Command line tools

dcm-dump

The dcm-dump command line tool reads the metadata of a DICOM Data Set stored in a DICOM Part10 file and prints the metadata to standard output:

dcm-dump /path/to/file.dcm | grep -e Modality -e ImageType

Refer to the man page of the tool for further instructions:

man dcm-dump

dcm-getframe

The dcm-getframe command line tool will read numbered frames from a DICOM file and print then to stdout. Use the -o flag to write to a file instead. Frames are numbered from 1 in the order they appear in the PixelData sequence.

dcm-getframe /path/to/file.dcm 12 > x.jpg

Refer to the man page of the tool for further instructions:

man dcm-getframe