NAME¶
dsr2xml - Convert DICOM SR file and data set to XML
SYNOPSIS¶
dsr2xml [options] dsrfile-in [xmlfile-out]
DESCRIPTION¶
The
dsr2xml utility converts the contents of a DICOM Structured Reporting
(SR) document (file format or raw data set) to XML (Extensible Markup
Language). The XML Schema
dsr2xml.xsd does not yet follow any standard
format. However, the
dsr2xml application might be enhanced in this
aspect in the future (e.g. by supporting HL7/CDA - Clinical Document
Architecture).
If
dsr2xml reads a raw data set (DICOM data without a file format
meta-header) it will attempt to guess the transfer syntax by examining the
first few bytes of the file. It is not always possible to correctly guess the
transfer syntax and it is better to convert a data set to a file format
whenever possible (using the
dcmconv utility). It is also possible to
use the
-f and
-t[ieb] options to force
dsr2xml to read a
dataset with a particular transfer syntax.
PARAMETERS¶
dsrfile-in DICOM SR input filename to be converted
xmlfile-out XML output filename (default: stdout)
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
processing options¶
character set:
+Cr --charset-require
require declaration of extended charset (default)
+Ca --charset-assume [c]harset: string constant
(latin-1 to -5, greek, cyrillic, arabic, hebrew)
assume charset c if no extended charset found
+Cc --charset-check-all
check all data elements with string values
(default: only PN, LO, LT, SH, ST and UT)
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
output options¶
encoding:
+Ea --attr-all
encode everything as XML attribute
(shortcut for +Ec, +Er, +Ev and +Et)
+Ec --attr-code
encode code value, coding scheme designator
and coding scheme version as XML attribute
+Er --attr-relationship
encode relationship type as XML attribute
+Ev --attr-value-type
encode value type as XML attribute
+Et --attr-template-id
encode template id as XML attribute
+Ee --template-envelope
template element encloses content items
(requires +Wt, implies +Et)
XML structure:
+Xs --add-schema-reference
add reference to XML Schema "dsr2xml.xsd"
(not with +Ea, +Ec, +Er, +Ev, +Et, +Ee, +We)
+Xn --use-xml-namespace
add XML namespace declaration to root element
writing:
+We --write-empty-tags
write all tags even if their value is empty
+Wi --write-item-id
always write item identifier
+Wt --write-template-id
write template identification information
NOTES¶
The
dsr2xml utility supports the following SOP Classes:
SpectaclePrescriptionReportStorage 1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.78.6
MacularGridThicknessAndVolumeReportStorage 1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.79.1
BasicTextSRStorage 1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.88.11
EnhancedSRStorage 1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.88.22
ComprehensiveSRStorage 1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.88.33
ProcedureLogStorage 1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.88.40
MammographyCADSRStorage 1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.88.50
KeyObjectSelectionDocumentStorage 1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.88.59
ChestCADSRStorage 1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.88.65
XRayRadiationDoseSRStorage 1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.88.67
ColonCADSRStorage 1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.88.69
ImplantationPlanSRDocumentStorage 1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.88.70
Please note that currently only mandatory and some optional attributes are
supported.
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
dsr2xml 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>/dsr2xml.xsd - XML Schema file
SEE ALSO¶
xml2dsr(1),
dcmconv(1)
COPYRIGHT¶
Copyright (C) 2000-2010 by OFFIS e.V., Escherweg 2, 26121 Oldenburg,
Germany.