DCTOPGX(1)						DICOM PS3 - DICOM image to PGX file						DCTOPGX(1)

NAME

       dctopgx - ACR/NEMA DICOM PS3 ... DICOM PS3 - DICOM image to PGX file

SYNOPSIS

       dctopgx [ -v|verbose ] [ -quiet|silent ]

DESCRIPTION

       dctopgx	reads the named dicom or acr-nema input file and copies the raw image pixel data to a PGX file as used for the JPEG 2000 Verifica-
       tion Model.

       A PGX file contains of a single text header line of the form "PG <byte order> [+|-]<bit-depth> <cols> <rows> immediately by the raw  binary
       data.  There  may  be 1, 2 or 4 bytes per sample corresponding to bit depths from 1 to 32.  Byte order is "LM" (little endian) or "ML" (big
       endian). The signed or unsigned pixel representation is indicated by '+' or '-' character before the bit depth.	If  the  '+'  is  omitted,
       unsigned is implied.

       The input file must be unencapsulated.

       PGX  supports  big or little endian byte order in the case of > 8 bit data. The output byte order is always in the same as the input, since
       the raw bytes are copied from input to output without any conversion. Use dccp(1) first to change the encoding if necessary.

       PGX also supports signed data, so the Pixel Representation of the input is used to specify whether the output is signed or unsigned.

OPTIONS

       The PGX output goes where it is specified or standard out.  The verbose output goes to standard error.

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

       -quiet|silent
	      Suppress the normal description of image parameters.

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

ENVIRONMENT


EXAMPLES

FILES


SEE ALSO

       dccp(1), pnmtodc(1), dctopnm(1), rawtodc(1), dctoraw(1), dcintro(1)

AUTHOR

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

BUGS

DICOM PS3							   04 March 1999							DCTOPGX(1)