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

   specific options
                --force-rescale    force rescale (advanced users)
                --force-spacing    force spacing (advanced users)
             -r --recursive        Recursively descend directory

   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

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.

       •   ScalarType is the DICOM Real World Value type

       •   Dimensions is the dimension of the image

       •   Spacing is the spacing of the image

       •   NumberOfScalarComponents should be 1 for grayscale & PALETTE COLOR and 3 for RGB, YBR
           data.

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
           Main developer

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright © 2006, 2011 Mathieu Malaterre