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NAME

       dcmmklut - Create DICOM look-up tables

SYNOPSIS

       dcmmklut [options] dcmimg-out

DESCRIPTION

       The  dcmmklut  utility  allows to create a variety of DICOM Modality, Presentation and VOI
       look-up tables (LUT) and is intended for the creation of test images. The utility is  able
       to read an existing DICOM image file, create a look up table according to the command line
       options, and write the new object back to file. It is also possible to create a new object
       containing  the  specified  LUT without reading an existing DICOM image file. This is e.g.
       useful to simply store different look-up tables in a DICOM-like structure.  As  a  default
       the  output file is encoded with the same transfer syntax used for the input file, but the
       transfer syntax can also be specified as a command line option.

       The LUT data can be derived from the shape of a gamma curve (default for the gamma  factor
       is  1)  or  imported  from a file (currently the MAP format from Ulead's PhotoImpact and a
       simple text format are supported). The input and output width  of  the  LUT  can  also  be
       specified in the range allowed by the DICOM standard. The interpolation of the input range
       is done by a polynomial curve fitting algorithm.

       In addition to the DICOM output file the LUT data can also be exported to  a  tabbed  text
       file  which  allows  the  easy  visualization  of  the  curves  with a common spread sheet
       application (e.g. Microsoft Excel).

PARAMETERS

       dcmimg-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

   LUT creation options
       LUT type:

         +Tm  --modality
                create as Modality LUT

         +Tp  --presentation
                create as Presentation LUT

         +Tv  --voi
                create as VOI LUT (default)

       LUT placement:

         +Pa  --add
                add to existing transform
                (default for and only with --voi)

         +Pr  --replace
                replace existing transform
                (default for --modality and --presentation)

       LUT content:

         +Cg  --gamma  [g]amma: float
                use gamma value (default: 1.0)

         +Cm  --map-file  [f]ilename: string
                read input data from MAP file

         +Ct  --text-file  [f]ilename: string
                read input data from text file

       LUT options:

         +Og  --inverse-gsdf
                apply inverse GSDF (print presentation LUT in OD)

              --min-density  [v]alue: integer (0..65535, default: 20)
                set min density to v (in hundreds of OD)

              --max-density  [v]alue: integer (0..65535, default: 300)
                set max density to v (in hundreds of OD)

         +Oi  --illumination  [v]alue: integer (0..65535, default: 2000)
                set illumination to v (in cd/m^2)

         +Or  --reflection  [v]alue: integer (0..65535, default: 10)
                set reflected ambient light to v (in cd/m^2)

       LUT structure:

         -b   --bits  [n]umber: integer
                create LUT with n bit values (8..16, default: 16)

         -e   --entries  [n]umber: integer
                create LUT with n entries (1..65536, default: 256)

         -f   --first-mapped  [n]umber: integer
                first input value mapped (-31768..65535, default: 0)

         -r   --random  [n]umber: unsigned integer
                perform n randomly selected permutations on the LUT

         -rs  --random-seed  [n]umber: unsigned integer
                initialize the random-number generator with n
                (default: 0, for reproducible results)

         -o   --order  [n]umber: integer
                use polynomial curve fitting algorithm with order n
                (0..99, default: 5)

         -E   --explanation  [n]ame: string
                LUT explanation (default: automatically created)

       LUT data alignment:

         -a   --byte-align
                create byte-aligned LUT
                (default for and only with 8 bit values)

         +a   --word-align
                create word-aligned LUT
                (default for 9-16 bit values)

       LUT data VR:

         +Dw  --data-ow
                write LUT Data as OW (default)

         +Du  --data-us
                write LUT Data as US

         +Ds  --data-ss
                write LUT Data as SS (minimal support)

   file options
         +Fi  --dicom-input  [f]ilename: string
                read dataset from DICOM file f

         +Fo  --text-output  [f]ilename: string
                write LUT data to tabbed text file f

NOTES

       Please check the DICOM standard for further restrictions on the look-up  table  structure.
       Especially the number of bits per table entry might be restricted in particular IODs.

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  dcmmklut  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.

FILES

       <datadir>/philips.lut - sample LUT in text format

COPYRIGHT

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