NAME

       gdcmtar - Concatenate/Extract DICOM files.

SYNOPSIS

           gdcmtar [options] file-in file-out

DESCRIPTION

       The gdcmtar is a command line tool used to tar/untar multi-frames images (including
       SIEMENS MOSAIC file)

PARAMETERS

           file-in   DICOM input filename

           file-out  DICOM output filename

OPTIONS

   specific options
                --enhance        Enhance (default)
             -U --unenhance      Unenhance
             -M --mosaic         Split SIEMENS Mosaic image into multiple frames.
                --mosaic-private When splitting SIEMENS Mosaic image into multiple frames, preserve private attributes (advanced user only).
             -p --pattern        Specify trailing file pattern.
                --root-uid       Root UID.

   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

   environment variable
             GDCM_ROOT_UID Root UID

TYPICAL USAGE

   SIEMENS Mosaic
       This option will turn a 2D frame containing sub-frame of a SIEMENS MOSAIC into a set of MR
       Image Storage (legacy).

           $ gdcminfo MR-sonata-3D-as-Tile.dcm

           MediaStorage is 1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.4 [MR Image Storage]
           TransferSyntax is 1.2.840.10008.1.2.1 [Explicit VR Little Endian]
           NumberOfDimensions: 2
           Dimensions: (384,384,1)
           ...

           $ gdcmtar --mosaic -i MR-sonata-3D-as-Tile.dcm -o mosaic --pattern %03d.dcm

       Will output:

           -rw-r--r--   1 mathieu mathieu 72882 2009-08-10 11:14 mosaic000.dcm
           -rw-r--r--   1 mathieu mathieu 72886 2009-08-10 11:14 mosaic001.dcm
           -rw-r--r--   1 mathieu mathieu 72886 2009-08-10 11:14 mosaic002.dcm
           -rw-r--r--   1 mathieu mathieu 72886 2009-08-10 11:14 mosaic003.dcm
           -rw-r--r--   1 mathieu mathieu 72886 2009-08-10 11:14 mosaic004.dcm
           -rw-r--r--   1 mathieu mathieu 72886 2009-08-10 11:14 mosaic005.dcm
           -rw-r--r--   1 mathieu mathieu 72884 2009-08-10 11:14 mosaic006.dcm
           -rw-r--r--   1 mathieu mathieu 72882 2009-08-10 11:14 mosaic007.dcm
           -rw-r--r--   1 mathieu mathieu 72884 2009-08-10 11:14 mosaic008.dcm
           -rw-r--r--   1 mathieu mathieu 72884 2009-08-10 11:14 mosaic009.dcm
           -rw-r--r--   1 mathieu mathieu 72884 2009-08-10 11:14 mosaic010.dcm
           -rw-r--r--   1 mathieu mathieu 72884 2009-08-10 11:14 mosaic011.dcm
           -rw-r--r--   1 mathieu mathieu 72884 2009-08-10 11:14 mosaic012.dcm
           -rw-r--r--   1 mathieu mathieu 72884 2009-08-10 11:14 mosaic013.dcm
           -rw-r--r--   1 mathieu mathieu 72882 2009-08-10 11:14 mosaic014.dcm
           -rw-r--r--   1 mathieu mathieu 72884 2009-08-10 11:14 mosaic015.dcm
           -rw-r--r--   1 mathieu mathieu 72882 2009-08-10 11:14 mosaic016.dcm
           -rw-r--r--   1 mathieu mathieu 72884 2009-08-10 11:14 mosaic017.dcm
           -rw-r--r--   1 mathieu mathieu 72884 2009-08-10 11:14 mosaic018.dcm
           -rw-r--r--   1 mathieu mathieu 72884 2009-08-10 11:14 mosaic019.dcm
           -rw-r--r--   1 mathieu mathieu 72884 2009-08-10 11:14 mosaic020.dcm
           -rw-r--r--   1 mathieu mathieu 72884 2009-08-10 11:14 mosaic021.dcm
           -rw-r--r--   1 mathieu mathieu 72884 2009-08-10 11:14 mosaic022.dcm
           -rw-r--r--   1 mathieu mathieu 72884 2009-08-10 11:14 mosaic023.dcm
           -rw-r--r--   1 mathieu mathieu 72884 2009-08-10 11:14 mosaic024.dcm
           -rw-r--r--   1 mathieu mathieu 72884 2009-08-10 11:14 mosaic025.dcm
           -rw-r--r--   1 mathieu mathieu 72884 2009-08-10 11:14 mosaic026.dcm
           -rw-r--r--   1 mathieu mathieu 72884 2009-08-10 11:14 mosaic027.dcm
           -rw-r--r--   1 mathieu mathieu 72884 2009-08-10 11:14 mosaic028.dcm
           -rw-r--r--   1 mathieu mathieu 72884 2009-08-10 11:14 mosaic029.dcm
           -rw-r--r--   1 mathieu mathieu 72882 2009-08-10 11:14 mosaic030.dcm

           $ gdcminfo mosaic000.dcm

           MediaStorage is 1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.4 [MR Image Storage]
           TransferSyntax is 1.2.840.10008.1.2.1 [Explicit VR Little Endian]
           NumberOfDimensions: 2
           Dimensions: (64,64,1)
           ...

       By default all private attributes are removed since they may not match the newly generated
       SOP Instance. One way to preserve the private attributes is to use the --mosaic-private
       command line option

           $ gdcmtar --mosaic --mosaic-private -i MR-sonata-3D-as-Tile.dcm -o mosaic --pattern %03d.dcm

SEE ALSO

       gdcmdump(1), gdcmraw(1), gdcminfo(1)

AUTHOR

       Mathieu Malaterre
           Main developer

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright © 2006, 2011 Mathieu Malaterre