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NAME

       dcdump - ACR/NEMA DICOM PS3 ... DICOM PS3 - Describe DICOM file content

SYNOPSIS

       dcdump [ -v|verbose ] [ -filename ]

DESCRIPTION

       dcdump reads the named dicom or acr-nema input file and  describes  the
       information  contained,  attempting  to  interpret the structure of the
       message, including nested sequences (cf. andump).

       The  group  and  element  number,   dictionary   and   explicit   value
       representation,  description  of  tag,  value  length  and value of the
       element are displayed, optionally with an offset byte  count  from  the
       start of the file.

OPTIONS

       The  attribute  values,  description  and verbose output go to standard
       error.

       Binary attributes are written in hexadecimal  with  a  preceding  "0x".
       Numeric  string attributes are written in decimal. Attribute values are
       displayed in hexadecimal or string format as determined  by  the  value
       representation.

       The  basic input switches are described in dcintro(1). Options specific
       to this program are:

       -verbose
              Display byte offset  from  file  start  and  message  start,  in
              hexadecimal, and dump contents while reading and once read.

       -filename
              Show  the  name  of the file supplied in the arguments; a hyphen
              will be reported if no filename was supplied.

ENVIRONMENT


EXAMPLES


       % dcdump NM.dc3
       (0x0008,0x0000) UL Group Length  VR=<UL> VL=<0x0004> [0x08]
       (0x0008,0x0008) CS Image Type    VR=<CS> VL=<0x0024> <...>
        ...
       (0x0054,0x0013) SQ ... Sequence  VR=<SQ> VL=<0xffffffff> []
       ----:
       >(0x0054,0x0014) DS Energy Win LL VR=<DS> VL=<0x0006> <1.0>
       >(0x0054,0x0015) DS Energy Win UL VR=<DS> VL=<0x0006> <9.0>
        ...

FILES


SEE ALSO

       andump(1), dcintro(1)

AUTHOR

       Copyright (C) 1993-2010. David A. Clunie DBA PixelMed  Publishing.  All
       rights reserved.

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