]> MathieuMalaterreMain developer 20062011Mathieu Malaterre gdcmtar 1 GDCM &version; DICOM Manipulation. gdcmtar Concatenate/Extract DICOM files. gdcmtar [options] file-in file-out The gdcmtar is a command line tool used to tar/untar multi-frames images (including SIEMENS MOSAIC file) file-in DICOM input filename file-out DICOM output filename --enhance Enhance (default) -U --unenhance Unenhance -M --mosaic Split SIEMENS Mosaic image into multiple frames. --mosaic-private When splitting SIEMENS Mosaic image into multiple frames, preserve private attributes (advanced user only). -p --pattern Specify trailing file pattern. --root-uid Root UID. -h --help print this help text and exit -v --version print version information and exit -V --verbose verbose mode (warning+error). -W --warning warning mode, print warning information -E --error error mode, print error information -D --debug debug mode, print debug information GDCM_ROOT_UID Root UID This option will turn a 2D frame containing sub-frame of a SIEMENS MOSAIC into a set of MR Image Storage (legacy). $ gdcminfo MR-sonata-3D-as-Tile.dcm MediaStorage is 1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.4 [MR Image Storage] TransferSyntax is 1.2.840.10008.1.2.1 [Explicit VR Little Endian] NumberOfDimensions: 2 Dimensions: (384,384,1) ... $ gdcmtar --mosaic -i MR-sonata-3D-as-Tile.dcm -o mosaic --pattern %03d.dcm Will output: -rw-r--r-- 1 mathieu mathieu 72882 2009-08-10 11:14 mosaic000.dcm -rw-r--r-- 1 mathieu mathieu 72886 2009-08-10 11:14 mosaic001.dcm -rw-r--r-- 1 mathieu mathieu 72886 2009-08-10 11:14 mosaic002.dcm -rw-r--r-- 1 mathieu mathieu 72886 2009-08-10 11:14 mosaic003.dcm -rw-r--r-- 1 mathieu mathieu 72886 2009-08-10 11:14 mosaic004.dcm -rw-r--r-- 1 mathieu mathieu 72886 2009-08-10 11:14 mosaic005.dcm -rw-r--r-- 1 mathieu mathieu 72884 2009-08-10 11:14 mosaic006.dcm -rw-r--r-- 1 mathieu mathieu 72882 2009-08-10 11:14 mosaic007.dcm -rw-r--r-- 1 mathieu mathieu 72884 2009-08-10 11:14 mosaic008.dcm -rw-r--r-- 1 mathieu mathieu 72884 2009-08-10 11:14 mosaic009.dcm -rw-r--r-- 1 mathieu mathieu 72884 2009-08-10 11:14 mosaic010.dcm -rw-r--r-- 1 mathieu mathieu 72884 2009-08-10 11:14 mosaic011.dcm -rw-r--r-- 1 mathieu mathieu 72884 2009-08-10 11:14 mosaic012.dcm -rw-r--r-- 1 mathieu mathieu 72884 2009-08-10 11:14 mosaic013.dcm -rw-r--r-- 1 mathieu mathieu 72882 2009-08-10 11:14 mosaic014.dcm -rw-r--r-- 1 mathieu mathieu 72884 2009-08-10 11:14 mosaic015.dcm -rw-r--r-- 1 mathieu mathieu 72882 2009-08-10 11:14 mosaic016.dcm -rw-r--r-- 1 mathieu mathieu 72884 2009-08-10 11:14 mosaic017.dcm -rw-r--r-- 1 mathieu mathieu 72884 2009-08-10 11:14 mosaic018.dcm -rw-r--r-- 1 mathieu mathieu 72884 2009-08-10 11:14 mosaic019.dcm -rw-r--r-- 1 mathieu mathieu 72884 2009-08-10 11:14 mosaic020.dcm -rw-r--r-- 1 mathieu mathieu 72884 2009-08-10 11:14 mosaic021.dcm -rw-r--r-- 1 mathieu mathieu 72884 2009-08-10 11:14 mosaic022.dcm -rw-r--r-- 1 mathieu mathieu 72884 2009-08-10 11:14 mosaic023.dcm -rw-r--r-- 1 mathieu mathieu 72884 2009-08-10 11:14 mosaic024.dcm -rw-r--r-- 1 mathieu mathieu 72884 2009-08-10 11:14 mosaic025.dcm -rw-r--r-- 1 mathieu mathieu 72884 2009-08-10 11:14 mosaic026.dcm -rw-r--r-- 1 mathieu mathieu 72884 2009-08-10 11:14 mosaic027.dcm -rw-r--r-- 1 mathieu mathieu 72884 2009-08-10 11:14 mosaic028.dcm -rw-r--r-- 1 mathieu mathieu 72884 2009-08-10 11:14 mosaic029.dcm -rw-r--r-- 1 mathieu mathieu 72882 2009-08-10 11:14 mosaic030.dcm $ gdcminfo mosaic000.dcm MediaStorage is 1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.4 [MR Image Storage] TransferSyntax is 1.2.840.10008.1.2.1 [Explicit VR Little Endian] NumberOfDimensions: 2 Dimensions: (64,64,1) ... By default all private attributes are removed since they may not match the newly generated SOP Instance. One way to preserve the private attributes is to use the --mosaic-private command line option $ gdcmtar --mosaic --mosaic-private -i MR-sonata-3D-as-Tile.dcm -o mosaic --pattern %03d.dcm gdcmdump(1), gdcmraw(1), gdcminfo(1)