NAME

       dciodvfy - ACR/NEMA DICOM PS3 ... DICOM PS3 - Validate DICOM objects

SYNOPSIS

       dciodvfy [ -profile profilename ] [ -describe ] [ -dump ] [ -v|verbose ] [ -filename ]

DESCRIPTION

       dciodvfy  reads  the  named  dicom file and describes the type of information object (SOP class instance)
       contained therein, validating it against the standard and checking for required modules  and  attributes,
       and appropriate representation and values of attributes.

OPTIONS

       The description and verbose output go to standard error.

       Binary attributes are written in hexadecimal with a preceding "0x". Numeric string attributes are written
       in  decimal.  Attribute  values  are displayed in hexadecimal or string format as determined by the value
       representation.

       The basic input switches are described in dcintro(1). Options specific to this program are:

       -profile profilename
              Validate not against the standard but the IOD matching the named profile.

       -describe
              Describe the contents of the object without getting too verbose.

       -dump
              Dump the attribute list; differs from dcdump in that the list is decorated with whether or not the
              attribute is used in the IOD and what information entity the attribute belongs  to  based  on  the
              IOD.

       -verbose
              Display  byte  offset  from  file start and message start, in hexadecimal, and dump contents while
              reading and once read.

       -filename
              Show the name of the file supplied in the arguments; a hyphen will be reported if no filename  was
              supplied.

ENVIRONMENT

EXAMPLES

       % dciodvfy test.dc3
       Warning - Value dubious for this VR - (0x0008,0x0090) ...
                   Retired Person Name form
       MRImage
       Error - Missing attribute Type 1 Required ...
                 Element=<FileMetaInformationVersion> Module=...

       % dciodvfy -describe test.dc3
       Warning - Value dubious for this VR - (0x0008,0x0090) ...
                   Retired Person Name form
       MRImage
       Error - Missing attribute Type 1 Required ...
                 Element=<FileMetaInformationVersion> Module=...
               CompositeIOD <MRImage>
               Module <FileMetaInformation>
        ...
                       (0x0002,0x0010) UI Transfer Syntax UID ...
       ...
               Module <Patient>
                       (0x0010,0x0010) PN Patient's Name ...
       ...

FILES

SEE ALSO

       dcentvfy(1), dcdump(1), dcfile(1), dcintro(1)

AUTHOR

       Copyright (c) 1993-2015, David A. Clunie DBA PixelMed Publishing. All rights reserved.

BUGS

DICOM PS3                                         6 March 2014                                       DCIODVFY(1)