dicom_to_minc is a converter for generic DICOM files, stored either as
a DICOM stream or as a true part 10 DICOM file.

To use this script, you will need both the minc and the netcdf
packages, which can both be obtained from

   ftp://ftp.bic.mni.mcgill.ca/pub/minc/

as well as the perl scripting language (both versions 4 and 5 should
work). You can obtain this from any of the CPAN (Comprehensive Perl
Archive Network) sites by going to

   http://www.perl.com/CPAN/src/5.0/

This will point you at a site close to you. Alternatively, you can go
to any of the following sites:

   ftp://ftp.metronet.com/pub/perl
   ftp://uiarchive.cso.uiuc.edu/pub/lang/perl/CPAN
   ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/languages/perl/CPAN
   ftp://ftp.demon.co.uk/pub/mirrors/perl/CPAN
   ftp://ftp.mame.mu.oz.au/pub/perl/CPAN

You will also the programs dump_acr_nema and extract_acr_nema. These
are available in acr_nema_lib.tar.gz. Note that older versions of
these programs were distributed with the minc package (but not
installed by default) - you will need the more recent versions in
acr_nema_lib.tar.gz. To build these programs, you should cd to the
directory where the minc package was untarred and untar
acr_nema_lib.tar.gz:

   gzcat acr_nema_lib.tar.gz |tar -xvf -

Then go to the Acr_nema directory and build it:

   cd conversion/Acr_nema
   make

You then need to copy the dump_acr_nema and extract_acr_nema binaries
to a bin directory.

Finally, you will need the programs byte_swap and extract
both of which can be compiled on their own.

Documentation is provided only in the form a -help option.