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DCMTK is a collection of libraries and applications implementing large parts the DICOM standard.

From dcmtk 3.7.1-r0 (os), captured 2026-11-05 by running dcmdjpls --help (exit 0). permalink

$dcmtk: dcmdjpls v3.7.1 2026-10-15 $

dcmdjpls: Decode JPEG-LS compressed DICOM file
usage: dcmdjpls [options] dcmfile-in dcmfile-out

parameters:
  dcmfile-in                    DICOM input filename to be converted
                                ("-" for stdin)
  dcmfile-out                   DICOM output filename
                                ("-" for stdout)

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
processing options:
  planar configuration:
    +pr  --planar-restore       restore original planar configuration (default)
    +pa  --planar-auto          automatically determine planar configuration
                                from SOP class and color space
    +px  --color-by-pixel       always store color-by-pixel
    +pl  --color-by-plane       always store color-by-plane
  SOP Instance UID:
    +ud  --uid-default          keep same SOP Instance UID (default)
    +ua  --uid-always           always assign new UID
  workaround options for incorrect JPEG-LS encodings:
    +wi  --workaround-incpl     enable workaround for incomplete JPEG-LS data
  other processing options:
    +io  --ignore-offsettable   ignore offset table when decompressing
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:
    +te  --write-xfer-little    write with explicit VR little endian (default)
    +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)
    -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
Options (14)
OptionDescriptionSource
-h--help print this help text and exithelp
--versionprint version information and exithelp
--argumentsprint expanded command line argumentshelp
-q--quiet quiet mode, print no warnings and errorshelp
-v--verbose verbose mode, print processing detailshelp
-d--debug debug mode, print debug informationhelp
-ll--log-level [l]evel: string constant (fatal, error, warn, info, debug, trace) use level l for the loggerhelp
-lc--log-config [f]ilename: string use config file f for the loggerhelp
-f--read-dataset read data set without file meta informationhelp
-F--write-dataset write data set without file meta informationhelp
-u--disable-new-vr disable support for new VRs, convert to OBhelp
-g--group-length-remove always write without group length elementshelp
-e--length-undefined write with undefined lengthshelp
-p--padding-retain do not change padding (default)help

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