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GDCMDIFF(1) DICOM Manipulation. GDCMDIFF(1)

gdcmdiff - dumps differences of two DICOM files

gdcmdiff [options] file1 file2

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

file1   DICOM input filename
file2   DICOM output filename


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


-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

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

$ gdcmdiff input1.dcm input2.dcm

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Mathieu Malaterre

Main developer

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01/29/2023 GDCM 3.0.21