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gdcmviewer(1) GDCM gdcmviewer(1) NAME
gdcmviewer - Simple DICOM viewer. SYNOPSIS
gdcmviewer [options] file-in DESCRIPTION
The gdcmviewer is a simple tool that show how to use vtkGDCMImageReader. The class that use gdcm to make a layer to VTK. gdcmviewer is basically only just a wrapper around VTK/GDCM. This tool is meant for testing integration of GDCM in VTK. You should see it as a demo tool. It does compile with VTK ranging from 4.2 to 5.8, but only with VTK 5.2 (or above) can only play with the widgets (as described below). PARAMETERS
file-in DICOM input filename options options --force-rescale force rescale (advanced users) --force-spacing force spacing (advanced users) -r --recursive Recusively descend directory 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 Typical usage Simple usage For now gdcmviewer should be started from a command line prompt. The next argument should be the name of the DICOM file you wish to read. For instance: $ gdcmviewer -V 012345.002.050.dcm gdcmviewer will try to read your file, and then print the vtk information associated with this file. Basically what kind of image you are looking at. o ScalarType is the DICOM Real World Value type o Dimensions is the dimension of the image o Spacing is the spacing of the image o NumberOfScalarComponents should be 1 for grayscale & PALETTE COLOR and 3 for RGB, YBR data. Wiki Link The wiki page, with color pictures can be found at: http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/gdcm/index.php?title=Gdcmviewer SEE ALSO
gdcmdump(1), gdcm2vtk(1) COPYRIGHT
Copyright (c) 2006-2011 Mathieu Malaterre Version 2.2.0 Tue Feb 5 2013 gdcmviewer(1)
