A script that prints the series IDs (and optionally the entire metadata dictionary) of DICOM images.

dicomdump.py

#! /usr/bin/env python

import sys, getopt

# By default, this script prints out the seriesID of any dicom
# images.  With the Verbose flag, it prints out the whole metadata
# dictionary.

seriesID = False
verbose = 0

def usage():
    print ("")
    print ("dicomdump.py: [options] dicom_image")
    print ("")
    print ("  -h, --help     This help message")
    print ("  -v, --verbose  Increase verbosity level")
    print ("  -s, --series   Print series ID")


try:
    opts, args= getopt.getopt( sys.argv[1:], "vhs",
                              [ "verbose", "help", "series" ] )

except getopt.GetoptErr as err:
    print (str(err))
    usage()
    sys.exit(1)

for o, a in opts:
    if o in ("-v", "--verbose"):
        verbose = verbose + 1
    elif o in ("-h", "--help"):
        usage()
        sys.exit()
    elif o in ("-s", "--series"):
        seriesID = True
    else:
        assert False, "unhandled options"


import SimpleITK as sitk

def dump_dicomstuff(fname):
    print ("\nFile:", fname)

    img = sitk.ReadImage(fname)

    if verbose>1:
        print (img)

    keys = img.GetMetaDataKeys()

    #if verbose:
    #    print (keys)

    for k in keys:
        v = img.GetMetaData(k)
        if verbose:
            print (k, ": ", v)
        elif seriesID and (k in ("0020|000e")):
            print (k, ": ", v)

for fname in args:
    dump_dicomstuff(fname)