Hoffman2:Scripts:dcmheader.py
Purpose:
To view and edit a Dicom file header information or header of Dicom files under the same subject folder
Usage:
To use this script, you need to load python module first and export the library location:
module load python/3.6.1_shared PYTHONPATH=/u/project/CCN/apps/python_libs/3.6/site-packages/
To see the usage of this script
python3 /u/project/CCN/apps/scripts/dcmheader.py -h
Options:
--print (or -p)
Showing the full header of a dcm file python3 /u/project/CCN/apps/scripts/dcmheader.py -f /path/to/my/dicom/file -p (or --print )
(This option can take only a single dicom file as argument)
Example of a part of the output from option --print
(0010, 0010) Patient's Name PN: '12345' (0010, 0020) Patient ID LO: 12345 (0010, 0030) Patient's Birth Date DA: '20000101' (0010, 0040) Patient's Sex CS: 'F' (0010, 1010) Patient's Age AS: '020Y'
(0010, 0010) is the tag for item “Patient's Name”, you'll need this information for using -c (--check) and -u (--update) options.
--check (or -c)
View specific header items in a dcm file or the same items in all files inside the subject folder. You will need to specify the header tag as the argument in format as (code1, code2), however the parentheses are not required. Multiple tags can be specified as the following example
Example:
View a single header item:
python3 /u/project/CCN/apps/scripts/dcmheader.py -f /path/to/my/dicom/subject/file -c "(0010, 0010)"
View a single header item in all files under a subject folder by specifying the folder instead of a file:
python3 /u/project/CCN/apps/scripts/dcmheader.py -f /path/to/my/dicom/subject/ -c "(0010, 0010)"
View multiple header items of a single file:
python3 /u/project/CCN/apps/scripts/dcmheader.py -f /path/to/my/dicom/subject/file -c "(0010, 0010) (0010, 0020)"
View multiple header items of all files under one subject folder:
python3 /u/project/CCN/apps/scripts/dcmheader.py -f /path/to/my/dicom/subject/ -c "(0010, 0010) (0010, 0020)"
--update (or -u)
Updating specific header items by specifying the tag and new value in format as "tag=new_value"
Example:
Update a single item (in this example, change the Patient's Name value to 12345_1):
python3 /u/project/CCN/apps/scripts/dcmheader.py -f /path/to/my/dicom/subject/file -u "(0010, 0010)=12345_1"
update the same item for each file under the same subject folder
python3 /u/project/CCN/apps/scripts/dcmheader.py -f /path/to/my/dicom/subject/ -u "(0010, 0010)=12345_1"
--verbose (or -v)
Use this only with --update option --update option will only output the converted file names after each update. However with -v option, it can shows the updated result of each updated item.
Example:
python3 /u/project/CCN/apps/scripts/dcmheader.py -f /path/to/my/dicom/subject/file -u "(0010, 0010)=12345_1" -v