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NAME

       dcmmkcrv - Add 2D curve data to image

SYNOPSIS

       dcmmkcrv [options] dcmfile-in curvedata-in dcmfile-out

DESCRIPTION

       The dcmmkcrv utility allows to create DICOM images containing curve data. Since curve data
       is hardly used by vendors today, this is intended as a means to test implementations  that
       can  read curve data. The utility reads an existing DICOM image and a text file containing
       the curve data in textual form. A DICOM curve data repeating group is created according to
       the options specified on the command line, added to the existing image and written back to
       file. The output file is encoded with the same transfer syntax used for  the  input  file.
       This utility only supports the creation of two-dimensional curves.

PARAMETERS

       dcmfile-in    DICOM input image file

       curvedata-in  curve data input file (text)

       dcmfile-out   DICOM output filename

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

   curve creation options
       curve type:

         -r  --poly
               create as POLY curve (default)

         +r  --roi
               create as ROI curve

       curve value representation:

         +v  --data-vr  [n]umber: integer 0..4 (default: 4)
               select curve data VR: 0=US, 1=SS, 2=FL, 3=FD, 4=SL

         -c  --curve-vr  [n]umber: integer 0..2 (default: 0)
               select VR with which the Curve Data element is written
               0=VR according to --data-vr, 1=OB, 2=OW

       repeating group:

         -g  --group  [n]umber: integer 0..15 (default: 0)
               select repeating group: 0=0x5000, 1=0x5002 etc.

       curve description:

         -l  --label  s: string
               set Curve Label to s (default: absent)

         +d  --description  s: string
               set Curve Description to s (default: absent)

         -a  --axis  x: string, y: string
               set Axis Units to xy (default: absent)

NOTES

   Syntax of the Curve Data File
       The  curve data file is expected to be a plain ASCII text file containing numbers (integer
       or floating point) comprising the  values  of  the  point  coordinates.  Numbers  must  be
       separated  by  whitespace.  No  checking  of  the value range or value range conversion is
       performed. Example:

        256.451947    1.000000
        477.689863  128.822080
        128.822080  477.689863
         35.310137  128.822080
        256.451947    1.000000

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 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 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  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 dcmmkcrv 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  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. 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.

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (C) 1998-2010 by OFFIS e.V., Escherweg 2, 26121 Oldenburg, Germany.