man dcmscale (Commandes) - Scale DICOM images

NAME

dcmscale - Scale DICOM images

SYNOPSIS

dcmscale [options] dcmfile-in dcmfile-out

DESCRIPTION

The dcmscale utility reads a DICOM image, scales it according to the command line settings and writes back the DICOM image. This utility only supports uncompressed and RLE compressed DICOM images.

PARAMETERS

dcmfile-in DICOM input filename to be scaled

dcmfile-out DICOM output filename to be written

OPTIONS

general options

-h --help print this help text and exit

--version print version information and exit

-v --verbose verbose mode, print processing details

-d --debug debug mode, print debug information

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

processing options

scaling:

+a --recognize-aspect recognize pixel aspect ratio (default)

-a --ignore-aspect ignore pixel aspect ratio when scaling

+i --interpolate [n]umber of algorithm : integer use interpolation when scaling (1..2, default: 1)

-i --no-interpolation no interpolation when scaling

-S --no-scaling no scaling, ignore pixel aspect ratio (default)

+Sxf --scale-x-factor [f]actor : float scale x axis by factor, auto-compute y axis

+Syf --scale-y-factor [f]actor : float scale y axis by factor, auto-compute x axis

+Sxv --scale-x-size [n]umber : integer scale x axis to n pixels, auto-compute y axis

+Syv --scale-y-size [n]umber : integer scale y axis to n pixels, auto-compute x axis

other transformations: +C --clip-region [l]eft [t]op [w]idth [h]eight : integer clip rectangular image region (l, t, w, h)

SOP Instance UID options:

+ua --uid-always always assign new SOP Instance UID (default)

+un --uid-never never assign new SOP Instance UID

output options

output file format:

+F --write-file write file format (default)

-F --write-dataset write data set without file meta information

output transfer syntax:

+t= --write-xfer-same write with same TS as input (default)

+te --write-xfer-little write with explicit VR little endian TS

+tb --write-xfer-big write with explicit VR big endian TS

+ti --write-xfer-implicit write with implicit VR little endian TS

post-1993 value representations:

+u --enable-new-vr enable support for new VRs (UN/UT) (default)

-u --disable-new-vr disable support for new VRs, convert to OB

group length encoding:

+g= --group-length-recalc recalculate group lengths if present (default)

+g --group-length-create always write with group length elements

-g --group-length-remove always write without group length elements

length encoding in sequences and items:

+e --length-explicit write with explicit lengths (default)

-e --length-undefined write with undefined lengths

data set trailing padding (not with --write-dataset):

-p= --padding-retain do not change padding (default if not --write-dataset)

-p --padding-off no padding (implicit if --write-dataset)

+p --padding-create [f]ile-pad [i]tem-pad : integer align file on multiple of f bytes and items on multiple of i bytes

COMMAND LINE

All command line tools use the following notation for parameters: square brackets enclose optional values (0-1), three trailing dots indicate that multiple values are allowed (1-n), a combination of both means 0 to n values.

Command line options are distinguished from parameters by a leading '+' or '-' sign, respectively. Usually, order and position of command line options are arbitrary (i.e. they can appear anywhere). However, if options are mutually exclusive the rightmost appearance is used. This behaviour conforms to the standard evaluation rules of common Unix shells.

In addition, one or more command files can be specified using an '@' sign as a prefix to the filename (e.g. @command.txt). Such a command argument is replaced by the content of the corresponding text file (multiple whitespaces are treated as a single separator) prior to any further evaluation. Please note that a command file cannot contain another command file. This simple but effective approach allows to summarize common combinations of options/parameters and avoids longish and confusing command lines (an example is provided in file share/data/dumppat.txt).

ENVIRONMENT

The dcmscale utility will attempt to load DICOM data dictionaries specified in the DCMDICTPATH environment variable. By default, i.e. if the DCMDICTPATH environment variable is not set, the file <PREFIX>/lib/dicom.dic will be loaded unless the dictionary is built into the application (default for Windows).

The default behaviour should be preferred and the DCMDICTPATH environment variable only used when alternative data dictionaries are required. The DCMDICTPATH environment variable has the same format as the Unix shell PATH variable in that a colon (':') separates entries. The data dictionary code will attempt to load each file specified in the DCMDICTPATH environment variable. It is an error if no data dictionary can be loaded.

COPYRIGHT

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