gdcm2pnm - off-screen rendering of DICOM images
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Copyright
Copyright © 2006, 2011 Mathieu Malaterre
GDCM 3.0.24 03/08/2025 GDCM2PNM(1)
Description
The gdcm2pnm command line program takes as input a DICOM file and produces a rendered bitmap file.
Name
gdcm2pnm - off-screen rendering of DICOM images
Options
specificoptionsgeneraloptions
-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
Parameters
file-in DICOM input filename
bitmap-out Bitmap output filename
See Also
gdcm2vtk(1), gdcmimg(1)
Simple Usage
gdcm2pnm will take as input DICOM and render it into a bitmap file using the window/level attributes
value.
$ gdcm2pnm input.dcm output.png
It is much different from the gdcmraw or gdcmimg command line tool as it will render a DICOM image. This
means that the output will be rendered in 8bits ready for display.
Synopsis
gdcm2pnm [options] file-in bitmap-out
