DicomDataSet Class Members
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The following tables list the members exposed by DicomDataSet.
Public Constructors
Public Fields
| Name | Description |
 | CompressedFrameStream | User-defined function to set output stream for compressed frame. This is suitable for writing out large compressed frames with Basic Offset Table. |
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Public Properties
| Name | Description |
 | AccessionNumber | The Accession Number |
 | CacheMode | Controls how the pixel data is cached |
 | Children | Holds the hierarchical directory structure for DICOM directory files |
 | Command | The full command dataset received |
 | Count | Number of Attributes held in the DataSet |
 | DateOfBirth | Date of birth of the patient |
 | Identifer | Returns the underlying DataSet which contains the list of attributes to be matched, as specified in the DICOM standard. |
 | InstanceUID | Unique identifier for the four levels of the DICOM Query/Retrieve hierarchy |
 | Item | Overloaded. Note: C# syntax for the "Item" property is wrongly represented in a VB.NET syntax. This is a bug in the help file generator, and will be corrected in a later
version of our help file. |
 | Name | The Name of the patient |
 | OriginalTS | Returns the Transfer syntax with which the object was originally received or read. |
 | Overrides | Image-specific list of unusual behaviours (e.g. to cope with faulty images) |
 | OverrideTS | A means to override an incorrect transfer syntax |
 | PatientID | The Patient ID |
 | PixelsPerFrame | The number of pixels per frame |
 | RawPixels | Accesses the raw pixel data as an array |
 | SamplesPerFrame | The number of samples per frame |
 | SeriesDescription | Descriptions for the series |
 | SeriesUID | Unique identifier for the four levels of the DICOM Query/Retrieve hierarchy |
 | Sex | Sex of the patient |
 | Size | |
 | SOPClass | SOP class of the DicomDataSet. |
 | StudyDescription | Description for the study |
 | StudyUID | Unique identifier for the four levels of the DICOM Query/Retrieve hierarchy |
 | Tag | A general purpose Tag for developer use |
 | UncompressedPI | Gets the Photometric Interpretation of the uncompressed Image data. |
 | ValidationDataSet | Assign a Validation DataSet to this property would override the DataSet's Validation scheme. This is mainly used for validation of CharacterSet. |
 | ValidationOptions | |
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Public Methods
| Name | Description |
 | Add | Overloaded. Creates and adds standard data elements to DicomDataSet |
 | AddByReference | Overloaded. Add byte[] as attribute value to avoid copying large data |
 | AddPixelData | Adds pixel data to DicomDataSet |
 | AddToDirectory | Simplified DICOMDIR creation with specified Image, Path, TransferSyntax |
 | Bitmap | Overloaded. |
 | ChangeCharacterSet | Change the specific Character Set of a DICOM dataset. All applicable attributes will have its data re-encoded by the new character set |
 | ChangeToDecompressed | Simulate the effect of writing out as a Decompressed Image |
 | Clear | Clear the DicomDataSet data |
 | Clone | Overloaded. Returns a copy of the DicomDataSet |
 | DecompressAll | Causes all the frames of an image to be decompressed. |
 | Dispose | Release the resources used by the DicomDataSet object |
 | FindAttribute | Locate an attribute within either a top level dataset, or within one of the functional group macros |
 | ForEachAttribute | Recursively perform an action on every attribute within the dataset |
 | FrameSubSet | Generates a new DicomDataSet as a subset of the current instance as described in supplement 119 |
 | FunctionalGroupDataSet | Overloaded. Locate the required functional group within a |
 | FunctionalGroupOrRootLevelAttribute | Overloaded. Return the required within a specified functional group within a If DicomAttribute is not present in the specified DicomDataSet, it searches amongst the root level attributes |
 | GetAllBulkData | Load All Bulk data for attributes |
 | GetAllURIBulkData | Load Bulk data from URI, getting data from web calls |
 | GetMinAndMax | Overloaded. Find the maximum and minimum pixel data values in the pixel data |
 | GetPixelStream | Returns the raw pixel data as a Stream object for a specific frame |
 | Import | |
 | ImportPixelData | Direct import of compressed pixel data |
 | MergeBulkData | Load Bulk data for all attributes, getting data from a method, based on the URI |
 | OriginalPixelData | |
 | PixelValuesByFrameGeneric | |
 | Read | Overloaded. Reads from a standard Stream, with specific reading behaviour |
 | ReadJson | Read DICOM data from a Json Stream |
 | ReadURL | Reads DataSet from Web Address |
 | ReadXml | Read DICOM data from an XML Stream |
 | Remove | Overloaded. Removes an attribute from the DataSet |
 | RemovePrivateAttributes | |
 | Send | Overloaded. Sends a DicomDataSet to a remote DICOM application |
 | SetDicomCodec | |
 | SetNonDicomCodec | |
 | SetPlanarConfiguration | Sets the planar configuration in DicomDataSet |
 | SimplifyOverlays | Decompress the data, and move any overlays which are encoded with the pixel data (a method deprecated in DICOM many years ago) to stand-along overlay data in
60xx,3000. |
 | SKBitmap | |
 | Validate | Validate all DicomAttributes within the DicomDataset |
 | ValidateAll | |
 | Value | Overloaded. Returns the value of the specified Data Element |
 | Write | Overloaded. Writes dataset to an external DICOM file with specified transfer syntax and quality factor |
 | WriteJson | Write the DICOM data into an Json Stream |
 | WriteXml | Write the DICOM data into an XML Stream |
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