// gdcmDictEntry.h
-
+//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
#ifndef GDCMDICTENTRY_H
#define GDCMDICTENTRY_H
#include "gdcmCommon.h"
-class GDCM_EXPORT gdcmDictEntry {
+//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+/*
+ * \defgroup gdcmDictEntry
+ * \brief
+ * the gdcmDictEntry in an element contained by the gdcmDict.
+ * 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.
+ */
+class GDCM_EXPORT gdcmDictEntry
+{
+public:
+ gdcmDictEntry(guint16 group,
+ guint16 element,
+ std::string vr = "Unknown",
+ std::string fourth = "Unknown",
+ std::string name = "Unknown");
+
+ static TagKey TranslateToKey(guint16 group, guint16 element);
+
+ void SetVR(std::string);
+
+ /**
+ * \ingroup gdcmDictEntry
+ * \brief tells if the V(alue) R(epresentation) is known (?!)
+ *
+ * @return
+ */
+ inline bool IsVRUnknown() {return vr == "??"; }
+
+ /**
+ * \ingroup gdcmDictEntry
+ * \brief returns the Dicom Group Number of the current gdcmDictEntry
+ * return the Dicom Group Number
+ */
+ inline guint16 GetGroup(void) { return group; }
+
+ /**
+ * \ingroup gdcmDictEntry
+ * \brief returns the Dicom Element Number of the current gdcmDictEntry
+ * return the Dicom Element Number
+ */
+ inline guint16 GetElement(void) { return element; }
+
+ /**
+ * \ingroup gdcmDictEntry
+ * \brief returns the Dicom Value Representation of the current gdcmDictEntry
+ * return the Dicom Value Representation
+ */
+ inline std::string GetVR(void) { return vr; }
+
+ /**
+ * \ingroup gdcmDictEntry
+ * \brief sets the key of the current gdcmDictEntry
+ * @param k New key to be set.
+ */
+ inline void SetKey(std::string k) { key = k; }
+
+ /**
+ * \ingroup gdcmDictEntry
+ * \brief returns the Fourth field of the current gdcmDictEntry
+ * \warning NOT part of the Dicom Standard
+ * \ May be REMOVED an any time
+ * \ NEVER use it
+ * return the Fourth field
+ */
+ inline std::string GetFourth(void) { return fourth; }
+
+ /**
+ * \ingroup gdcmDictEntry
+ * \brief returns the Dicom Name of the current gdcmDictEntry
+ * \ e.g. "Patient Name" for Dicom Tag (0x0010, 0x0010)
+ * return the Dicom Name
+ */
+ inline std::string GetName(void) { return name; }
+
+ /**
+ * \ingroup gdcmDictEntry
+ * \brief Gets the key of the current gdcmDictEntry
+ * @return the key .
+ */
+ inline std::string GetKey(void) { return key; }
+
private:
- guint16 group; // e.g. 0x0010
- guint16 element; // e.g. 0x0103
- string vr; // Value Representation i.e. some clue about the nature
- // of the data represented e.g. "FD" short for
- // "Floating Point Double"
- // CLEANME: find the official dicom name for this field !
- string fourth; // Fourth field containing some semantics.
- string name; // e.g. "Patient_Name"
- TagKey key; // Redundant with (group, element) but we add it
- // on efficiency purposes.
+ // FIXME : where are the group and element used except from building up
+ // a TagKey. If the answer is nowhere then there is no need
+ // to store the group and element independently.
+ //
+ // --> EVERYWHERE ! The alternate question would be :
+ // What's TagKey used for ?
+
+ /// DicomGroup number
+ guint16 group; // e.g. 0x0010
+ /// DicomElement number
+ guint16 element; // e.g. 0x0103
+ /**
+ * \ingroup gdcmDictEntry
+ * \brief Value Representation i.e. some clue about the nature
+ * of the data represented
+ * e.g. "FD" short for "Floating Point Double"
+ */
+ std::string vr;
+
+ /**
+ * \brief AVOID using the following fourth field at all costs.
+ *
+ * They are at leat 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.
+ * Here is a small dictionary we encountered in "nature":
+ * - CMD Command
+ * - META Meta Information
+ * - DIR Directory
+ * - ID ???
+ * - PAT Patient
+ * - ACQ Acquisition
+ * - REL Related
+ * - IMG Image
+ * - SDY Study
+ * - VIS Visit
+ * - WAV Waveform
+ * - PRC ???
+ * - DEV Device
+ * - NMI Nuclear Medicine
+ * - MED ???
+ * - BFS Basic Film Session
+ * - BFB Basic Film Box
+ * - BIB Basic Image Box
+ * - BAB
+ * - IOB
+ * - PJ
+ * - PRINTER
+ * - RT Radio Therapy
+ * - DVH
+ * - SSET
+ * - RES Results
+ * - CRV Curve
+ * - OLY Overlays
+ * - PXL Pixels
+ * - DL Delimiters
+ * .
+ *
+ * Other usefull abreviations used for Radiographic view associated with
+ * Patient Position (0018,5100):
+ * - AP = Anterior/Posterior
+ * - PA = Posterior/Anterior
+ * - LL = Left Lateral
+ * - RL = Right Lateral
+ * - RLD = Right Lateral Decubitus
+ * - LLD = Left Lateral Decubitus
+ * - RLO = Right Lateral Oblique
+ * - LLO = Left Lateral Oblique
+ * .
+ */
+ std::string fourth;
+
+ /// e.g. "Patient's Name"
+ std::string name;
+
+ /// Redundant with (group, element) but we add it on efficiency purposes.
+ TagKey key;
+
// DCMTK has many fields for handling a DictEntry (see below). What are the
// relevant ones for gdcmlib ?
// struct DBI_SimpleEntry {
// DcmDictRangeRestriction groupRestriction;
// DcmDictRangeRestriction elementRestriction;
// };
-public:
- gdcmDictEntry(guint16 group,
- guint16 element,
- string vr = "Unknown",
- string fourth = "Unknown",
- string name = "Unknown");
- // fabrique une 'clé' par concaténation du numGroupe et du numElement
- static TagKey TranslateToKey(guint16 group, guint16 element);
-
- guint16 GetGroup(void) { return group; };
- guint16 GetElement(void){return element;};
- string GetVR(void) {return vr; };
- void SetVR(string);
- void SetKey(string k){ key = k; }
- bool IsVrUnknown(void);
- string GetFourth(void) {return fourth;};
- string GetName(void) {return name; };
- string GetKey(void) {return key; };
};
+//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
#endif
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