dcmmkdir [options] [dcmfile-in...]
Currently the following profiles are supported (others might be added later):
dcmfile-in referenced DICOM file
-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
DICOMDIR identifiers: +D --output-file [f]ilename: string generate specific DICOMDIR file (default: DICOMDIR in current directory) +F --fileset-id [i]d: string (default: DCMTK_MEDIA_DEMO) use specific file set ID +R --descriptor [f]ilename: string add a file set descriptor file ID (e.g. README, default: no descriptor) +C --char-set [c]harset: string add a specific character set for descriptor (default: "ISO_IR 100" if descriptor present) reading: +id --input-directory [d]irectory: string read referenced DICOM files from directory d (default for --recurse: current directory) -m --keep-filenames expect filenames to be in DICOM format (default) +m --map-filenames map to DICOM filenames (lowercase->uppercase, and remove trailing period) -r --no-recurse do not recurse within directories (default) +r --recurse recurse within filesystem directories +p --pattern [p]attern: string (only with --recurse) pattern for filename matching (wildcards) # possibly not available on all systems
consistency check: -W --no-consistency-check do not check files for consistency +W --warn-inconsist-files warn about inconsistent files (default) -a --abort-inconsist-file abort on first inconsistent file type 1 attributes: -I --strict exit with error if DICOMDIR type 1 attributes are missing in DICOM file (default) +I --invent invent DICOMDIR type 1 attributes if missing in DICOM file +Ipi --invent-patient-id invent new PatientID in case of inconsistent PatientName attributes other checks: +Nrs --allow-retired-sop allow retired SOP classes defined in previous editions of the DICOM standard -Nxc --no-xfer-check do not reject images with non-standard transfer syntax (just warn) -Nec --no-encoding-check do not reject images with non-standard pixel encoding (just warn) -Nrc --no-resolution-check do not reject images with non-standard spatial resolution (just warn) icon images: +X --add-icon-image add monochrome icon image on IMAGE level (default for cardiac profiles) -Xs --icon-image-size [s]ize: integer (1..128) width and height of the icon image (in pixel) (fixed: 128 for XA, 64 for CT/MR profile) -Xi --icon-file-prefix [p]refix: string use PGM image 'prefix'+'dcmfile-in' as icon (default: create icon from DICOM image) -Xd --default-icon [f]ilename: string use specified PGM image if icon cannot be created automatically (default: black image)
profiles: -Pgp --general-purpose General Purpose Interchange on CD-R or DVD-RAM Media (STD-GEN-CD/DVD-RAM, default) -Pdv --general-purpose-dvd General Purpose DVD with Compression Interchange (STD-GEN-DVD-JPEG/J2K) -Pmi --general-purpose-mime General Purpose MIME Interchange (STD-GEN-MIME) -Pfl --usb-and-flash General Purpose USB/Flash Memory with Compression Interchange (STD-GEN-USB/MMC/CF/SD-JPEG/J2K) -Pmp --mpeg2-mpml-dvd DVD Interchange with MPEG2 Main Profile @ Main Level (STD-DVD-MPEG2-MPML) -Pbc --basic-cardiac Basic Cardiac X-Ray Angiographic Studies on CD-R Media (STD-XABC-CD) -Pxa --xray-angiographic 1024 X-Ray Angiographic Studies on CD-R Media (STD-XA1K-CD) -Pxd --xray-angiographic-dvd 1024 X-Ray Angiographic Studies on DVD Media (STD-XA1K-DVD) -Pde --dental-radiograph Dental Radiograph Interchange (STD-DEN-CD) -Pcm --ct-and-mr CT/MR Studies (STD-CTMR-xxxx) -Pus --ultrasound-id-sf Ultrasound Single Frame for Image Display (STD-US-ID-SF-xxxx) --ultrasound-sc-sf Ultrasound Single Frame with Spatial Calibration (STD-US-SC-SF-xxxx) --ultrasound-cc-sf Ultrasound Single Frame with Combined Calibration (STD-US-CC-SF-xxxx) -Pum --ultrasound-id-mf Ultrasound Single & Multi-Frame for Image Display (STD-US-ID-MF-xxxx) --ultrasound-sc-mf Ultrasound Single & Multi-Frame with Spatial Calibration (STD-UD-SC-MF-xxxx) --ultrasound-cc-mf Ultrasound Single & Multi-Frame with Combined Calibration (STD-UD-CC-MF-xxxx) -Pec --12-lead-ecg 12-lead ECG Interchange on Diskette (STD-WVFM-ECG-FD) -Phd --hemodynamic-waveform Hemodynamic Waveform Interchange on Diskette (STD-WVFM-HD-FD) writing: -A --replace replace existing DICOMDIR (default) +A --append append to existing DICOMDIR +U --update update existing DICOMDIR -w --discard do not write out DICOMDIR -nb --no-backup do not create a backup of existing DICOMDIR post-1993 value representations: +u --enable-new-vr enable support for new VRs (UN/UT) (default) -u --disable-new-vr disable support for new VRs, convert to OB group length encoding: -g --group-length-remove write without group length elements (default) +g --group-length-create write with group length elements length encoding in sequences and items: +e --length-explicit write with explicit lengths (default) -e --length-undefined write with undefined lengths
A DICOMDIR file will only be constructed if all files have passed initial tests.
The dcmmkdir utility also allows to append new entries to and to update existing entries in a DICOMDIR file. Using option +A new entries are only appended to the DICOMDIR, i.e. existing records like the ones for PATIENT information are not updated. Using option +U also existing records are updated according to the information found in the referenced DICOM files. Please note that this update process might be slower than just appending new entries. However, it makes sure that additional information that is required for the selected application profile is also added to existing records.
The support for icon images is currently restricted to monochrome images. This might change in the future. Till then, color images are automatically converted to grayscale mode. The icon size is 128*128 pixels for the cardiac profiles (as required by the DICOM standard) and 64*64 for all others.
In case the logging output should be written to file (optionally with logfile rotation), to syslog (Unix) or the event log (Windows) option --log-config 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 <etcdir>/logger.cfg).
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.
In addition, one or more command files can be specified using an '@' sign as a prefix to the filename (e.g. @command.txt). 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 <datadir>/dumppat.txt).
The default behaviour should be preferred and the DCMDICTPATH environment variable only used when alternative data dictionaries are required. The DCMDICTPATH environment variable has the same format as the Unix shell PATH 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 DCMDICTPATH environment variable. It is an error if no data dictionary can be loaded.