dcm_dump_element(1) General Commands Manual dcm_dump_element(1)

dcm_dump_element - Dump element from a DICOM file into to another

dcm_dump_element [-b] [-t] [-v] group element filein fileout

dcm_dump_element dumps element from DICOM file into another

dcm_dump_element accepts the following options:

Input files are stored in big-endian byte order
Read file assuming DICOM Part 10 format
Place DCM facility in verbose mode
The tag of the element to be dumped
Input and output files

This is the method used to extract pixel data from images.