.TH "pdf2dcm" 1 "6 Jan 2011" "Version 3.6.0" "OFFIS DCMTK" \" -*- nroff -*- .nh .SH NAME pdf2dcm \- Convert PDF file to DICOM .SH "SYNOPSIS" .PP .PP .nf pdf2dcm [options] pdffile-in dcmfile-out .fi .PP .SH "DESCRIPTION" .PP The \fBpdf2dcm\fP utility reads a PDF file (\fIpdffile-in\fP), converts it to a DICOM Encapsulated PDF Storage SOP instance and stores the converted data to an output file (\fIdcmfile-out\fP). .SH "PARAMETERS" .PP .PP .nf pdffile-in PDF input filename to be converted dcmfile-out DICOM output filename .fi .PP .SH "OPTIONS" .PP .SS "general options" .PP .nf -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 .fi .PP .SS "DICOM document options" .PP .nf burned-in annotation: +an --annotation-yes PDF contains patient identifying data (default) -an --annotation-no PDF does not contain patient identifying data document title: +t --title [t]itle: string (default: empty) document title +cn --concept-name [CSD] [CV] [CM]: string (default: empty) document title as concept name code sequence with coding scheme designator CSD, code value CV and code meaning CM patient data: +pn --patient-name [n]ame: string patient's name in DICOM PN syntax +pi --patient-id [i]d: string patient identifier +pb --patient-birthdate [d]ate: string (YYYYMMDD) patient's birth date +ps --patient-sex [s]ex: string (M, F or O) patient's sex study and series: +sg --generate generate new study and series UIDs (default) +st --study-from [f]ilename: string read patient/study data from DICOM file +se --series-from [f]ilename: string read patient/study/series data from DICOM file instance number: +i1 --instance-one use instance number 1 (default, not with +se) +ii --instance-inc increment instance number (only with +se) +is --instance-set [i]nstance number: integer use instance number i .fi .PP .SH "LOGGING" .PP 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 \fI--verbose\fP also informational messages like processing details are reported. Option \fI--debug\fP can be used to get more details on the internal activity, e.g. for debugging purposes. Other logging levels can be selected using option \fI--log-level\fP. In \fI--quiet\fP 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'. .PP In case the logging output should be written to file (optionally with logfile rotation), to syslog (Unix) or the event log (Windows) option \fI--log-config\fP 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 \fI/logger.cfg\fP). .SH "COMMAND LINE" .PP 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. .PP 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. .PP In addition, one or more command files can be specified using an '@' sign as a prefix to the filename (e.g. \fI@command.txt\fP). 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 \fI/dumppat.txt\fP). .SH "ENVIRONMENT" .PP The \fBpdf2dcm\fP utility will attempt to load DICOM data dictionaries specified in the \fIDCMDICTPATH\fP environment variable. By default, i.e. if the \fIDCMDICTPATH\fP environment variable is not set, the file \fI/dicom.dic\fP will be loaded unless the dictionary is built into the application (default for Windows). .PP The default behaviour should be preferred and the \fIDCMDICTPATH\fP environment variable only used when alternative data dictionaries are required. The \fIDCMDICTPATH\fP environment variable has the same format as the Unix shell \fIPATH\fP 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 \fIDCMDICTPATH\fP environment variable. It is an error if no data dictionary can be loaded. .SH "SEE ALSO" .PP \fBdcm2pdf\fP(1) .SH "COPYRIGHT" .PP Copyright (C) 2005-2010 by OFFIS e.V., Escherweg 2, 26121 Oldenburg, Germany.