#ifndef __creaImageIODicomScanner_h_INCLUDED__
#define __creaImageIODicomScanner_h_INCLUDED__

#include "creaImageIOTree.h"

#if defined(USE_GDCM2)
#include <gdcmReader.h>
#include <vtkGDCMImageReader.h>
#include <gdcmScanner.h>
#endif

class vtkGDCMImageReader;

namespace creaImageIO
{


  /**
   * \ingroup IO
   */
  
  //=====================================================================
  /// Concrete image reader for DICOM images 
  class DicomImageScanner 
  {
  public:
    DicomImageScanner();
    virtual ~DicomImageScanner();

	/// Add file extensions read by the reader
    bool addDirectory(std::string& filename,   std::map<std::string,std::string>& attr);

	/// return for a file a 2D VTkImage
    virtual vtkImageData* ReadImage(const std::string& filename);
	/// Read the attributes for a file
    virtual void ReadAttributes(const std::string& filename, 
				tree::AttributeMapType& attr);
	void ReadAttributes2(const std::string& filename, 
				tree::AttributeMapType& attr);

	 std::string irclean(const std::string& str);
  private:
	  const std::string GetStringValueFromTag( const gdcm::DataElement& ds);
	  vtkGDCMImageReader *mReader;
	  gdcm::Scanner mscan;
	  bool b_loaded;

  };
  //=====================================================================



} // namespace creaImageIO



#endif // #ifndef __creaImageIODicomScanner_h_INCLUDED__