1 /*=========================================================================
4 Module: $RCSfile: gdcmDicomDirPatient.h,v $
6 Date: $Date: 2005/01/20 16:16:42 $
7 Version: $Revision: 1.22 $
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22 #include "gdcmDicomDirObject.h"
28 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
29 typedef std::list<DicomDirStudy*> ListDicomDirStudy;
31 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
33 * \brief describes a PATIENT within a DICOMDIR (DicomDir)
36 class GDCM_EXPORT DicomDirPatient : public DicomDirObject
39 DicomDirPatient(bool empty=false);
42 void Print(std::ostream &os = std::cout, std::string const & indent = "" );
43 void WriteContent(std::ofstream *fp, FileType t);
45 // should avoid exposing internal mechanism
46 DicomDirStudy *GetFirstStudy();
47 DicomDirStudy *GetNextStudy();
48 DicomDirStudy *GetLastStudy();
50 /// adds the passed STUDY to the STUDY chained List for this PATIENT.
51 void AddStudy(DicomDirStudy *obj) { Studies.push_back(obj); };
53 DicomDirStudy *NewStudy();
57 /// chained list of DicomDirStudy (to be exploited recursively)
58 ListDicomDirStudy Studies;
59 /// iterator on the DicomDirStudies of the current DicomDirPatient
60 ListDicomDirStudy::iterator ItStudy;
62 } // end namespace gdcm
64 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------