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dicomdisp

Display DICOM file structure

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Syntax

dicomdisp(filename)
dicomdisp(filename,Name=Value)

Description

dicomdisp(filename) reads the metadata from the compliant DICOM file filename and displays the metadata at the command prompt. dicomdisp can be helpful when debugging issues with DICOM files.

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dicomdisp(filename,Name=Value) reads the metadata using name-value arguments to control aspects of the operation.

Examples

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Open Live Script

Display the metadata in a DICOM file.

dicomdisp("CT-MONO2-16-ankle.dcm")
File: B:\matlab\toolbox\images\imdata\CT-MONO2-16-ankle.dcm (525436 bytes)
Read on an IEEE little-endian machine.
File begins with group 0002 metadata at byte 132.
Transfer syntax: 1.2.840.10008.1.2 (Implicit VR Little Endian).
DICOM Information object: 1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.7 (Secondary Capture Image Storage).
 
Location Level     Tag     VR       Size         Name                             Data                                               
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0000132    0   (0002,0000) UL          4 bytes - FileMetaInformationGroupLength   *Binary* 
0000144    0   (0002,0001) OB          2 bytes - FileMetaInformationVersion       *Binary* 
0000158    0   (0002,0002) UI         26 bytes - MediaStorageSOPClassUID          [1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.7 ] 
0000192    0   (0002,0003) UI         50 bytes - MediaStorageSOPInstanceUID       [1.2.840.113619.2.1.2411.1031152382.365.1.736169244] 
0000250    0   (0002,0010) UI         18 bytes - TransferSyntaxUID                [1.2.840.10008.1.2 ] 
0000276    0   (0002,0012) UI         18 bytes - ImplementationClassUID           [1.2.840.113619.6.5] 
0000302    0   (0002,0013) SH          6 bytes - ImplementationVersionName        [1_2_5 ] 
0000316    0   (0002,0016) AE         12 bytes - SourceApplicationEntityTitle     [CTN_STORAGE ] 
0000336    0   (0008,0000) UL          4 bytes - IdentifyingGroupLength           *Binary* 
0000348    0   (0008,0008) CS         20 bytes - ImageType                        [DERIVED\SECONDARY\3D] 
0000376    0   (0008,0016) UI         26 bytes - SOPClassUID                      [1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.7 ] 
0000410    0   (0008,0018) UI         50 bytes - SOPInstanceUID                   [1.2.840.113619.2.1.2411.1031152382.365.1.736169244] 
0000468    0   (0008,0020) DA         10 bytes - StudyDate                        [1993.04.30] 
0000486    0   (0008,0021) DA         10 bytes - SeriesDate                       [1993.04.30] 
0000504    0   (0008,0023) DA         10 bytes - ContentDate                      [1993.04.30] 
0000522    0   (0008,0030) TM          8 bytes - StudyTime                        [11:27:24] 
0000538    0   (0008,0031) TM          8 bytes - SeriesTime                       [11:27:24] 
0000554    0   (0008,0033) TM          8 bytes - ContentTime                      [11:27:24] 
0000570    0   (0008,0060) CS          2 bytes - Modality                         [CT] 
0000580    0   (0008,0064) CS          4 bytes - ConversionType                   [WSD ] 
0000592    0   (0008,0070) LO         18 bytes - Manufacturer                     [GE MEDICAL SYSTEMS] 
0000618    0   (0008,0080) LO         18 bytes - InstitutionName                  [JFK IMAGING CENTER] 
0000644    0   (0008,0090) PN         10 bytes - ReferringPhysicianName           [Anonymized] 
0000662    0   (0008,1010) SH          8 bytes - StationName                      [CT01OC0 ] 
0000678    0   (0008,1030) LO          8 bytes - StudyDescription                 [RT ANKLE] 
0000694    0   (0008,1060) PN         10 bytes - NameOfPhysiciansReadingStudy     [Anonymized] 
0000712    0   (0008,1070) PN         10 bytes - OperatorsName                    [Anonymized] 
0000730    0   (0008,1090) LO         12 bytes - ManufacturerModelName            [GENESIS_ZEUS] 
0000750    0   (0010,0000) UL          4 bytes - PatientGroupLength               *Binary* 
0000762    0   (0010,0010) PN         10 bytes - PatientName                      [Anonymized] 
0000780    0   (0018,0000) UL          4 bytes - AcquisitionGroupLength           *Binary* 
0000792    0   (0018,1020) LO          2 bytes - SoftwareVersions                 [03] 
0000802    0   (0020,0000) UL          4 bytes - RelationshipGroupLength          *Binary* 
0000814    0   (0020,000D) UI         48 bytes - StudyInstanceUID                 [1.2.840.113619.2.1.1.322987881.621.736170080.681] 
0000870    0   (0020,000E) UI         48 bytes - SeriesInstanceUID                [1.2.840.113619.2.1.2411.1031152382.365.736169244] 
0000926    0   (0020,0011) IS          4 bytes - SeriesNumber                     [365 ] 
0000938    0   (0020,0013) IS          2 bytes - InstanceNumber                   [1 ] 
0000948    0   (0028,0000) UL          4 bytes - ImagePresentationGroupLength     *Binary* 
0000960    0   (0028,0002) US          2 bytes - SamplesPerPixel                  *Binary* 
0000970    0   (0028,0004) CS         12 bytes - PhotometricInterpretation        [MONOCHROME2 ] 
0000990    0   (0028,0010) US          2 bytes - Rows                             *Binary* 
0001000    0   (0028,0011) US          2 bytes - Columns                          *Binary* 
0001010    0   (0028,0100) US          2 bytes - BitsAllocated                    *Binary* 
0001020    0   (0028,0101) US          2 bytes - BitsStored                       *Binary* 
0001030    0   (0028,0102) US          2 bytes - HighBit                          *Binary* 
0001040    0   (0028,0103) US          2 bytes - PixelRepresentation              *Binary* 
0001050    0   (0028,0106) US          2 bytes - SmallestImagePixelValue          *Binary* 
0001060    0   (0028,0120) US          2 bytes - PixelPaddingValue                *Binary* 
0001070    0   (0028,1050) DS          4 bytes - WindowCenter                     [1024] 
0001082    0   (0028,1051) DS          4 bytes - WindowWidth                      [4095] 
0001094    0   (0028,1052) DS          6 bytes - RescaleIntercept                 [-1024 ] 
0001108    0   (0028,1053) DS          2 bytes - RescaleSlope                     [1 ] 
0001118    0   (0028,1054) LO          2 bytes - RescaleType                      [US] 
0001128    0   (7FE0,0000) UL          4 bytes - PixelDataGroupLength             *Binary* 
0001140    0   (7FE0,0010) OB     524288 bytes - PixelData                        []

Input Arguments

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Name of DICOM file, specified as a string scalar or character vector.

Data Types: char | string

Name-Value Arguments

Specify optional pairs of arguments as Name1=Value1,...,NameN=ValueN, where Name is the argument name and Value is the corresponding value. Name-value arguments must appear after other arguments, but the order of the pairs does not matter.

Example: dicomdisp("CT-MONO2-16-ankle.dcm",UseVRHeuristic=false) reads the metadata from the DICOM file without using a heuristic.

Before R2021a, use commas to separate each name and value, and enclose Name in quotes.

Example: dicomdisp("CT-MONO2-16-ankle.dcm","UseVRHeuristic",false) reads the metadata from the DICOM file without using a heuristic.

Name of DICOM data dictionary, specified as a string scalar or character vector. When specified, dicomdisp uses the data dictionary to read the DICOM file. The data dictionary file must be on the MATLAB search path.

Data Types: char | string

Read noncompliant DICOM files that switch value representation (VR) modes incorrectly, specified as a logical 1 (true) or 0 (false).

When set to true, dicomdisp uses a heuristic to help read certain noncompliant DICOM files that switch VR modes incorrectly. dicomdisp displays a warning if it uses this heuristic. If this heuristic is enabled, a small number of compliant files are not read correctly. Set UseVRHeuristic to false to read these compliant files.

Data Types: logical

Extended Capabilities

Version History

Introduced in R2015a

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