dcmsend(1) OFFIS DCMTK dcmsend(1) (NAME) dcmsend - SCU () DICOM (SYNOPSIS) dcmsend [options] peer port dcmfile-in... (DESCRIPTION) dcmsend Service Class User ( SCU) (Storage Service Class) . storescu dcmsend <<>> (simple) . DICOM Storage Service Class Provider ( SCP) . dcmsend (associations) ( ) DICOM SOP . (PARAMETERS) peer (peer) DICOM port tcp/ip dcmfile-in DICOM (OPTIONS) -h --help --version --list-decoders (transfer syntaxes) --arguments -q --quiet -v --verbose -d --debug -ll --log-level [l]evel: string constant (fatal, error, warn, info, debug, trace) l (logger) -lc --log-config [f]ilename: string f +v --verbose-pc (presentation contexts) : +f --read-file (dataset) +fo --read-file-only () -f --read-dataset : +rd --read-from-dicomdir DICOMDIR +sd --scan-directories (dcmfile-in) +sp --scan-pattern [p]attern: string ( --scan-directories) ( / wildcards) # -r --no-recurse () +r --recurse transfer syntax: -dn --decompress-never +dls --decompress-lossless () +dly --decompress-lossy deflate: +cl --compression-level [l]evel: integer (: 6) 0= 1= 9= : -nh --no-halt -nip --no-illegal-proposal presentation context transfer syntax ( ) -nuc --no-uid-checks UID (network options) IP: -i4 --ipv4 IPv4 () -i6 --ipv6 IPv6 -i0 --ip-auto DNS IP (application entity titles): -aet --aetitle [a]etitle: string AE (: DCMSEND) -aec --call [a]etitle: string AE (: ANY-SCP) (association handling): +ma --multi-associations association ( ) () -ma --single-association association : -to --timeout [s]econds: integer (: ) -ta --acse-timeout [s]econds: integer (: 30) ACSE -td --dimse-timeout [s]econds: integer (: ) DIMSE -pdu --max-pdu [n]umber of bytes: integer (4096..131072) PDU n (: 16384) --max-send-pdu [n]umber of bytes: integer (4096..131072) PDU n : +crf --create-report-file [f]ilename: string ( ) f (NOTES) (Typical Usage) dcmsend SOP DICOM storage SCP . : dcmsend --verbose *.dcm DICOM "IMAGES" : dcmsend -v --scan-directories --recurse IMAGES ( ): dcmsend -v +sd +r IMAGES_1 IMAGES_2 test.img *.dcm SOP DICOMDIR --read- from-dicomdir ( +rd) DICOM (association negotiation) : dcmsend -v --read-from-dicomdir DICOMDIR : dcmsend -v +sd +r +rd IMAGES_1 IMAGES_2 test.img DICOMDIR *.dcm --read-file-only DICOM ( "DICM" ) . . --no-halt . << >> DIMSE C-STORE C-STORE storage SCP . Presentation Context DICOM (association) . --single-association . (lossless) ( ) (lossy) --decompress- xxx . DICOM SOP --create-report-file . ( ) . (Scanning Directories) --scan-directories . ( (wildcard)) --scan-pattern . --scan-pattern ( ) . IMAGES_1 IMAGES_2 ( +r) . dcmsend "test.img" "dcm" . +sd . (DICOM Conformance) dcmsend Storage SOP SCU (private) . SOP Class UID DICOM SOP . --no-uid-checks . dcmsend (Transfer Syntaxes) DICOM . UID --no-uid-checks . Transfer Syntax Transfer Syntax DICOM (Implicit VR Little Endian) . --list-decoders . : Transfer Syntaxes supported natively: - Little Endian Implicit - Little Endian Explicit - Big Endian Explicit Transfer Syntaxes supported by decoders: - Deflated Explicit VR Little Endian - JPEG Baseline - JPEG Extended, Process 2+4 - JPEG Spectral Selection, Non-hierarchical, Process 6+8 - JPEG Full Progression, Non-hierarchical, Process 10+12 - JPEG Lossless, Non-hierarchical, Process 14 - JPEG Lossless, Non-hierarchical, 1st Order Prediction - JPEG-LS Lossless - JPEG-LS Lossy (Near-lossless) - RLE Lossless dcmsend Presentation Context SCP <<>> . DICOM SCU Transfer Syntax DICOM Presentation Context abstract syntax ( SOP class) . SCU SOP . --no-illegal-proposal DICOM Presentation Context SOP ( ) . . "Lossless JPEG Compression" "Lossy JPEGCompression" DICOM . . 10 DICOM PS 3.5 ..SH " (LOGGING)" . . --verbose . --debug . --log-level . --quiet . . <> . ( ) syslog ( Unix) event log ( Windows) --log-config . . /logger.cfg . (COMMAND LINE) : (-) (-n) n . '+' '-' . ( ). . Unix . '@' ( @command.txt). ( ). . / ( /dumppat.txt ). (EXIT CODES) dcmsend . . (general) EXITCODE_NO_ERROR 0 EXITCODE_COMMANDLINE_SYNTAX_ERROR 1 (input file errors) EXITCODE_CANNOT_READ_INPUT_FILE 20 (*) EXITCODE_NO_INPUT_FILES 21 EXITCODE_INVALID_INPUT_FILE 22 EXITCODE_NO_VALID_INPUT_FILES 23 (output file errors) EXITCODE_CANNOT_WRITE_OUTPUT_FILE 40 (*) EXITCODE_CANNOT_WRITE_REPORT_FILE 43 (network errors) EXITCODE_CANNOT_INITIALIZE_NETWORK 60 EXITCODE_CANNOT_NEGOTIATE_ASSOCIATION 61 EXITCODE_CANNOT_SEND_REQUEST 62 EXITCODE_CANNOT_ADD_PRESENTATION_CONTEXT 65 (*) dcmsend (placeholder) . (ENVIRONMENT) dcmsend DICOM DCMDICTPATH . DCMDICTPATH /dicom.dic ( Windows). DCMDICTPATH . DCMDICTPATH PATH Unix (":") . Windows (";") . DCMDICTPATH . . (SEE ALSO) dcmrecv(1), storescu(1), storescp(1) (COPYRIGHT) (C) 2011-2025 OFFIS e.V., Escherweg 2, 26121 Oldenburg, Germany. Version 3.7.0 Thu Jul 9 2026 18:43:40 dcmsend(1)