NAME

       andump - ACR/NEMA DICOM PS3 ... Describe ACR-NEMA file content

SYNOPSIS

       andump  [  -ancreate  ]  [ -extractCSA ] [ -showoffset|-showoffset-hex |-showoffset-octal|-showoffset-oct
                 |-showoffset-decimal|-showoffset-dec ] [ -filename ]

DESCRIPTION

       andump reads the named acr-nema input file and describes the information contained, without attempting to
       interpret the structure of the message (cf. dcdump).

       The group and element number, dictionary and explicit value representation,  description  of  tag,  value
       length and value of the element are displayed, optionally with an offset byte count from the start of the
       file.

OPTIONS

       The attribute values, description and verbose output go to standard error.

       Binary attributes are written in hexadecimal with a preceding "0x". Numeric string attributes are written
       in  decimal.  Attribute  values  are displayed in hexadecimal or string format as determined by the value
       representation.

       The basic input switches are described in dcintro(1). Options specific to this program are:

       -ancreate
              Display item, end item and end sequence delimiter tags in a form suitable to feed into ancreate.

       -extractCSA
              Extract the DICOM-like attributes buried within the Siemens private CSA header OB value.

       -showoffset|-showoffset-hex
              Display byte offset from file start in hexadecimal.

       -showoffset-octal|-showoffset-oct
              Display byte offset from file start in octal.

       -showoffset-decimal|-showoffset-dec
              Display byte offset from file start in decimal.

       -filename
              Show the name of the file supplied in the arguments; a hyphen will be reported if no filename  was
              supplied.

ENVIRONMENT

EXAMPLES

       % andump NM.dc3
       (0x0008,0x0000) UL Group Length  VR=<UL> VL=<0x0004> [0x08]
       (0x0008,0x0008) CS Image Type    VR=<CS> VL=<0x0024> <...>
       ...
       (0x0054,0x0013) SQ ... Sequence  VR=<SQ> VL=<0xffffffff> []
       (0xfffe,0xe000) NONE Item        VR=<> VL=<0xffffffff> []
       (0x0054,0x0014) DS Energy Win LL VR=<DS> VL=<0x0006> <1.0 >
       (0x0054,0x0015) DS Energy Win UL VR=<DS> VL=<0x0006> <9.0 >
       (0xfffe,0xe00d) NONE Item Del .. VR=<> VL=<0x0000> []
       (0xfffe,0xe0dd) NONE Seq Del ..  VR=<> VL=<0x0000> []
       ...

       % andump -ancreate NM.dc3
       (0x0008,0x0000) UL Group Length  VR=<UL> VL=<0x0004> [0x08]
       (0x0008,0x0008) CS Image Type    VR=<CS> VL=<0x0024> <...>
       ...
       (0x0054,0x0013) SQ ... Sequence  VR=<SQ> VL=<0xffffffff> []
       %item
       (0x0054,0x0014) DS Energy Win LL VR=<DS> VL=<0x0006> <1.0 >
       (0x0054,0x0015) DS Energy Win UL VR=<DS> VL=<0x0006> <9.0 >
       %enditem
       %endseq
       ...

FILES

SEE ALSO

       ancreate(1), dcdump(1), dcintro(1)

AUTHOR

       Copyright (c) 1993-2022, David A. Clunie DBA PixelMed Publishing. All rights reserved.

BUGS

DICOM PS3                                         6 March 2014                                         ANDUMP(1)