GDCMTAR(1)

NAME
gdcmtar - Concatenate/Extract DICOM files.

SYNOPSIS

    gdcmtar [options] file-in file-out

DESCRIPTION

The gdcmtar is a command line tool used to tar/untar multi-frames images (including SIEMENS MOSAIC file)

PARAMETERS

    file-in   DICOM input filename
    file-out  DICOM output filename

OPTIONS

  specific options

         --enhance        Enhance (default)
      -U --unenhance      Unenhance
      -M --mosaic         Split SIEMENS Mosaic image into multiple frames.
         --mosaic-private When splitting SIEMENS Mosaic image into multiple frames, preserve private attributes (advanced user only).
      -p --pattern        Specify trailing file pattern.
         --root-uid       Root UID.

  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

  environment variable

      GDCM_ROOT_UID Root UID

TYPICAL USAGE

  SIEMENS Mosaic

This option will turn a 2D frame containing sub-frame of a SIEMENS MOSAIC into a set of MR Image Storage (legacy).

    $ gdcminfo MR-sonata-3D-as-Tile.dcm

    MediaStorage is 1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.4 [MR Image Storage]
    TransferSyntax is 1.2.840.10008.1.2.1 [Explicit VR Little Endian]
    NumberOfDimensions: 2
    Dimensions: (384,384,1)
    ...

    $ gdcmtar --mosaic -i MR-sonata-3D-as-Tile.dcm -o mosaic --pattern %03d.dcm

Will output:

    -rw-r--r--   1 mathieu mathieu 72882 2009-08-10 11:14 mosaic000.dcm
    -rw-r--r--   1 mathieu mathieu 72886 2009-08-10 11:14 mosaic001.dcm
    -rw-r--r--   1 mathieu mathieu 72886 2009-08-10 11:14 mosaic002.dcm
    -rw-r--r--   1 mathieu mathieu 72886 2009-08-10 11:14 mosaic003.dcm
    -rw-r--r--   1 mathieu mathieu 72886 2009-08-10 11:14 mosaic004.dcm
    -rw-r--r--   1 mathieu mathieu 72886 2009-08-10 11:14 mosaic005.dcm
    -rw-r--r--   1 mathieu mathieu 72884 2009-08-10 11:14 mosaic006.dcm
    -rw-r--r--   1 mathieu mathieu 72882 2009-08-10 11:14 mosaic007.dcm
    -rw-r--r--   1 mathieu mathieu 72884 2009-08-10 11:14 mosaic008.dcm
    -rw-r--r--   1 mathieu mathieu 72884 2009-08-10 11:14 mosaic009.dcm
    -rw-r--r--   1 mathieu mathieu 72884 2009-08-10 11:14 mosaic010.dcm
    -rw-r--r--   1 mathieu mathieu 72884 2009-08-10 11:14 mosaic011.dcm
    -rw-r--r--   1 mathieu mathieu 72884 2009-08-10 11:14 mosaic012.dcm
    -rw-r--r--   1 mathieu mathieu 72884 2009-08-10 11:14 mosaic013.dcm
    -rw-r--r--   1 mathieu mathieu 72882 2009-08-10 11:14 mosaic014.dcm
    -rw-r--r--   1 mathieu mathieu 72884 2009-08-10 11:14 mosaic015.dcm
    -rw-r--r--   1 mathieu mathieu 72882 2009-08-10 11:14 mosaic016.dcm
    -rw-r--r--   1 mathieu mathieu 72884 2009-08-10 11:14 mosaic017.dcm
    -rw-r--r--   1 mathieu mathieu 72884 2009-08-10 11:14 mosaic018.dcm
    -rw-r--r--   1 mathieu mathieu 72884 2009-08-10 11:14 mosaic019.dcm
    -rw-r--r--   1 mathieu mathieu 72884 2009-08-10 11:14 mosaic020.dcm
    -rw-r--r--   1 mathieu mathieu 72884 2009-08-10 11:14 mosaic021.dcm
    -rw-r--r--   1 mathieu mathieu 72884 2009-08-10 11:14 mosaic022.dcm
    -rw-r--r--   1 mathieu mathieu 72884 2009-08-10 11:14 mosaic023.dcm
    -rw-r--r--   1 mathieu mathieu 72884 2009-08-10 11:14 mosaic024.dcm
    -rw-r--r--   1 mathieu mathieu 72884 2009-08-10 11:14 mosaic025.dcm
    -rw-r--r--   1 mathieu mathieu 72884 2009-08-10 11:14 mosaic026.dcm
    -rw-r--r--   1 mathieu mathieu 72884 2009-08-10 11:14 mosaic027.dcm
    -rw-r--r--   1 mathieu mathieu 72884 2009-08-10 11:14 mosaic028.dcm
    -rw-r--r--   1 mathieu mathieu 72884 2009-08-10 11:14 mosaic029.dcm
    -rw-r--r--   1 mathieu mathieu 72882 2009-08-10 11:14 mosaic030.dcm

    $ gdcminfo mosaic000.dcm

    MediaStorage is 1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.4 [MR Image Storage]
    TransferSyntax is 1.2.840.10008.1.2.1 [Explicit VR Little Endian]
    NumberOfDimensions: 2
    Dimensions: (64,64,1)
    ...

By default all private attributes are removed since they may not match the newly generated SOP Instance. One way to preserve the private attributes is to use the --mosaic-private command line option

    $ gdcmtar --mosaic --mosaic-private -i MR-sonata-3D-as-Tile.dcm -o mosaic --pattern %03d.dcm

SEE ALSO

gdcmdump(1), gdcmraw(1), gdcminfo(1)

AUTHOR

Mathieu Malaterre
    Main developer

COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2006, 2011 Mathieu Malaterre