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6 dcmmkcrv - Add 2D curve data to image
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10 dcmmkcrv [options] dcmfile-in curvedata-in dcmfile-out
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13 The dcmmkcrv utility allows one to create DICOM images containing curve
14 data. Since curve data is hardly used by vendors today, this is
15 intended as a means to test implementations that can read curve data.
16 The utility reads an existing DICOM image and a text file containing
17 the curve data in textual form. A DICOM curve data repeating group is
18 created according to the options specified on the command line, added
19 to the existing image and written back to file. The output file is
20 encoded with the same transfer syntax used for the input file. This
21 utility only supports the creation of two-dimensional curves.
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24 dcmfile-in DICOM input image file
25 curvedata-in curve data input file (text)
27 dcmfile-out DICOM output filename
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31 general options
32 -h --help
33 print this help text and exit
34 --version
36 print version information and exit
37 --arguments
39 print expanded command line arguments
40 -q --quiet
42 quiet mode, print no warnings and errors
43 -v --verbose
45 verbose mode, print processing details
46 -d --debug
48 debug mode, print debug information
49 -ll --log-level [l]evel: string constant
51 (fatal, error, warn, info, debug, trace)
52 use level l for the logger
53 -lc --log-config [f]ilename: string
55 use config file f for the logger
56 curve creation options
58 curve type:
59 -r --poly
61 create as POLY curve (default)
62 +r --roi
64 create as ROI curve
65 curve value representation:
67 +v --data-vr [n]umber: integer 0..4 (default: 4)
69 select curve data VR: 0=US, 1=SS, 2=FL, 3=FD, 4=SL
70 -c --curve-vr [n]umber: integer 0..2 (default: 0)
72 select VR with which the Curve Data element is written
73 0=VR according to --data-vr, 1=OB, 2=OW
74 repeating group:
76 -g --group [n]umber: integer 0..15 (default: 0)
78 select repeating group: 0=0x5000, 1=0x5002 etc.
79 curve description:
81 -l --label s: string
83 set Curve Label to s (default: absent)
84 +d --description s: string
86 set Curve Description to s (default: absent)
87 -a --axis x: string, y: string
89 set Axis Units to xy (default: absent)
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92 Syntax of the Curve Data File
93 The curve data file is expected to be a plain ASCII text file
94 containing numbers (integer or floating point) comprising the values of
95 the point coordinates. Numbers must be separated by whitespace. No
96 checking of the value range or value range conversion is performed.
97 Example:
98 256.451947 1.000000
100 477.689863 128.822080
101 128.822080 477.689863
102 35.310137 128.822080
103 256.451947 1.000000
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106 The level of logging output of the various command line tools and
107 underlying libraries can be specified by the user. By default, only
108 errors and warnings are written to the standard error stream. Using
109 option --verbose also informational messages like processing details
110 are reported. Option --debug can be used to get more details on the
111 internal activity, e.g. for debugging purposes. Other logging levels
112 can be selected using option --log-level. In --quiet mode only fatal
113 errors are reported. In such very severe error events, the application
114 will usually terminate. For more details on the different logging
115 levels, see documentation of module 'oflog'.
116 In case the logging output should be written to file (optionally with
118 logfile rotation), to syslog (Unix) or the event log (Windows) option
119 --log-config can be used. This configuration file also allows for
120 directing only certain messages to a particular output stream and for
121 filtering certain messages based on the module or application where
122 they are generated. An example configuration file is provided in
123 <etcdir>/logger.cfg.
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126 All command line tools use the following notation for parameters:
127 square brackets enclose optional values (0-1), three trailing dots
128 indicate that multiple values are allowed (1-n), a combination of both
129 means 0 to n values.
130 Command line options are distinguished from parameters by a leading '+'
132 or '-' sign, respectively. Usually, order and position of command line
133 options are arbitrary (i.e. they can appear anywhere). However, if
134 options are mutually exclusive the rightmost appearance is used. This
135 behavior conforms to the standard evaluation rules of common Unix
136 shells.
137 In addition, one or more command files can be specified using an '@'
139 sign as a prefix to the filename (e.g. @command.txt). Such a command
140 argument is replaced by the content of the corresponding text file
141 (multiple whitespaces are treated as a single separator unless they
142 appear between two quotation marks) prior to any further evaluation.
143 Please note that a command file cannot contain another command file.
144 This simple but effective approach allows one to summarize common
145 combinations of options/parameters and avoids longish and confusing
146 command lines (an example is provided in file <datadir>/dumppat.txt).
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149 The dcmmkcrv utility will attempt to load DICOM data dictionaries
150 specified in the DCMDICTPATH environment variable. By default, i.e. if
151 the DCMDICTPATH environment variable is not set, the file
152 <datadir>/dicom.dic will be loaded unless the dictionary is built into
153 the application (default for Windows).
154 The default behavior should be preferred and the DCMDICTPATH
156 environment variable only used when alternative data dictionaries are
157 required. The DCMDICTPATH environment variable has the same format as
158 the Unix shell PATH variable in that a colon (':') separates entries.
159 On Windows systems, a semicolon (';') is used as a separator. The data
160 dictionary code will attempt to load each file specified in the
161 DCMDICTPATH environment variable. It is an error if no data dictionary
162 can be loaded.
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