.TH "gdcmviewer" 1 "Mon Sep 5 2016" "Version 2.4.4" "GDCM" \" -*- nroff -*-
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.SH NAME
gdcmviewer \- Simple DICOM viewer\&. 

.SH "SYNOPSIS"
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gdcmviewer [options] file-in
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.SH "DESCRIPTION"
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The \fBgdcmviewer\fP is a simple tool that show how to use \fBvtkGDCMImageReader\fP\&. The class that use gdcm to make a layer to VTK\&. \fBgdcmviewer\fP is basically only just a wrapper around VTK/GDCM\&.
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This tool is meant for testing integration of GDCM in VTK\&. You should see it as a demo tool\&. It does compile with VTK ranging from 4\&.2 to 5\&.10, but only with VTK 5\&.2 (or above) can play with the widgets (as described below)\&.
.SH "PARAMETERS"
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file-in   DICOM input filename
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.SH "OPTIONS"
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.SS "OPTIONS"
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     --force-rescale    force rescale (advanced users)
     --force-spacing    force spacing (advanced users)
  -r --recursive        Recusively descend directory
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.SS "general options"
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  -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
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.SH "Typical usage"
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.SH "Simple usage"
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For now gdcmviewer should be started from a command line prompt\&. The next argument should be the name of the DICOM file you wish to read\&. For instance:
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$ gdcmviewer -V 012345.002.050.dcm
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gdcmviewer will try to read your file, and then print the vtk information associated with this file\&. Basically what kind of image you are looking at\&.
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.IP "\(bu" 2
ScalarType is the DICOM Real World Value type 
.IP "\(bu" 2
Dimensions is the dimension of the image 
.IP "\(bu" 2
Spacing is the spacing of the image 
.IP "\(bu" 2
NumberOfScalarComponents should be 1 for grayscale & PALETTE COLOR and 3 for RGB, YBR data\&.
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.SH "Wiki Link"
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The wiki page, with color pictures can be found at: http://gdcm.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Gdcmviewer
.SH "SEE ALSO"
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\fBgdcmdump\fP(1), \fBgdcm2vtk\fP(1)
.SH "COPYRIGHT"
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Copyright (c) 2006-2011 Mathieu Malaterre