dcm2img(1)                        OFFIS DCMTK                       dcm2img(1)

NAME
       dcm2img - Convert DICOM image to standard image format


SYNOPSIS
       dcm2img [options] dcmfile-in [bitmap-out]

DESCRIPTION
       The  dcm2img  utility  reads  a  DICOM  image,  converts the pixel data
       according to the selected image processing options and writes  back  an
       image in one the following general purpose image formats: BMP, PGM/PPM,
       PNG, TIFF, JPEG, or JPEG-LS. This utility supports uncompressed as well
       as JPEG, JPEG-LS and RLE compressed DICOM images.

PARAMETERS
       dcmfile-in  DICOM input filename to be converted ("-" for stdin)

       bitmap-out  output filename to be written (default: stdout)

OPTIONS
   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

   image processing options
       frame selection:

         +F    --frame  [n]umber: integer
                 select specified frame (default: 1)

         +Fr   --frame-range  [n]umber [c]ount: integer
                 select c frames beginning with frame n

         +Fa   --all-frames
                 select all frames

       rotation:

         +Rl   --rotate-left
                 rotate image left (-90 degrees)

         +Rr   --rotate-right
                 rotate image right (+90 degrees)

         +Rtd  --rotate-top-down
                 rotate image top-down (180 degrees)

       flipping:

         +Lh   --flip-horizontally
                 flip image horizontally

         +Lv   --flip-vertically
                 flip image vertically

         +Lhv  --flip-both-axes
                 flip image horizontally and vertically

       scaling:

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

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

         +i    --interpolate  [n]umber of algorithm: integer
                 use interpolation when scaling (1..4, 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

       color space conversion (JPEG compressed images only):

         +cp   --conv-photometric
                 convert if YCbCr photometric interpretation (default)

         +cl   --conv-lossy
                 convert YCbCr to RGB if lossy JPEG

         +cg   --conv-guess
                 convert to RGB if YCbCr is guessed by library

         +cgl  --conv-guess-lossy
                 convert to RGB if lossy JPEG and YCbCr is
                 guessed by the underlying JPEG library

         +ca   --conv-always
                 always convert YCbCr to RGB

         +cn   --conv-never
                 never convert color space

       workaround options for incorrect encodings (JPEG compressed images only):

         +w6   --workaround-pred6
                 enable workaround for JPEG lossless images
                 with overflow in predictor 6

         # DICOM images with 16 bits/pixel have been observed "in the wild"
         # that are compressed with lossless JPEG and need special handling
         # because the encoder produced an 16-bit integer overflow in predictor
         # 6, which needs to be compensated (reproduced) during decompression.
         # This flag enables a correct decompression of such faulty images, but
         # at the same time will cause an incorrect decompression of correctly
         # compressed images. Use with care.

         +wi   --workaround-incpl
                 enable workaround for incomplete JPEG data

         # This option causes dcm2img to ignore incomplete JPEG data
         # at the end of a compressed fragment and to start decompressing
         # the next frame from the next fragment (if any). This permits
         # images with incomplete JPEG data to be decoded.

         +wc   --workaround-cornell
                 enable workaround for 16-bit JPEG lossless
                 Cornell images with Huffman table overflow

         # One of the first open-source implementations of lossless JPEG
         # compression, the "Cornell" library, has a well-known bug that leads
         # to invalid values in the Huffmann table when images with 16 bit/sample
         # are compressed. This flag enables a workaround that permits such
         # images to be decoded correctly.

       modality LUT transformation:

         -M    --no-modality
                 ignore stored modality LUT transformation

         +M    --use-modality
                 use modality LUT transformation (default)

       VOI LUT transformation:

         -W    --no-windowing
                 no VOI windowing (default)

         +Wi   --use-window  [n]umber: integer
                 use the n-th VOI window from image file

         +Wl   --use-voi-lut  [n]umber: integer
                 use the n-th VOI look up table from image file

         +Wm   --min-max-window
                 compute VOI window using min-max algorithm

         +Wn   --min-max-window-n
                 compute VOI window using min-max algorithm,
                 ignoring extreme values

         +Wr   --roi-min-max-window  [l]eft [t]op [w]idth [h]eight: integer
                 compute ROI window using min-max algorithm,
                 region of interest is specified by l,t,w,h

         +Wh   --histogram-window  [n]umber: integer
                 compute VOI window using Histogram algorithm,
                 ignoring n percent

         +Ww   --set-window  [c]enter [w]idth: float
                 compute VOI window using center c and width w

         +Wfl  --linear-function
                 set VOI LUT function to LINEAR

         +Wfs  --sigmoid-function
                 set VOI LUT function to SIGMOID

       presentation LUT transformation:

         +Pid  --identity-shape
                 set presentation LUT shape to IDENTITY

         +Piv  --inverse-shape
                 set presentation LUT shape to INVERSE

         +Pod  --lin-od-shape
                 set presentation LUT shape to LIN OD

       overlay:

         -O    --no-overlays
                 do not display overlays

         +O    --display-overlay  [n]umber: integer
                 display overlay n (0..16, 0=all, default: +O 0)

         +Omr  --ovl-replace
                 use overlay mode "Replace"
                 (default for Graphic overlays)

         +Omt  --ovl-threshold
                 use overlay mode "Threshold Replace"

         +Omc  --ovl-complement
                 use overlay mode "Complement"

         +Omv  --ovl-invert
                 use overlay mode "Invert Bitmap"

         +Omi  --ovl-roi
                 use overlay mode "Region of Interest"
                 (default for ROI overlays)

         +Osf  --set-foreground  [d]ensity: float
                 set overlay foreground density (0..1, default: 1)

         +Ost  --set-threshold  [d]ensity: float
                 set overlay threshold density (0..1, default: 0.5)

       display LUT transformation:

         +Dm   --monitor-file  [f]ilename: string
                 calibrate output according to monitor characteristics
                 defined in f

         +Dp   --printer-file  [f]ilename: string
                 calibrate output according to printer characteristics
                 defined in f

         +Da   --ambient-light  [a]mbient light: float
                 ambient light value (cd/mˆ2, default: file f)

         +Di   --illumination  [i]llumination: float
                 illumination value (cd/mˆ2, default: file f)

         +Dn   --min-density  [m]inimum optical density: float
                 Dmin value (default: off, only with +Dp)

         +Dx   --max-density  [m]aximum optical density: float
                 Dmax value (default: off, only with +Dp)

         +Dg   --gsd-function
                 use GSDF for calibration (default for +Dm/+Dp)

         +Dc   --cielab-function
                 use CIELAB function for calibration

       compatibility:

         +Ma   --accept-acr-nema
                 accept ACR-NEMA images without photometric
                 interpretation

         +Mp   --accept-palettes
                 accept incorrect palette attribute tags
                 (0028,111x) and (0028,121x)

         +Mc   --check-lut-depth
                 check 3rd value of the LUT descriptor, compare
                 with expected bit depth based on LUT data

         +Mm   --ignore-mlut-depth
                 ignore 3rd value of the modality LUT descriptor,
                 determine bits per table entry automatically

         +Mv   --ignore-vlut-depth
                 ignore 3rd value of the VOI LUT descriptor,
                 determine bits per table entry automatically

       TIFF format:

         +Tl   --compr-lzw
                 LZW compression (default)

         +Tr   --compr-rle
                 RLE compression

         +Tn   --compr-none
                 uncompressed

         +Pd   --predictor-default
                 no LZW predictor (default)

         +Pn   --predictor-none
                 LZW predictor 1 (no prediction)

         +Ph   --predictor-horz
                 LZW predictor 2 (horizontal differencing)

         +Rs   --rows-per-strip  [r]ows: integer (default: 0)
                 rows per strip, default 8K per strip

       PNG format:

         +il   --interlace
                 create interlaced file (default)

         -il   --nointerlace
                 create non-interlaced file

         +mf   --meta-file
                 create PNG file meta information (default)

         -mf   --meta-none
                 no PNG file meta information

       JPEG format:

         +Jq   --compr-quality  [q]uality: integer (0..100, default: 90)
                 quality value for compression (in percent)

         +Js4  --sample-444
                 4:4:4 sampling (no subsampling)

         +Js2  --sample-422
                 4:2:2 subsampling (horizontal subsampling of
                 chroma components, default)

         +Js1  --sample-411
                 4:1:1 subsampling (horizontal and vertical
                 subsampling of chroma components)

       JPEG-LS format:

         +Trl  --rendered-lossless
                 lossless compression of rendered image (default)

         +Tll  --true-lossless
                 lossless compression of raw image

         +f8   --force-8-bit
                 force output bit depth to 8 bits
                 (not with --true-lossless)

       other transformations:

         +G    --grayscale
                 convert color image to grayscale (monochrome)

         +P    --change-polarity
                 change polarity (invert pixel output)

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

   output options
       general:

         -im   --image-info
                 print image details (requires verbose mode)

         -o    --no-output
                 do not create any output (useful with -im)

       filename generation (only with --frame-range or --all-frames):

         +Fc   --use-frame-counter
                 use 0-based counter for filenames (default)

         +Fn   --use-frame-number
                 use absolute frame number for filenames

       image format:

         +oa   --write-auto
                 determine file format from filename extension
                 (default for files)

         # If the output filename contains no extension or an
         # unknown/unsupported one, a warning is printed and a BMP file
         # is written (see --write-bmp).

         +op   --write-raw-pnm
                 write 8-bit binary PGM/PPM

         +opb  --write-8-bit-pnm
                 write 8-bit ASCII PGM/PPM (default for stdout)

         +opw  --write-16-bit-pnm
                 write 16-bit ASCII PGM/PPM

         +opn  --write-n-bit-pnm  [n]umber: integer
                 write n-bit ASCII PGM/PPM (1..32)

         +ob   --write-bmp
                 write 8-bit (monochrome) or 24-bit (color) BMP

         +obp  --write-8-bit-bmp
                 write 8-bit palette BMP (monochrome only)

         +obt  --write-24-bit-bmp
                 write 24-bit truecolor BMP

         +obr  --write-32-bit-bmp
                 write 32-bit truecolor BMP

         +ot   --write-tiff
                 write 8-bit (monochrome) or 24-bit (color) TIFF

         +on   --write-png
                 write 8-bit (monochrome) or 24-bit (color) PNG

         +on2  --write-16-bit-png
                 write 16-bit (monochrome) or 48-bit (color) PNG

         +oj   --write-jpeg
                 write 8-bit lossy JPEG (baseline)

         +ol   --write-jpls
                 write JPEG-LS

NOTES
       The  following preferred interpolation algorithms can be selected using
       the --interpolate option:

       • 1 = free scaling algorithm with interpolation from pbmplus toolkit

       • 2 = free scaling algorithm with interpolation from c't magazine

       • 3 = magnification algorithm with bilinear interpolation  from  Eduard
         Stanescu

       • 4  =  magnification  algorithm with bicubic interpolation from Eduard
         Stanescu

       The  --write-tiff  option  is  only  available  when  DCMTK  has   been
       configured  and  compiled  with  support  for the external libtiff TIFF
       library. The availability of the TIFF compression  options  depends  on
       the libtiff configuration.

       The --write-png option is only available when DCMTK has been configured
       and  compiled  with support for the external libpng PNG library. Option
       --interlace enables progressive image view while loading the PNG  file.
       Only  a  few  applications  take  care of the meta info (TEXT) in a PNG
       file.

TRANSFER SYNTAXES
       dcm2img supports the following transfer syntaxes  for  input  (dcmfile-
       in):

       LittleEndianImplicitTransferSyntax             1.2.840.10008.1.2
       LittleEndianExplicitTransferSyntax             1.2.840.10008.1.2.1
       DeflatedExplicitVRLittleEndianTransferSyntax   1.2.840.10008.1.2.1.99 (*)
       BigEndianExplicitTransferSyntax                1.2.840.10008.1.2.2
       JPEGLSLosslessTransferSyntax                   1.2.840.10008.1.2.4.80
       JPEGLSLossyTransferSyntax                      1.2.840.10008.1.2.4.81
       JPEGProcess10_12TransferSyntax                 1.2.840.10008.1.2.4.55
       JPEGProcess14SV1TransferSyntax                 1.2.840.10008.1.2.4.70
       JPEGProcess14TransferSyntax                    1.2.840.10008.1.2.4.57
       JPEGProcess1TransferSyntax                     1.2.840.10008.1.2.4.50
       JPEGProcess2_4TransferSyntax                   1.2.840.10008.1.2.4.51
       JPEGProcess6_8TransferSyntax                   1.2.840.10008.1.2.4.53
       RLELosslessTransferSyntax                      1.2.840.10008.1.2.5

       (*) if compiled with zlib support enabled

LOGGING
       The  level  of  logging  output  of  the various command line tools and
       underlying libraries can be specified by the  user.  By  default,  only
       errors  and  warnings  are  written to the standard error stream. Using
       option --verbose also informational messages  like  processing  details
       are  reported.  Option  --debug  can be used to get more details on the
       internal activity, e.g. for debugging purposes.  Other  logging  levels
       can  be  selected  using option --log-level. In --quiet mode only fatal
       errors are reported. In such very severe error events, the  application
       will  usually  terminate.  For  more  details  on the different logging
       levels, see documentation of module 'oflog'.

       In case the logging output should be written to file  (optionally  with
       logfile  rotation),  to syslog (Unix) or the event log (Windows) option
       --log-config can be used.  This  configuration  file  also  allows  for
       directing  only  certain messages to a particular output stream and for
       filtering certain messages based on the  module  or  application  where
       they  are  generated.  An  example  configuration  file  is provided in
       <etcdir>/logger.cfg.

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
       behavior 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  unless  they
       appear  between  two  quotation marks) prior to any further evaluation.
       Please note that a command file cannot contain  another  command  file.
       This  simple  but  effective  approach  allows  one to summarize common
       combinations of options/parameters and  avoids  longish  and  confusing
       command lines (an example is provided in file <datadir>/dumppat.txt).

ENVIRONMENT
       The  dcm2img  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
       <datadir>/dicom.dic will be loaded unless the dictionary is built  into
       the application (default for Windows).

       The   default   behavior   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.
       On  Windows systems, a semicolon (';') is used as a separator. 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.

FILES
       <datadir>/camera.lut - sample characteristics file of a camera
       <datadir>/monitor.lut - sample characteristics file of a monitor
       <datadir>/printer.lut - sample characteristics file of a printer
       <datadir>/scanner.lut - sample characteristics file of a scanner

SEE ALSO
       img2dcm(1)

COPYRIGHT
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       Germany.

Version 3.6.9                   Wed Dec 11 2024                     dcm2img(1)
