gdcmtar(1) GDCM gdcmtar(1)
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
options
--enhance enhance (default)
-U --unenhance unenhance
-M --mosaic Split SIEMENS Mosaic image into multiple frames.
-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
$ 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)
...
SEE ALSO
gdcmdump(1), gdcmraw(1), gdcminfo(1)
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (c) 2006-2011 Mathieu Malaterre
Version 2.2.0 Tue Feb 5 2013 gdcmtar(1)
