// gdcmDictEntry.h
-
+//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
#ifndef GDCMDICTENTRY_H
#define GDCMDICTENTRY_H
#include "gdcmCommon.h"
+//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
/*
+ * \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 owner group
* - etc.
*/
-class GDCM_EXPORT gdcmDictEntry {
-private:
- // FIXME : were 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.
- guint16 group; // e.g. 0x0010
- guint16 element; // e.g. 0x0103
- std::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 !
- std::string fourth; // Fourth field containing some semantics.
- //(Group Name abbr.)
- std::string name; // e.g. "Patient_Name"
- TagKey key; // Redundant with (group, element) but we add it
- // on efficiency purposes.
-
- // DCMTK has many fields for handling a DictEntry (see below). What are the
- // relevant ones for gdcmlib ?
- // struct DBI_SimpleEntry {
- // Uint16 upperGroup;
- // Uint16 upperElement;
- // DcmEVR evr;
- // const char* tagName;
- // int vmMin;
- // int vmMax;
- // const char* standardVersion;
- // DcmDictRangeRestriction groupRestriction;
- // DcmDictRangeRestriction elementRestriction;
- // };
+class GDCM_EXPORT gdcmDictEntry
+{
public:
gdcmDictEntry(guint16 group,
guint16 element,
static TagKey TranslateToKey(guint16 group, guint16 element);
-// bool IsVrUnknown(void);
-
-// inline guint16 GetGroup(void);
-// inline guint16 GetElement(void);
-// inline std::string GetVR(void);
- void SetVR(std::string);
-// inline void SetKey(std::string k);
-// inline std::string GetFourth(void);
-// inline std::string GetName(void);
-// inline std::string GetKey(void);
-
-
-
-/**
- * \ingroup gdcmDictEntry
- * \brief tells if the V(alue) R(epresentation) is known (?!)
- *
- * @return
- */
-inline bool gdcmDictEntry::IsVrUnknown() {
- if ( vr == "Unknown" )
- return true;
- return false;
-}
+ 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 gdcmDictEntry::GetGroup(void) {
- return group;
- }
+ /**
+ * \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 gdcmDictEntry::GetElement(void) {
- return element;
- }
+ /**
+ * \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 gdcmDictEntry::GetVR(void) {
- return vr;
- }
+ /**
+ * \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 gdcmDictEntry::SetKey(std::string k) {
- key = k;
- }
+ /**
+ * \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 gdcmDictEntry::GetFourth(void) {
- return fourth;
- }
+ /**
+ * \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 gdcmDictEntry::GetName(void) {
- return name;
- }
+ /**
+ * \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 gdcmDictEntry::GetKey(void) {
- return key;
- }
+ /**
+ * \ingroup gdcmDictEntry
+ * \brief Gets the key of the current gdcmDictEntry
+ * @return the key .
+ */
+ inline std::string GetKey(void) { return key; }
+private:
+ // 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 {
+ // Uint16 upperGroup;
+ // Uint16 upperElement;
+ // DcmEVR evr;
+ // const char* tagName;
+ // int vmMin;
+ // int vmMax;
+ // const char* standardVersion;
+ // DcmDictRangeRestriction groupRestriction;
+ // DcmDictRangeRestriction elementRestriction;
+ // };
};
+//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
#endif
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