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NAME

       dcmpsmk - Create DICOM grayscale softcopy presentation state

SYNOPSIS

       dcmpsmk [options] dcmfile-in dcmfile-out

DESCRIPTION

       The dcmpsmk utility reads a DICOM image file and creates a grayscale softcopy presentation
       state object according to Supplement 33. The presentation state object is written back  to
       file.  A number of command line options allow to specify how certain constructs that might
       be present in the image file should be referenced or activated in the presentation  state.
       The  newly created presentation state references the source image and contains values that
       should allow for a 'reasonable' display of the image when rendered under  control  of  the
       presentation state.

PARAMETERS

       dcmfile-in   DICOM image file to be read

       dcmfile-out  DICOM presentation state file to be created

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

   processing options
       VOI transform handling:

         +Vl  --voi-lut
                use first VOI LUT if present (default)

         +Vw  --voi-window
                use first window center/width if present

         -V   --voi-ignore
                ignore VOI LUT and window center/width

       curve handling:

         +c   --curve-activate
                activate curve data if present (default)

         -c   --curve-ignore
                ignore curve data

       overlay handling:

         +oc  --overlay-copy
                copy overlays if not embedded, activate otherwise (default)

         +oa  --overlay-activate
                activate overlays

         -o   --overlay-ignore
                ignore overlays

       shutter handling:

         +s   --shutter-activate
                use shutter if present in image (default)

         -s   --shutter-ignore
                ignore shutter

       presentation LUT shape handling:

         +p   --plut-activate
                use presentation LUT shape if present (default)

         -p   --plut-ignore
                ignore presentation LUT shape

       layering:

         +l1  --layer-single
                all curves and overlays are in one layer

         +l2  --layer-double
                one layer for curves, one for overlays (default)

         +ls  --layer-separate
                separate layers for each curve and overlay

       location of referenced image:

         -lx  --location-none
                image reference without location (default)

         -ln  --location-network  [a]etitle: string
                image located at application entity a

         -lm  --location-media  [f]ilesetID, fileset[UID]: string
                image located on storage medium

   output options
       output transfer syntax:

         +t=   --write-xfer-same
                 write with same TS as image file (default)

         +te   --write-xfer-little
                 write with explicit VR little endian TS

         +tb   --write-xfer-big
                 write with explicit VR big endian TS

         +ti   --write-xfer-implicit
                 write with implicit VR little endian TS

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  dcmpsmk  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

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