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gdcmviewer: .TH "gdcmviewer" 1 "Fri Oct 29 2010" "Version 2.0.16" "GDCM"
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
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (c) 2006-2010 Mathieu Malaterre
SEE ALSO
gdcmdump(1), gdcm2vtkraw(1)