Provided by: libgdcm-tools_2.2.4-1.1ubuntu4_amd64
NAME
gdcmscanner - Scan a directory containing DICOM files.
SYNOPSIS
gdcmscanner [options] directory
DESCRIPTION
The gdcmscanner is a command line tool to quickly extract value from a set of DICOM attribute in a DICOM File-Set. PARAMETERS -d --dir DICOM directory -t --tag %d,%d DICOM tag(s) to look for options -p --print Print output. -r --recursive Recusively 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
In order to display all the value for Patient Name (0010,0010) in the directory name gdcmData, simply do: $ gdcmscanner -t 10,10 -d gdcmData -p
Complex usage
Because gdcmscanner does not support progress, you have to wait until all files are traversed to see any results. This is quite cumbersome, on UNIX this can be worked around with the following trick: $ find gdcmData -type d -exec gdcmscanner -t 10,10 -d {} -p ';' So all directory are locally traversed (no child directory are recursively traversed), which means results comes out much faster.
SEE ALSO
gdcmdump(1), gdcmraw(1)
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (c) 2006-2011 Mathieu Malaterre