gdcmtar(1)

Concatenate/Extract DICOM files.

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Description

GDCMTAR

NAME

gdcmtar - Concatenate/Extract DICOM files.

SYNOPSIS

gdcmtar [options] file-in file-out

DESCRIPTION

The gdcmtar is a command line tool used to tar/untar multi-frames images (including SIEMENS MOSAIC file)

PARAMETERS

file-in DICOM input filename

file-out DICOM output filename

OPTIONS

specific options

--enhance Enhance (default)
-U --unenhance Unenhance
-M --mosaic Split SIEMENS Mosaic image into multiple frames.
--mosaic-private When splitting SIEMENS Mosaic image into multiple frames, preserve private attributes (advanced user only).
-p --pattern Specify trailing file pattern.
--root-uid Root UID.

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

environment variable

GDCM_ROOT_UID Root UID

TYPICAL USAGE

SIEMENS Mosaic

This option will turn a 2D frame containing sub-frame of a SIEMENS MOSAIC into a set of MR Image Storage (legacy).

$ gdcminfo MR-sonata-3D-as-Tile.dcm

MediaStorage is 1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.4 [MR Image Storage]
TransferSyntax is 1.2.840.10008.1.2.1 [Explicit VR Little Endian]
NumberOfDimensions: 2
Dimensions: (384,384,1)
...

$ gdcmtar --mosaic -i MR-sonata-3D-as-Tile.dcm -o mosaic --pattern %03d.dcm

Will output:

-rw-r--r-- 1 mathieu mathieu 72882 2009-08-10 11:14 mosaic000.dcm
-rw-r--r-- 1 mathieu mathieu 72886 2009-08-10 11:14 mosaic001.dcm
-rw-r--r-- 1 mathieu mathieu 72886 2009-08-10 11:14 mosaic002.dcm
-rw-r--r-- 1 mathieu mathieu 72886 2009-08-10 11:14 mosaic003.dcm
-rw-r--r-- 1 mathieu mathieu 72886 2009-08-10 11:14 mosaic004.dcm
-rw-r--r-- 1 mathieu mathieu 72886 2009-08-10 11:14 mosaic005.dcm
-rw-r--r-- 1 mathieu mathieu 72884 2009-08-10 11:14 mosaic006.dcm
-rw-r--r-- 1 mathieu mathieu 72882 2009-08-10 11:14 mosaic007.dcm
-rw-r--r-- 1 mathieu mathieu 72884 2009-08-10 11:14 mosaic008.dcm
-rw-r--r-- 1 mathieu mathieu 72884 2009-08-10 11:14 mosaic009.dcm
-rw-r--r-- 1 mathieu mathieu 72884 2009-08-10 11:14 mosaic010.dcm
-rw-r--r-- 1 mathieu mathieu 72884 2009-08-10 11:14 mosaic011.dcm
-rw-r--r-- 1 mathieu mathieu 72884 2009-08-10 11:14 mosaic012.dcm
-rw-r--r-- 1 mathieu mathieu 72884 2009-08-10 11:14 mosaic013.dcm
-rw-r--r-- 1 mathieu mathieu 72882 2009-08-10 11:14 mosaic014.dcm
-rw-r--r-- 1 mathieu mathieu 72884 2009-08-10 11:14 mosaic015.dcm
-rw-r--r-- 1 mathieu mathieu 72882 2009-08-10 11:14 mosaic016.dcm
-rw-r--r-- 1 mathieu mathieu 72884 2009-08-10 11:14 mosaic017.dcm
-rw-r--r-- 1 mathieu mathieu 72884 2009-08-10 11:14 mosaic018.dcm
-rw-r--r-- 1 mathieu mathieu 72884 2009-08-10 11:14 mosaic019.dcm
-rw-r--r-- 1 mathieu mathieu 72884 2009-08-10 11:14 mosaic020.dcm
-rw-r--r-- 1 mathieu mathieu 72884 2009-08-10 11:14 mosaic021.dcm
-rw-r--r-- 1 mathieu mathieu 72884 2009-08-10 11:14 mosaic022.dcm
-rw-r--r-- 1 mathieu mathieu 72884 2009-08-10 11:14 mosaic023.dcm
-rw-r--r-- 1 mathieu mathieu 72884 2009-08-10 11:14 mosaic024.dcm
-rw-r--r-- 1 mathieu mathieu 72884 2009-08-10 11:14 mosaic025.dcm
-rw-r--r-- 1 mathieu mathieu 72884 2009-08-10 11:14 mosaic026.dcm
-rw-r--r-- 1 mathieu mathieu 72884 2009-08-10 11:14 mosaic027.dcm
-rw-r--r-- 1 mathieu mathieu 72884 2009-08-10 11:14 mosaic028.dcm
-rw-r--r-- 1 mathieu mathieu 72884 2009-08-10 11:14 mosaic029.dcm
-rw-r--r-- 1 mathieu mathieu 72882 2009-08-10 11:14 mosaic030.dcm

$ gdcminfo mosaic000.dcm

MediaStorage is 1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.4 [MR Image Storage]
TransferSyntax is 1.2.840.10008.1.2.1 [Explicit VR Little Endian]
NumberOfDimensions: 2
Dimensions: (64,64,1)
...

By default all private attributes are removed since they may not match the newly generated SOP Instance. One way to preserve the private attributes is to use the --mosaic-private command line option

$ gdcmtar --mosaic --mosaic-private -i MR-sonata-3D-as-Tile.dcm -o mosaic --pattern %03d.dcm

SEE ALSO

gdcmdump(1), gdcmraw(1), gdcminfo(1)

AUTHOR

Mathieu Malaterre

Main developer

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2006, 2011 Mathieu Malaterre