+ * \ingroup gdcmHeader
+ * \brief This function is intended to user that DOESN'T want
+ * to get RGB pixels image when it's stored as a PALETTE COLOR image
+ * - the (vtk) user is supposed to know how deal with LUTs -
+ * \warning to be used with GetImagePixelsRaw()
+ * @return 1 if Gray level, 3 if Color (RGB or YBR - NOT 'PALETTE COLOR' -)
+ */
+int gdcmHeader::GetNumberOfScalarComponentsRaw()
+{
+ // 0028 0100 US IMG Bits Allocated
+ // (in order no to be messed up by old RGB images)
+ if ( gdcmHeader::GetEntryByNumber(0x0028,0x0100) == "24" )
+ {
+ return 3;
+ }
+
+ // we assume that *all* kinds of YBR are dealt with
+ return GetSamplesPerPixel();
+}
+
+//
+// -------------- Remember ! ----------------------------------
+//
+// Image Position Patient (0020,0032):
+// If not found (ACR_NEMA) we try Image Position (0020,0030)
+// If not found (ACR-NEMA), we consider Slice Location (0020,1041)
+// or Location (0020,0050)
+// as the Z coordinate,
+// 0. for all the coordinates if nothing is found
+
+// \todo find a way to inform the caller nothing was found
+// \todo How to tell the caller a wrong number of values was found?
+//
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------
+//
+
+/**
+ * \brief gets the info from 0020,0032 : Image Position Patient
+ * else from 0020,0030 : Image Position (RET)
+ * else 0.
+ * @return up-left image corner X position
+ */
+
+float gdcmHeader::GetXOrigin()
+{
+ float xImPos, yImPos, zImPos;
+ std::string strImPos = GetEntryByNumber(0x0020,0x0032);
+
+ if ( strImPos == GDCM_UNFOUND )
+ {
+ dbg.Verbose(0, "gdcmHeader::GetXImagePosition: unfound Image Position Patient (0020,0032)");
+ strImPos = GetEntryByNumber(0x0020,0x0030); // For ACR-NEMA images
+ if ( strImPos == GDCM_UNFOUND )
+ {
+ dbg.Verbose(0, "gdcmHeader::GetXImagePosition: unfound Image Position (RET) (0020,0030)");
+ /// \todo How to tell the caller nothing was found ?
+ return 0.;
+ }
+ }
+
+ if( sscanf( strImPos.c_str(), "%f\\%f\\%f", &xImPos, &yImPos, &zImPos) != 3 )
+ {
+ return 0.;
+ }
+
+ return xImPos;
+}
+
+/**
+ * \brief gets the info from 0020,0032 : Image Position Patient
+ * else from 0020,0030 : Image Position (RET)
+ * else 0.
+ * @return up-left image corner Y position
+ */
+float gdcmHeader::GetYOrigin()
+{
+ float xImPos, yImPos, zImPos;
+ std::string strImPos = GetEntryByNumber(0x0020,0x0032);
+
+ if ( strImPos == GDCM_UNFOUND)
+ {
+ dbg.Verbose(0, "gdcmHeader::GetYImagePosition: unfound Image Position Patient (0020,0032)");
+ strImPos = GetEntryByNumber(0x0020,0x0030); // For ACR-NEMA images
+ if ( strImPos == GDCM_UNFOUND )
+ {
+ dbg.Verbose(0, "gdcmHeader::GetYImagePosition: unfound Image Position (RET) (0020,0030)");
+ /// \todo How to tell the caller nothing was found ?
+ return 0.;
+ }
+ }
+
+ if( sscanf( strImPos.c_str(), "%f\\%f\\%f", &xImPos, &yImPos, &zImPos) != 3 )
+ {
+ return 0.;
+ }