GDCMPAP3(1)

💅 GDCMPAP3 — the DICOM Manipulation girlies' entry (section 1 of the manual)

okay so bestie, welcome to gdcmpap3, and yes it lives in the DICOM Manipulation part of the manual, section 1. this is the page you want, fr fr.

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✨ NAME ✨

gdcmpap3 — it's the tool that converts PAPYRUS 3.0 to DICOM. that's it. that's the whole job. and it ate. 💖

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

gdcmpap3 [options] file-in file-out

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

okay so picture this: the gdcmpap3 command line program takes a PAPYRUS 3.0 file as input (file-in), processes it, and generates an output (pseudo) DICOM file (file-out). like, that's the whole flow, no cap. 🫶

and here's the cute part — the command line option is literally what dictates the type of operation(s) gdcmpap3 will use to generate that output file. so you're the main character choosing the plot, iykyk.

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🎀 PARAMETERS 🎀

• file-in — DICOM input filename
• file-out — DICOM output filename

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⭐ OPTIONS ⭐

• -i, --input — DICOM filename
• -o, --output — DICOM filename

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🔥 SPECIFIC OPTIONS 🔥

• -S, --split — split multiframes PAPYRUS 3.0 into multiples DICOM files. multiple files! we love a glow-up into a whole set 💅
• --decomp-pap3 — use PAPYRUS 3.0 for decompressing (and yeah, you can combine it with --split, go off).
• --check-iop — check that the Image Orientation (Patient) Attribute is ok (see --split). a lil vibe check for your orientation, literally.

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🧚 GENERAL OPTIONS 🧚

• -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

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🌈 ENVIRONMENT VARIABLE 🌈

• GDCM_ROOT_UID — Root UID

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💜 SIMPLE USAGE 💜

ngl gdcmpap3 is a great tool to convert broken PAPYRUS 3.0 implementation into properly parsable DICOM file. usage is simply:

$ gdcmpap3 input.pa3 output.dcm

or if you prefer being explicit (iconic of you, honestly):

$ gdcmpap3 -i input.pa3 -o output.dcm

okay so listen — even though gdcmpap3 can overwrite directly on the same file (input.pa3 = output.dcm), it is recommended that user should first convert into a different file to make sure the bug is properly handled by GDCM. please don't rawdog the overwrite bestie 😭🙈

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

gdcmdump(1), gdcmconv(1), gdcminfo(1)

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🍓 AUTHOR 🍓

Mathieu Malaterre — Main developer

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💖 COPYRIGHT 💖

Copyright © 2006, 2011 Mathieu Malaterre

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and that's the page, bestie — brought to you by GDCM 3.0.24, dated 12/25/2025. slay, go convert something 🎀✨