- * \brief Once the header is parsed add some gdcm convenience/helper elements
- * in the ElValSet. For example add:
- * - gdcmImageType which is an entry containing a short for the
- * type of image and whose value ranges in
- * I8 (unsigned 8 bit image)
- * I16 (unsigned 8 bit image)
- * IS16 (signed 8 bit image)
- * - gdcmXsize, gdcmYsize, gdcmZsize whose values are respectively
- * the ones of the official DICOM fields Rows, Columns and Planes.
+ * \brief Retrieve the number of columns of image.
+ * @return The encountered size when found, 0 by default.
+ */
+int gdcmHeader::GetXSize(void) {
+ // We cannot check for "Columns" because the "Columns" tag is present
+ // both in IMG (0028,0011) and OLY (6000,0011) sections of the dictionary.
+ string StrSize = GetPubElValByNumber(0x0028,0x0011);
+ if (StrSize == "gdcm::Unfound")
+ return 0;
+ return atoi(StrSize.c_str());
+}
+
+/**
+ * \ingroup gdcmHeader
+ * \brief Retrieve the number of lines of image.
+ * \warning The defaulted value is 1 as opposed to gdcmHeader::GetXSize()
+ * @return The encountered size when found, 1 by default.
+ */
+int gdcmHeader::GetYSize(void) {
+ // We cannot check for "Rows" because the "Rows" tag is present
+ // both in IMG (0028,0010) and OLY (6000,0010) sections of the dictionary.
+ string StrSize = GetPubElValByNumber(0x0028,0x0010);
+ if (StrSize != "gdcm::Unfound")
+ return atoi(StrSize.c_str());
+ if ( IsDicomV3() )
+ return 0;
+ else
+ // The Rows (0028,0010) entry is optional for ACR/NEMA. It might
+ // hence be a signal (1d image). So we default to 1:
+ return 1;
+}
+
+/**
+ * \ingroup gdcmHeader
+ * \brief Retrieve the number of planes of volume or the number
+ * of frames of a multiframe.
+ * \warning When present we consider the "Number of Frames" as the third
+ * dimension. When absent we consider the third dimension as
+ * being the "Planes" tag content.
+ * @return The encountered size when found, 1 by default.
+ */
+int gdcmHeader::GetZSize(void) {
+ // Both in DicomV3 and ACR/Nema the consider the "Number of Frames"
+ // as the third dimension.
+ string StrSize = GetPubElValByNumber(0x0028,0x0008);
+ if (StrSize != "gdcm::Unfound")
+ return atoi(StrSize.c_str());
+
+ // We then consider the "Planes" entry as the third dimension [we
+ // cannot retrieve by name since "Planes tag is present both in
+ // IMG (0028,0012) and OLY (6000,0012) sections of the dictionary].
+ StrSize = GetPubElValByNumber(0x0028,0x0012);
+ if (StrSize != "gdcm::Unfound")
+ return atoi(StrSize.c_str());
+ return 1;
+}
+
+/**
+ * \ingroup gdcmHeader
+ * \brief Build the Pixel Type of the image.
+ * Possible values are:
+ * - U8 unsigned 8 bit,
+ * - S8 signed 8 bit,
+ * - U16 unsigned 16 bit,
+ * - S16 signed 16 bit,
+ * - U32 unsigned 32 bit,
+ * - S32 signed 32 bit,
+ * \warning 12 bit images appear as 16 bit.
+ * @return