ANDUMP(1)					    DICOM PS3 - Describe ACR-NEMA file content						 ANDUMP(1)

NAME

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

SYNOPSIS

       andump  [ -ancreate ] [ -extractCSA ] [ -showoffset|-showoffset-hex |-showoffset-octal|-showoffset-oct |-showoffset-decimal|-showoffset-dec
		 ] [ -filename ]

DESCRIPTION

       andump reads the named acr-nema input file and describes the information contained, without attempting to interpret the	structure  of  the
       message (cf. dcdump).

       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:

       -ancreate
	      Display item, end item and end sequence delimiter tags in a form suitable to feed into ancreate.

       -extractCSA
	      Extract the DICOM-like attributes buried within the Siemens private CSA header OB value.

       -showoffset|-showoffset-hex
	      Display byte offset from file start in hexadecimal.

       -showoffset-octal|-showoffset-oct
	      Display byte offset from file start in octal.

       -showoffset-decimal|-showoffset-dec
	      Display byte offset from file start in decimal.

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

ENVIRONMENT


EXAMPLES


       % andump 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> []
       (0xfffe,0xe000) NONE Item	VR=<> 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 >
       (0xfffe,0xe00d) NONE Item Del .. VR=<> VL=<0x0000> []
       (0xfffe,0xe0dd) NONE Seq Del ..	VR=<> VL=<0x0000> []
       ...

       % andump -ancreate 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> []
       %item
       (0x0054,0x0014) DS Energy Win LL VR=<DS> VL=<0x0006> <1.0 >
       (0x0054,0x0015) DS Energy Win UL VR=<DS> VL=<0x0006> <9.0 >
       %enditem
       %endseq
       ...

FILES


SEE ALSO

       ancreate(1), dcdump(1), dcintro(1)

AUTHOR

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

BUGS

DICOM PS3							   6 March 2007 							 ANDUMP(1)