1gdcmpdf(1) GDCM gdcmpdf(1)
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6 gdcmpdf - Tool to convert PDF to PDF/DICOM.
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9 gdcmpdf [options] file-in file-out
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12 The gdcmpdf tool convert a PDF file (any PDF version) into an
13 encapsulated PDF/DICOM file. By default it will try to read the PDF
14 meta information stored in the PDF and convert this information to some
15 specific DICOM fields (see below). However it may fails (eg. wrong
16 password on encrypted PDF file) in which case empty value are used.
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19 file-in PDF input filename
20 file-out DICOM output filename
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24 general options
25 -h --help
26 print this help text and exit
27 -v --version
29 print version information and exit
30 -V --verbose
32 verbose mode (warning+error).
33 -W --warning
35 warning mode, print warning information
36 -E --error
38 error mode, print error information
39 -D --debug
41 debug mode, print debug information
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44 $ wget http://gdcm.sourceforge.net/gdcm.pdf
45 $ gdcmpdf gdcm.pdf gdcm.dcm
46 To re-extract the encapsulated pdf file:
48 $ gdcmraw -i gdcm.dcm -t 42,11 -o gdcm.dcm.pdf
50 $ diff gdcm.pdf gdcm.dcm.pdf
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53 Here is how the PDF info is mapped to DICOM information (typical
54 pdfinfo output):
55 Title: GDCM Reference Manual
57 Subject: Grassroots DICOM API reference
58 Keywords: GDCM,DICOM,JPEG,Lossless JPEG,JPEG-LS,J2K,JPEG 2000,RLE
59 Author: Mathieu Malaterre and co.
60 Creator: LaTeX with hyperref package
61 Producer: pdfeTeX-1.21a
62 CreationDate: Tue Apr 28 15:34:26 2009
63 Tagged: no
64 Pages: 1188
65 Encrypted: no
66 Page size: 612 x 792 pts (letter)
67 File size: 13756841 bytes
68 Optimized: yes
69 PDF version: 1.4
70 Converted to DICOM this leads to:
72 # Dicom-Data-Set
74 # Used TransferSyntax: Little Endian Explicit
75 (0008,0005) CS [ISO_IR 100] # 10, 1 SpecificCharacterSet
76 (0008,0012) DA [20090428] # 8, 1 InstanceCreationDate
77 (0008,0013) TM [182550.302631] # 14, 1 InstanceCreationTime
78 (0008,0016) UI =EncapsulatedPDFStorage # 30, 1 SOPClassUID
79 (0008,0018) UI [1.2.826.0.1.3680043.2.1143.776842935192792959289022034349197114] # 64, 1 SOPInstanceUID
80 (0008,0020) DA [20090428] # 8, 1 StudyDate
81 (0008,0023) DA [20090428] # 8, 1 ContentDate
82 (0008,002a) DT [20090428153437.000000] # 22, 1 AcquisitionDateTime
83 (0008,0030) TM [182550.302160] # 14, 1 StudyTime
84 (0008,0033) TM [153426.000000] # 14, 1 ContentTime
85 (0008,0050) SH (no value available) # 0, 0 AccessionNumber
86 (0008,0060) CS [OT] # 2, 1 Modality
87 (0008,0064) CS [WSD] # 4, 1 ConversionType
88 (0008,0070) LO [LaTeX with hyperref package] # 28, 1 Manufacturer
89 (0008,0090) PN (no value available) # 0, 0 ReferringPhysiciansName
90 (0010,0010) PN [Mathieu Malaterre and co.] # 26, 1 PatientsName
91 (0010,0020) LO (no value available) # 0, 0 PatientID
92 (0010,0030) DA (no value available) # 0, 0 PatientsBirthDate
93 (0010,0040) CS (no value available) # 0, 0 PatientsSex
94 (0018,1020) LO [pdfeTeX-1.21a] # 14, 1 SoftwareVersions
95 (0020,000d) UI [1.2.826.0.1.3680043.2.1143.1868121832223417351654232480755123133] # 64, 1 StudyInstanceUID
96 (0020,000e) UI [1.2.826.0.1.3680043.2.1143.1330099150825746617507846107663964311] # 64, 1 SeriesInstanceUID
97 (0020,0010) SH (no value available) # 0, 0 StudyID
98 (0020,0011) IS [1] # 2, 1 SeriesNumber
99 (0020,0013) IS [1] # 2, 1 InstanceNumber
100 (0028,0301) CS [YES] # 4, 1 BurnedInAnnotation
101 (0040,a043) SQ (Sequence with explicit length #=0) # 0, 1 ConceptNameCodeSequence
102 (fffe,e0dd) na (SequenceDelimitationItem for re-encod.) # 0, 0 SequenceDelimitationItem
103 (0042,0010) ST [GDCM Reference Manual] # 22, 1 DocumentTitle
104 (0042,0011) OB 25\50\44\46\2d\31\2e\34\0a\25\e7\f3\cf\d3\0a\33\32\30\37\37\20\30... # 13756842, 1 EncapsulatedDocument
105 (0042,0012) LO [application/pdf] # 16, 1 MIMETypeOfEncapsulatedDocument
106 $ stat gdcm.pdf
108 File: `gdcm.pdf'
109 Size: 13756841 Blocks: 26912 IO Block: 4096 regular file
110 Device: fe01h/65025d Inode: 2675750 Links: 1
111 Access: (0644/-rw-r--r--) Uid: ( 1002/mmalaterre) Gid: ( 1002/mmalaterre)
112 Access: 2009-04-28 16:05:00.000000000 +0200
113 Modify: 2009-04-28 15:34:37.000000000 +0200
114 Change: 2009-04-28 16:05:00.000000000 +0200
115 Explanation for the different Date/Time mappings:
117 · Study Date/Time, Instance Creation Date/Time are both equal to the
119 current time gdcmpdf tool was run,
120 · Acquisition Date Time is set to the Modify Time of the actual pdf
121 file,
122 · Content Date/Time are set from the actual PDF header info:
123 CreationDate.
125 gdcmconv(1), gdcmraw(1), pdfinfo(1)
127 Copyright (c) 2006-2010 Mathieu Malaterre
128Version 2.0.16 Tue Jul 26 2011 gdcmpdf(1)