---
name: "dcsrdump"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "dicom3tools"
version: "1.00~20240118131615-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/dcsrdump"
---

# dcsrdump(1)

ACR/NEMA DICOM PS3 ... DICOM PS3 - Describe DICOM SR content

## NAME

dcsrdump - ACR/NEMA DICOM PS3 ... DICOM PS3 - Describe DICOM SR content

## SYNOPSIS

**dcsrdump** \[ **-v\|verbose** \] \[ **-vv\|veryverbose** \] \[ **-filename** \] \[ **-identifier** \]

## DESCRIPTION

**dcsrdump** reads the named dicom structured report (SR) input file and describes the information contained.

## OPTIONS

The attribute values, description and verbose output go to standard error.

The basic input switches are described in [dcintro(1)](/dcintro/1.md). Options specific to this program are:

- **-verbose**

  Describe the parsing process; does not actually do anything at present.

- **-veryverbose**

  Display byte offset from file start and message start, in hexadecimal, and dump contents of the DICOM dataset while reading.

- **-filename**

  Show the name of the file supplied in the arguments; a hyphen will be reported if no filename was supplied.

- **-identifier**

  Preceed each content item with the dot delimited numeric identifier of the content item (as used in references).

## ENVIRONMENT

## EXAMPLES

% dcsrdump -identifier basictextsr.dcm

1: : CONTAINER: (18748-4,LN,"Diagnostic Imaging Report")  \[SEPARATE\] (DCMR,2000)

	\>1.1: CONTAINS: CONTAINER: (121070,DCM,"Findings")  \[SEPARATE\]

		\>\>1.1.1: CONTAINS: TEXT: (121071,DCM,"Finding")  = "stuff"

## FILES

## SEE ALSO

**[dcintro(1)](/dcintro/1.md)**

## AUTHOR

Copyright (c) 1993-2022, David A. Clunie DBA PixelMed Publishing. All rights reserved.

## BUGS