gdcmviewer (1) Linux Manual Page
NAME
gdcmviewer – .TH "gdcmviewer" 1 "Fri Oct 29 2010" "Version 2.0.16" "GDCM"
NAME
gdcmviewer – .SH "SYNOPSIS"
gdcmviewer [options] file-in
DESCRIPTION
The gdcmviewer is a simple tool that show how to use vtkGDCMImageReader. The class that use gdcm to make a layer to VTK. gdcmviewer is basically only just a wrapper around GDCM.
This tool is meant for testing integration of GDCM in VTK. You should see it as a demo tool. It does compile with VTK ranging from 4.2 to 5.6, but only with VTK 5.2 (or above) can only play with the widgets (as described below).
PARAMETERS
file-in DICOM input filename
OPTIONS
OPTIONS
--force-rescale force rescale (advanced users)
--force-spacing force spacing (advanced users)
-r --recursive Recusively descend directory
general options
- h-- help
print this help text and exit -
v-- version
print version information and exit -
V-- verbose
verbose
mode(warning + error)
.-
W-- warning
warning mode,
print warning information
- E-- error
error mode,
print error information
- D-- debug
debug mode,
print debug information
Typical usage
Simple usage
For now gdcmviewer should be started from a command line prompt. The next argument should be the name of the DICOM file you wish to read. For instance:
$ gdcmviewer -V 012345.002.050.dcm
gdcmviewer will try to read your file, and the print the vtk information associated with this file. Basically what kind of image you are looking at.
- *
- ScalarType is the DICOM Real World Value type
- *
- Dimensions is the dimension of the image
- *
- Spacing is the spacing of the image
- *
- NumberOfScalarComponents should be 1 for grayscale & PALETTE COLOR and 3 for RGB, YBR data.
Wiki Link
The wiki page, will color pictures can be found at: http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/gdcm/index.php?title=Gdcmviewer
SEE ALSO
gdcmdump(1), gdcm2vtkraw(1)
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (c) 2006-2010 Mathieu Malaterre