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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)