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…
NAME dcmdump – Dump DICOM file and data set SYNOPSIS dcmdump [options] dcmfile-in… DESCRIPTION The 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…
NAME dcmdspfn – Export standard display curves to a text file SYNOPSIS dcmdspfn [options] DESCRIPTION Command 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…
NAME dcmdrle – Decode RLE-compressed DICOM file SYNOPSIS dcmdrle [options] dcmfile-in dcmfile-out DESCRIPTION The 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). PARAMETERS dcmfile-in DICOM input filename to be converted dcmfile-out DICOM output…
NAME dcmdjpls – Decode JPEG-LS compressed DICOM file SYNOPSIS dcmdjpls [options] dcmfile-in dcmfile-out DESCRIPTION The 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). PARAMETERS dcmfile-in DICOM input filename to be converted…
NAME dcmdjpeg – Decode JPEG-compressed DICOM file SYNOPSIS dcmdjpeg [options] dcmfile-in dcmfile-out DESCRIPTION The 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). PARAMETERS dcmfile-in DICOM input filename to be converted dcmfile-out DICOM…
NAME dcmcrle – Encode DICOM file to RLE transfer syntax SYNOPSIS dcmcrle [options] dcmfile-in dcmfile-out DESCRIPTION The 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). PARAMETERS dcmfile-in DICOM input filename to be converted dcmfile-out…
NAME dcmconv – Convert DICOM file encoding SYNOPSIS dcmconv [options] dcmfile-in dcmfile-out DESCRIPTION The dcmconv utility reads a DICOM file (dcmfile-in), performs an encoding conversion and writes the converted data to an output file (dcmfile-out). PARAMETERS dcmfile-in DICOM input filename to be converted dcmfile-out DICOM output filename to write to OPTIONS general options – h–…
NAME dcmcjpls – Encode DICOM file to JPEG-LS transfer syntax SYNOPSIS dcmcjpls [options] dcmfile-in dcmfile-out DESCRIPTION The 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). PARAMETERS dcmfile-in DICOM input filename to be…
NAME dcmcjpeg – Encode DICOM file to JPEG transfer syntax SYNOPSIS dcmcjpeg [options] dcmfile-in dcmfile-out DESCRIPTION The dcmcjpeg utility reads an uncompressed DICOM image (dcmfile-in), performs a JPEG compression (i. e. conversion to an encapsulated DICOM transfer syntax) and writes the converted image to an output file (dcmfile-out). PARAMETERS dcmfile-in DICOM input filename to be…
NAME dcm2xml – Convert DICOM file and data set to XML SYNOPSIS dcm2xml[options] dcmfile – in[xmlfile – out] DESCRIPTION The dcm2xml utility converts the contents of a DICOM file (file format or raw data set) to XML (Extensible Markup Language). The DTD (Document Type Definition) is described in the file dcm2xml.dtd. If dcm2xml reads a…