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dcmquant(1)			  OFFIS	DCMTK			   dcmquant(1)

NAME
       dcmquant	- Convert DICOM	color images to	palette	color

SYNOPSIS
       dcmquant	[options] dcmfile-in dcmfile-out

DESCRIPTION
       The  dcmquant  utility  reads  a	 DICOM color image, computes a palette
       color look-up table of the desired size for this	image  (based  on  the
       median cut algorithm published by Paul Heckbert)	and converts the color
       image into a DICOM palette color	image.

PARAMETERS
       dcmfile-in   DICOM input	filename to be converted ("-" for stdin)

       dcmfile-out  DICOM output filename to be	written	("-" for stdout)

OPTIONS
   general options
	 -h   --help
		print this help	text and exit

	      --version
		print version information and exit

	      --arguments
		print expanded command line arguments

	 -q   --quiet
		quiet mode, print no warnings and errors

	 -v   --verbose
		verbose	mode, print processing details

	 -d   --debug
		debug mode, print debug	information

	 -ll  --log-level  [l]evel: string constant
		(fatal,	error, warn, info, debug, trace)
		use level l for	the logger

	 -lc  --log-config  [f]ilename:	string
		use config file	f for the logger

   input options
       input file format:

	 +f   --read-file
		read file format or data set (default)

	 +fo  --read-file-only
		read file format only

	 -f   --read-dataset
		read data set without file meta	information

       input transfer syntax:

	 -t=  --read-xfer-auto
		use TS recognition (default)

	 -td  --read-xfer-detect
		ignore TS specified in the file	meta header

	 -te  --read-xfer-little
		read with explicit VR little endian TS

	 -tb  --read-xfer-big
		read with explicit VR big endian TS

	 -ti  --read-xfer-implicit
		read with implicit VR little endian TS

   image processing and	encoding options
       frame selection:

	 +F   --frame  [n]umber: integer
		select specified frame

	 +Fa  --all-frames
		select all frames (default)

       compatibility:

	 +Mp  --accept-palettes
		accept incorrect palette attribute tags
		(0028,111x) and	(0028,121x)

       median cut dimension selection:

	 +Dr  --mc-dimension-rgb
		max dimension from RGB range (default)

	 +Dl  --mc-dimension-lum
		max dimension from luminance

       median cut representative color selection:

	 +Cb  --mc-color-avgbox
		average	colors in box (default)

	 +Cp  --mc-color-avgpixel
		average	pixels in box

	 +Cc  --mc-color-center
		select center of box

       color palette value representation:

	 +pw  --write-ow
		write Palette LUT as OW	(default)

	 +pu  --write-us
		write Palette LUT as US	(retired)

       color palette creation:

	 +pe  --lut-entries-word
		write Palette LUT with 16-bit entries

	 +pf  --floyd-steinberg
		use Floyd-Steinberg error diffusion

	 +pc  --colors	number of colors: 2..65536 (default 256)
		number of colors to quantize to

       SOP Class UID:

	 +cd  --class-default
		keep SOP Class UID (default)

	 +cs  --class-sc
		convert	to Secondary Capture Image
		(implies --uid-always)

       SOP Instance UID:

	 +ua  --uid-always
		always assign new UID (default)

	 +un  --uid-never
		never assign new UID

   output options
       output file format:

	 +F   --write-file
		write file format (default)

	 -F   --write-dataset
		write data set without file meta information

       output transfer syntax:

	 +t=  --write-xfer-same
		write with same	TS as input (default)

	 +te  --write-xfer-little
		write with explicit VR little endian TS

	 +tb  --write-xfer-big
		write with explicit VR big endian TS

	 +ti  --write-xfer-implicit
		write with implicit VR little endian TS

       post-1993 value representations:

	 +u   --enable-new-vr
		enable support for new VRs (UN/UT) (default)

	 -u   --disable-new-vr
		disable	support	for new	VRs, convert to	OB

       group length encoding:

	 +g=  --group-length-recalc
		recalculate group lengths if present (default)

	 +g   --group-length-create
		always write with group	length elements

	 -g   --group-length-remove
		always write without group length elements

       length encoding in sequences and	items:

	 +e   --length-explicit
		write with explicit lengths (default)

	 -e   --length-undefined
		write with undefined lengths

       data set	trailing padding (not with --write-dataset):

	 -p=  --padding-retain
		do not change padding
		(default if not	--write-dataset)

	 -p   --padding-off
		no padding (implicit if	--write-dataset)

	 +p   --padding-create	[f]ile-pad [i]tem-pad: integer
		align file on multiple of f bytes and items on
		multiple of i bytes

LOGGING
       The  level  of  logging	output	of  the	various	command	line tools and
       underlying libraries can	be specified by	the  user.  By	default,  only
       errors  and  warnings  are  written to the standard error stream. Using
       option --verbose	also informational messages  like  processing  details
       are  reported.  Option  --debug	can be used to get more	details	on the
       internal	activity, e.g. for debugging purposes.	Other  logging	levels
       can  be	selected  using	option --log-level. In --quiet mode only fatal
       errors are reported. In such very severe	error events, the  application
       will  usually  terminate.  For  more  details  on the different logging
       levels, see documentation of module 'oflog'.

       In case the logging output should be written to file  (optionally  with
       logfile	rotation),  to syslog (Unix) or	the event log (Windows)	option
       --log-config can	be used.  This	configuration  file  also  allows  for
       directing  only	certain	messages to a particular output	stream and for
       filtering certain messages based	on the	module	or  application	 where
       they  are  generated.  An  example  configuration  file	is provided in
       <etcdir>/logger.cfg.

COMMAND	LINE
       All command line	tools  use  the	 following  notation  for  parameters:
       square  brackets	 enclose  optional  values  (0-1), three trailing dots
       indicate	that multiple values are allowed (1-n),	a combination of  both
       means 0 to n values.

       Command line options are	distinguished from parameters by a leading '+'
       or  '-' sign, respectively. Usually, order and position of command line
       options are arbitrary (i.e. they	 can  appear  anywhere).  However,  if
       options	are  mutually exclusive	the rightmost appearance is used. This
       behavior	conforms to the	 standard  evaluation  rules  of  common  Unix
       shells.

       In  addition,  one  or more command files can be	specified using	an '@'
       sign as a prefix	to the filename	(e.g. @command.txt).  Such  a  command
       argument	 is  replaced  by  the	content	of the corresponding text file
       (multiple whitespaces are treated as a  single  separator  unless  they
       appear  between	two  quotation marks) prior to any further evaluation.
       Please note that	a command file cannot contain  another	command	 file.
       This  simple  but  effective  approach  allows  one to summarize	common
       combinations of options/parameters and  avoids  longish	and  confusing
       command lines (an example is provided in	file <datadir>/dumppat.txt).

ENVIRONMENT
       The  dcmquant  utility  will  attempt  to  load DICOM data dictionaries
       specified in the	DCMDICTPATH environment	variable. By default, i.e.  if
       the   DCMDICTPATH   environment	 variable   is	 not   set,  the  file
       <datadir>/dicom.dic will	be loaded unless the dictionary	is built  into
       the application (default	for Windows).

       The   default   behavior	  should  be  preferred	 and  the  DCMDICTPATH
       environment variable only used when alternative data  dictionaries  are
       required.  The  DCMDICTPATH environment variable	has the	same format as
       the Unix	shell PATH variable in that a colon (':')  separates  entries.
       On  Windows systems, a semicolon	(';') is used as a separator. The data
       dictionary code will  attempt  to  load	each  file  specified  in  the
       DCMDICTPATH  environment	variable. It is	an error if no data dictionary
       can be loaded.

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (C) 2001-2024 by OFFIS	e.V., Escherweg	 2,  26121  Oldenburg,
       Germany.

Version	3.6.9			Wed Dec	11 2024			   dcmquant(1)

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