gdcmdiff - dumps differences of two DICOM files

MathieuMalaterre
           Main developer

       Copyright © 2006, 2011 Mathieu Malaterre

GDCM 3.0.24                                        03/08/2025                                        GDCMDIFF(1)

       The gdcmdiff command line program takes as input two DICOM files: file1 and file2.

       gdcmdiff - dumps differences of two DICOM files

specificoptions
             -m      --meta          Compare metainformation. Default is off.
             -t <n>  --truncate <n>  String values trimmed to n characters.

   generaloptions
             -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

           file1   DICOM input filename

           file2   DICOM output filename

gdcmdump(1), gdcminfo(1)

gdcmdiff is a great tool to produce a diff in between two DICOM files. Usage is simply:

           $ gdcmdiff input1.dcm input2.dcm

           gdcmdiff [options] file1 file2