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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