See the DCMTK project page. To use DCMTK, you’ll use the module tool.
You can see what versions are available by using:
[me@login01 ~]$ module avail dcmtk
------------------------------ /opt/modulefiles -------------------------------
dcmtk/3.6.7
Use "module spider" to find all possible modules and extensions.
Use "module keyword key1 key2 ..." to search for all possible modules matching
any of the "keys".
To load a specific version, you would use:
[me@login01 ~]$ module load dcmtk/3.6.7
while the "dcmtk" wildcard will load the default version, dcmtk-3.6.7 in this case.
You should now be able to run DCMTK commands:
[me@login01 ~]$ dcmdump
$dcmtk: dcmdump v3.6.7 2022-04-22 $
dcmdump: Dump DICOM file and data set
usage: dcmdump [options] dcmfile-in...
parameters:
dcmfile-in DICOM input file or directory to be dumped
general options:
-h --help print this help text and exit
--version print version information and exit
--arguments print expanded command line arguments
-q --quiet quiet mode, print no warnings and errors
-v --verbose verbose mode, print processing details
-d --debug debug mode, print debug information
-ll --log-level [l]evel: string constant
(fatal, error, warn, info, debug, trace)
use level l for the logger
-lc --log-config [f]ilename: string
use config file f for the logger
input options:
input file format:
+f --read-file read file format or data set (default)
+fo --read-file-only read file format only
-f --read-dataset read data set without file meta information
input transfer syntax:
-t= --read-xfer-auto use TS recognition (default)
-td --read-xfer-detect ignore TS specified in the file meta header
-te --read-xfer-little read with explicit VR little endian TS
-tb --read-xfer-big read with explicit VR big endian TS
-ti --read-xfer-implicit read with implicit VR little endian TS
input files:
+sd --scan-directories scan directories for input files (dcmfile-in)
+sp --scan-pattern [p]attern: string (only with --scan-directories)
pattern for filename matching (wildcards)
-r --no-recurse do not recurse within directories (default)
+r --recurse recurse within specified directories
long tag values:
+M --load-all load very long tag values (default)
-M --load-short do not load very long values (e.g. pixel data)
+R --max-read-length [k]bytes: integer (4..4194302, default: 4)
set threshold for long values to k kbytes
parsing of file meta information:
+ml --use-meta-length use file meta information group length (default)
-ml --ignore-meta-length ignore file meta information group length
parsing of odd-length attributes:
+ao --accept-odd-length accept odd length attributes (default)
+ae --assume-even-length assume real length is one byte larger
handling of explicit VR:
+ev --use-explicit-vr use explicit VR from dataset (default)
-ev --ignore-explicit-vr ignore explicit VR (prefer data dictionary)
handling of non-standard VR:
+vr --treat-as-unknown treat non-standard VR as unknown (default)
-vr --assume-implicit try to read with implicit VR little endian TS
handling of undefined length UN elements:
+ui --enable-cp246 read undefined len UN as implicit VR (default)
-ui --disable-cp246 read undefined len UN as explicit VR
handling of defined length UN elements:
-uc --retain-un retain elements as UN (default)
+uc --convert-un convert to real VR if known
handling of private max-length elements (implicit VR):
-sq --maxlength-dict read as defined in dictionary (default)
+sq --maxlength-seq read as sequence with undefined length
handling of wrong delimitation items:
-rd --use-delim-items use delimitation items from dataset (default)
+rd --replace-wrong-delim replace wrong sequence/item delimitation items
handling of illegal undefined length OB/OW elements:
-oi --illegal-obow-rej reject dataset with illegal element (default)
+oi --illegal-obow-conv convert undefined length OB/OW element to SQ
handling of VOI LUT Sequence with OW VR and explicit length:
-vi --illegal-voi-rej reject dataset with illegal VOI LUT (default)
+vi --illegal-voi-conv convert illegal VOI LUT to SQ
handling of explicit length pixel data for encaps. transfer syntaxes:
-pe --abort-expl-pixdata abort on explicit length pixel data (default)
+pe --use-expl-pixdata use explicit length pixel data
general handling of parser errors:
+Ep --ignore-parse-errors try to recover from parse errors
-Ep --handle-parse-errors handle parse errors and stop parsing (default)
other parsing options:
+st --stop-after-elem [t]ag: "gggg,eeee" or dictionary name
stop parsing after element specified by t
+sb --stop-before-elem [t]ag: "gggg,eeee" or dictionary name
stop parsing before element specified by t
automatic data correction:
+dc --enable-correction enable automatic data correction (default)
-dc --disable-correction disable automatic data correction
bitstream format of deflated input:
+bd --bitstream-deflated expect deflated bitstream (default)
+bz --bitstream-zlib expect deflated zlib bitstream
processing options:
specific character set:
+U8 --convert-to-utf8 convert all element values that are affected
by Specific Character Set (0008,0005) to UTF-8
output options:
printing:
+L --print-all print long tag values completely
-L --print-short print long tag values shortened (default)
+T --print-tree print hierarchical structure as a simple tree
-T --print-indented print hierarchical structure indented (default)
+F --print-filename print header with filename for each input file
+Fs --print-file-search print header with filename only for those input
files that contain one of the searched tags
mapping:
+Un --map-uid-names map well-known UID numbers to names (default)
-Un --no-uid-names do not map well-known UID numbers to names
quoting:
+Qn --quote-nonascii quote non-ASCII and control chars as XML markup
+Qo --quote-as-octal quote non-ASCII and control ch. as octal numbers
-Qn --print-nonascii print non-ASCII and control chars (default)
color:
+C --print-color use ANSI escape codes for colored output
-C --no-color do not use any ANSI escape codes (default)
error handling:
-E --stop-on-error do not print if file is damaged (default)
+E --ignore-errors attempt to print even if file is damaged
searching:
+P --search [t]ag: "gggg,eeee" or dictionary name
print the textual dump of tag t
this option can be specified multiple times
(default: the complete file is printed)
+s --search-all print all instances of searched tags (default)
-s --search-first only print first instance of searched tags
+p --prepend prepend sequence hierarchy to printed tag,
denoted by: (gggg,eeee).(gggg,eeee).*
(only when used with --search)
-p --no-prepend do not prepend hierarchy to tag (default)
writing:
+W --write-pixel [d]irectory: string
write pixel data to a .raw file stored in d
(little endian, filename created automatically)