DCPOSN(1)						 DICOM PS3 - DICOM locate position						 DCPOSN(1)

NAME

       dcposn - ACR/NEMA DICOM PS3 ... DICOM PS3 - DICOM locate position

SYNOPSIS

       dcposn [ -col|x n ] [ -row|y n ] [ -v|verbose ] [ -filename ]

DESCRIPTION

       dcposn  reads the named dicom input file and locates the requested image pixel position in 3D space using the attributes of the Image Plane
       module (Image Position Patient and Image Orientation Patient) if present.

       The spatial position is described as patient (not gantry) relative x, y and z co-ordinates, where x is +ve leftwards, y is  +ve	anteriorly
       and z is +ve cranially.

OPTIONS

       The co-ordinates and verbose output go to standard error.

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

       -col|x n -row|y n
	      The specified image pixel position begins from 0 in the top left hand corner of the image.

       -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


       %dcposn -x 0 -y 0 expmeta.dc3
       Row=0 Col=0   X=45.0 Y=-119.5 Z=119.5

FILES


SEE ALSO

       dcintro(1)

AUTHOR

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

BUGS

       This program really only exists for automated testing of the image plane module.

DICOM PS3							   6 March 2007 							 DCPOSN(1)