NAME

dcm_diff - Compare the attributes in two DICOM files.

SYNOPSIS

dcm_diff [-b] [-t] [-v] [-g] [-o] [-z] file1 file2

DESCRIPTION

dcm_diff reads the user designated files and compares attribute values. Differencs are printed to the standard output.

OPTIONS

dcm_diff accepts the following options:

-b

Input files are stored in big-endian byte order

-g

Remove group length elements

-l

Use (retired) length-to-end attribute for object length

-o

Place output in verbose mode

-t

Read file assuming DICOM Part 10 format

-v

Place DCM facility in verbose mode

-z

Perform format conversion (verificatioon) on data in files

file1 file2

Comparison files