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 5.10, but only with VTK 5.2 (or above) can play with the widgets (as described below).

PARAMETERS¶

file-in   DICOM input filename

OPTIONS¶

     --force-rescale    force rescale (advanced users)


     --force-spacing    force spacing (advanced users)


  -r --recursive        Recursively descend directory

  -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.

WIKI LINK¶

The wiki page, with color pictures can be found at: http://gdcm.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Gdcmviewer

SEE ALSO¶

gdcmdump(1), gdcm2vtk(1)

AUTHOR¶

Mathieu Malaterre

COPYRIGHT¶

Copyright © 2006, 2011 Mathieu Malaterre