gdcmviewer(1)
NAME
gdcmviewer - .TH "gdcmviewer" 1 "Thu Aug 19 2010" "Version 2.0.16"
"GDCM"
NAME
gdcmviewer - .SH "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 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
5.6, 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 the 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, will color pictures can be found at:
http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/gdcm/index.php?title=Gdcmviewer
SEE ALSO
COPYRIGHT
- Copyright (c) 2006-2010 Mathieu Malaterre