Program: gdcm
Module: $RCSfile: gdcmDictEntry.h,v $
Language: C++
- Date: $Date: 2005/01/06 13:35:38 $
- Version: $Revision: 1.23 $
+ Date: $Date: 2005/07/11 14:40:40 $
+ Version: $Revision: 1.35 $
Copyright (c) CREATIS (Centre de Recherche et d'Applications en Traitement de
l'Image). All rights reserved. See Doc/License.txt or
{
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-/*
- * \defgroup DictEntry
+/**
* \brief
* the DictEntry in an element contained by the Dict.
* It contains :
* - the key referenced by the DICOM norm or the constructor (for private keys)
- * - the corresponding name in english (it's equivalent to a label)
- * - the owner group
- * - etc.
+ * i.e. the Group number
+ * the Element number
+ * - the VR (Value Representation)
+ * - the VM (Value Multplicity)
+ * - the corresponding name in english
*/
class GDCM_EXPORT DictEntry : public Base
{
public:
DictEntry(uint16_t group,
- uint16_t element,
- TagName const & vr = GDCM_UNKNOWN,
- TagName const & fourth = GDCM_UNKNOWN,
- TagName const & name = GDCM_UNKNOWN);
+ uint16_t elem,
+ TagName const &vr = GDCM_UNKNOWN,
+ TagName const &vm = GDCM_UNKNOWN,
+ TagName const &name = GDCM_UNKNOWN);
- static TagKey TranslateToKey(uint16_t group, uint16_t element);
+// Print
+ void Print(std::ostream &os = std::cout, std::string const &indent = "");
- void SetVR(TagName const & vr);
+// Content of DictEntry
+ void SetVR(TagName const &vr);
+ void SetVM(TagName const &vm);
/// \brief tells if the V(alue) R(epresentation) is known (?!)
/// @return
bool IsVRUnknown() { return VR == GDCM_UNKNOWN; }
+ /// \brief tells if the V(alue) M(ultiplicity) is known (?!)
+ /// @return
+ bool IsVMUnknown() { return VM == GDCM_UNKNOWN; }
+
/// \brief Returns the Dicom Group Number of the current DictEntry
/// @return the Dicom Group Number
uint16_t GetGroup() { return Group; }
/// \brief Returns the Dicom Value Representation of the current
/// DictEntry
/// @return the Dicom Value Representation
- const TagName & GetVR() const { return VR; }
+ const TagName &GetVR() const { return VR; }
/// \brief sets the key of the current DictEntry
/// @param k New key to be set.
- void SetKey(TagName const & k) { Key = k; }
+ void SetKey(TagKey const &k) { Key = k; }
- /// \brief returns the Fourth field of the current DictEntry
- /// \warning NOT part of the Dicom Standard.
- /// May be REMOVED an any time. NEVER use it.
- /// @return The Fourth field
- const TagName & GetFourth() const { return Fourth; }
+ /// \brief returns the VM field of the current DictEntry
+ /// @return The 'Value Multiplicity' field
+ const TagName &GetVM() const { return VM; }
/// \brief Returns the Dicom Name of the current DictEntry
/// e.g. "Patient Name" for Dicom Tag (0x0010, 0x0010)
/// @return the Dicom Name
- const TagName & GetName() const { return Name; }
+ const TagName &GetName() const { return Name; }
/// \brief Gets the key of the current DictEntry
/// @return the key.
- const TagName & GetKey() const { return Key; }
+ const TagKey &GetKey() const { return Key; }
+
+// Key creation
+ static TagKey TranslateToKey(uint16_t group, uint16_t elem);
private:
/// \todo FIXME
- /// where are the group and element used except from building up
+ /// where are the group and elem used except from building up
/// a TagKey. If the answer is nowhere then there is no need
- /// to store the group and element independently.
+ /// to store the group and elem independently.
///
/// --> EVERYWHERE ! The alternate question would be :
/// What's TagKey used for ?
uint16_t Element; // e.g. 0x0103
/// \brief Value Representation i.e. some clue about the nature
- /// of the data represented e.g. "FD" short for
- /// "Floating Point Double" (see \ref VR)
+ /// of the data represented e.g.
+ /// "FD" short for "Floating Point Double"(see \ref VR)
+ /// "PN" short for "Person Name"
TagName VR;
- /**
- * \brief AVOID using the following fourth field at all costs.
- *
- * They are at least two good reasons for NOT using fourth:
- * - the main reason is that it is NOT part of the 'official'
- * Dicom Dictionnary.
- * - a second reason is that it is not defined for all the groups.
+ /*
* .
- * Still it provides some semantics as group name abbreviation that
- * can prove of some help when organizing things in an interface.
- * For the time being we keep it in gdcm but it migth be removed in
- * future releases it proves to be source of confusion.
+ * Formerly 'Group name abbreviations'
* Here is a small dictionary we encountered in "nature":
* - CMD Command
* - META Meta Information
* - LLO = Left Lateral Oblique
* .
*/
- TagName Fourth;
+ /// \brief Value Multiplicity (e.g. "1", "1-n", "6")
+ TagName VM;
/// e.g. "Patient's Name"
TagName Name;
- /// Redundant with (group, element) but we add it for efficiency purpose.
+ /// Redundant with (group, elem) but we add it for efficiency purpose.
TagKey Key;
};
} // end namespace gdcm
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