting…
dcmprscp – DICOM basic grayscale print management SCP Synopsisdcmprscp [options]DescriptionThe 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 Print SCU. It does…
dcmp2pgm – Read DICOM image and presentation state and render bitmap Synopsisdcmp2pgm [options] dcmimage-in [bitmap-out]DescriptionThe 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) or as a DICOM secondary capture…
dcmodify – Modify DICOM files Synopsisdcmodify [options] dcmfile-in…Descriptiondcmodify 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 time. In addition to…
dcmmklut – Create DICOM look-up tables Synopsisdcmmklut [options] dcmimg-outDescriptionThe 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 to the command line…
dcmmkdir – Create a DICOMDIR file Synopsisdcmmkdir [options] [dcmfile-in…]DescriptionThe 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 Interchange on DVD-RAM Media…
dcmmkcrv – Add 2D curve data to image Synopsisdcmmkcrv [options] dcmfile-in curvedata-in dcmfile-outDescriptionThe 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 DICOM image and a…
dcml2pnm – Convert DICOM images to PGM/PPM, PNG, TIFF or BMP Synopsisdcml2pnm [options] dcmfile-in [bitmap-out]DescriptionThe 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, TIFF or Windows BMP format. This…
dcmj2pnm – Convert DICOM images to PGM/PPM, PNG, TIFF, JPEG or BMP Synopsisdcmj2pnm [options] dcmfile-in [bitmap-out]DescriptionThe 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), PNG, TIFF, JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts…
dcmgpdir – Create a general purpose DICOMDIR Synopsisdcmgpdir [options] [dcmfile-in…]DescriptionThe 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 (STD-GEN-DVD-RAM) dcmmkdir is an…
dcmftest – Test if file uses DICOM part 10 format Synopsisdcmftest file…DescriptionThe dcmftest utility checks whether the files specified on the command line are DICOM files in part 10 format (with meta-header). Parametersdcmfile-in DICOM input filename to be dumpedNotesAll files specified on the command line are checked for the presence of the DICOM ‘magic word’…
dcmdump – Dump DICOM file and data set Synopsisdcmdump [options] dcmfile-in…DescriptionThe dcmdump utility dumps the contents of a DICOM file (file format or raw data set) to stdout in textual form. Attributes with very large value fields (e.g. pixel data) can be described as ‘(not loaded)’. String value fields will be delimited with square brackets…
dcmdspfn – Export standard display curves to a text file Synopsisdcmdspfn [options]DescriptionCommand line program converts a DCMTK monitor / camera / printer / scanner characteristics file to tabbed text file describing the characteristic curve (CC), the display function and the post-standardized curve (PSC) for an 8 bit display. The 256 values of each curve can…
dcmdrle – Decode RLE-compressed DICOM file Synopsisdcmdrle [options] dcmfile-in dcmfile-outDescriptionThe dcmdrle utility reads a RLE-compressed DICOM image (dcmfile-in), decompresses the image data (i.e. conversion to a native DICOM transfer syntax) and writes the converted image to an output file (dcmfile-out). Parametersdcmfile-in DICOM input filename to be converted dcmfile-out DICOM output filenameOptionsgeneral options -h –help print…
dcmdjpls – Decode JPEG-LS compressed DICOM file Synopsisdcmdjpls [options] dcmfile-in dcmfile-outDescriptionThe dcmdjpls utility reads a JPEG-ls compressed DICOM image (dcmfile-in), decompresses the JPEG-LS data (i. e. conversion to a native DICOM transfer syntax) and writes the converted image to an output file (dcmfile-out). Parametersdcmfile-in DICOM input filename to be converted dcmfile-out DICOM output filenameOptionsgeneral options…
dcmdjpeg – Decode JPEG-compressed DICOM file Synopsisdcmdjpeg [options] dcmfile-in dcmfile-outDescriptionThe dcmdjpeg utility reads a JPEG-compressed DICOM image (dcmfile-in), decompresses the JPEG data (i. e. conversion to a native DICOM transfer syntax) and writes the converted image to an output file (dcmfile-out). Parametersdcmfile-in DICOM input filename to be converted dcmfile-out DICOM output filenameOptionsgeneral options -h –help…
dcmcrle – Encode DICOM file to RLE transfer syntax Synopsisdcmcrle [options] dcmfile-in dcmfile-outDescriptionThe dcmcrle utility reads an uncompressed DICOM image (dcmfile-in), performs RLE compression (i.e. conversion to an encapsulated DICOM transfer syntax) and writes the converted image to an output file (dcmfile-out). Parametersdcmfile-in DICOM input filename to be converted dcmfile-out DICOM output filenameOptionsgeneral options -h…
dcmconv – Convert DICOM file encoding Synopsisdcmconv [options] dcmfile-in dcmfile-outDescriptionThe dcmconv utility reads a DICOM file (dcmfile-in), performs an encoding conversion and writes the converted data to an output file (dcmfile-out). Parametersdcmfile-in DICOM input filename to be converted dcmfile-out DICOM output filename to write toOptionsgeneral options -h –help print this help text and exit –version…
dcmcjpls – Encode DICOM file to JPEG-LS transfer syntax Synopsisdcmcjpls [options] dcmfile-in dcmfile-outDescriptionThe dcmcjpls utility reads an uncompressed DICOM image (dcmfile-in), performs a JPEG-LS compression (i. e. conversion to an encapsulated DICOM transfer syntax) and writes the converted image to an output file (dcmfile-out). Parametersdcmfile-in DICOM input filename to be converted dcmfile-out DICOM output filenameOptionsgeneral…