OverlayCount Property

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public int OverlayCount {get;}

'Declaration
 
Public ReadOnly Property OverlayCount As Integer

'Usage
 
Dim instance As DicomDataSet
Dim value As Integer
 
value = instance.OverlayCount

public int OverlayCount {get;}

public int getOverlayCount()

 get_OverlayCount();

public:
property int OverlayCount {
   int get();
}

Property Value

The number of overlays in the Data Set.

This property gets the number of overlays inside a Data Set by counting the number of repeating groups in the range (6000-601E).

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Imports Leadtools
Imports Leadtools.Dicom

Public Sub TestOverlay()
   Dim dicomFileName As String = Path.Combine(LEAD_VARS.ImagesDir, "Overlay.dcm")
   'Make sure to initialize the DICOM engine, this needs to be done only once 
   'In the whole application
   DicomEngine.Startup()

   Dim ds As DicomDataSet = New DicomDataSet()
   Using (ds)
      'Load DICOM File
      ds.Load(dicomFileName, DicomDataSetLoadFlags.None)

      If ds.OverlayCount > 0 Then
         Dim attributes As RasterOverlayAttributes = ds.GetOverlayAttributes(0)
         If Not attributes Is Nothing Then
            ' We can call in here methods like GetOverlayGroupNumber, IsOverlayInDataset 
            ' and GetOverlayActivationLayer to get some further infromation about the overlay

            'Let's get the overlay Image, If RasterOverlayAttributes.NumFramesInOverlay 
            'Is greater than 1 we can call GetOverlayImages to extract all the frames
            Dim overlayImage As RasterImage = ds.GetOverlayImage(0)
            If Not overlayImage Is Nothing Then

               Dim ds1 As DicomDataSet = New DicomDataSet()
               Using (ds1)
                  ds1.Initialize(DicomClassType.DXImageStoragePresentation, DicomDataSetInitializeType.ExplicitVRLittleEndian)
                  ds1.SetOverlayAttributes(0, attributes, DicomSetOverlayFlags.None)
                  ds1.SetOverlayImage(0, overlayImage) 'We can call SetOverlayImages if the overlay has more than one frame
                  ds1.Save(Path.Combine(LEAD_VARS.ImagesDir, "NewOverlay.dcm"), DicomDataSetSaveFlags.None)
               End Using

            End If
         End If
      End If
   End Using

   DicomEngine.Shutdown()
End Sub

Public NotInheritable Class LEAD_VARS
Public Const ImagesDir As String = "C:\Users\Public\Documents\LEADTOOLS Images"
End Class

using Leadtools;
using Leadtools.Dicom;

public void TestOverlay()
{
   string dicomFileName = Path.Combine(LEAD_VARS.ImagesDir, "Overlay.dcm");
   //Make sure to initialize the DICOM engine, this needs to be done only once 
   //In the whole application
   DicomEngine.Startup();
   using (DicomDataSet ds = new DicomDataSet())
   {
      //Load DICOM File
      ds.Load(dicomFileName, DicomDataSetLoadFlags.None);

      if (ds.OverlayCount > 0)
      {
         RasterOverlayAttributes attributes = ds.GetOverlayAttributes(0);
         if (attributes != null)
         {
            // We can call in here methods like GetOverlayGroupNumber, IsOverlayInDataset 
            // and GetOverlayActivationLayer to get some further infromation about the overlay

            //Let's get the overlay Image, If RasterOverlayAttributes.NumFramesInOverlay 
            //Is greater than 1 we can call GetOverlayImages to extract all the frames
            RasterImage overlayImage = ds.GetOverlayImage(0);
            if (overlayImage != null)
            {
               using (DicomDataSet ds1 = new DicomDataSet())
               {
                  ds1.Initialize(DicomClassType.DXImageStoragePresentation, DicomDataSetInitializeType.ExplicitVRLittleEndian);
                  ds1.SetOverlayAttributes(0, attributes, DicomSetOverlayFlags.None);
                  ds1.SetOverlayImage(0, overlayImage);//We can call SetOverlayImages if the overlay has more than one frame
                  ds1.Save(Path.Combine(LEAD_VARS.ImagesDir, "NewOverlay.dcm"), DicomDataSetSaveFlags.None);
               }
            }
         }
      }
   }
   DicomEngine.Shutdown();
}

static class LEAD_VARS
{
public const string ImagesDir = @"C:\Users\Public\Documents\LEADTOOLS Images";
}

using Leadtools.Dicom.Constants;
using Leadtools;
using Leadtools.Dicom;

      
public async Task TestOverlay()
{
   //Make sure to initialize the DICOM engine, this needs to be done only once 
   //In the whole application
   DicomEngine.Startup();
   using (DicomDataSet ds = new DicomDataSet())
   {
      //Load DICOM File
      string filePath = @"Assets\Overlay.dcm";
      StorageFile file = await Tools.AppInstallFolder.GetFileAsync(filePath);
      ILeadStream stream = LeadStreamFactory.Create(file);
      bool success = await ds.LoadAsync(stream, DicomDataSetLoadFlags.None);
      Debug.Assert(success); 
      if (ds.OverlayCount > 0)
      {
         RasterOverlayAttributes attributes = ds.GetOverlayAttributes(0);
         if (attributes != null)
         {
            // We can call in here methods like GetOverlayGroupNumber, IsOverlayInDataset 
            // and GetOverlayActivationLayer to get some further infromation about the overlay

            //Let's get the overlay Image, If RasterOverlayAttributes.NumFramesInOverlay 
            //Is greater than 1 we can call GetOverlayImages to extract all the frames
            RasterImage overlayImage = ds.GetOverlayImage(0);
            if (overlayImage != null)
            {
               using (DicomDataSet ds1 = new DicomDataSet())
               {
                  ds1.Initialize(DicomClassType.DXImageStoragePresentation, DicomDataSetInitializeType.ExplicitVRLittleEndian);
                  ds1.SetOverlayAttributes(0, attributes, DicomSetOverlayFlags.None);
                  ds1.SetOverlayImage(0, overlayImage);//We can call SetOverlayImages if the overlay has more than one frame

                  string dicomFileNameOutput = "NewOverlay.dcm";
                  StorageFile saveFile = await Tools.AppLocalFolder.CreateFileAsync(dicomFileNameOutput);
                  ILeadStream streamOutput = LeadStreamFactory.Create(saveFile);
                  using (IDisposable disposableOUT = streamOutput as IDisposable)
                  {
                     await ds.SaveAsync(streamOutput, DicomDataSetSaveFlags.None);
                  }
               }
            }
         }
      }
   }
   DicomEngine.Shutdown();
}

using Leadtools;
using Leadtools.Dicom;
using Leadtools.Examples;

public void TestOverlay(Stream dicomStream, Stream outputStream)
{
   //Make sure to initialize the DICOM engine, this needs to be done only once 
   //In the whole application
   DicomEngine.Startup();
   using (DicomDataSet ds = new DicomDataSet())
   {
      //Load DICOM File
      ds.Load(dicomStream, DicomDataSetLoadFlags.None);
      if (ds.OverlayCount > 0)
      {
         RasterOverlayAttributes attributes = ds.GetOverlayAttributes(0);
         if (attributes != null)
         {
            // We can call in here methods like GetOverlayGroupNumber, IsOverlayInDataset 
            // and GetOverlayActivationLayer to get some further infromation about the overlay

            //Let's get the overlay Image, If RasterOverlayAttributes.NumFramesInOverlay 
            //Is greater than 1 we can call GetOverlayImages to extract all the frames
            RasterImage overlayImage = ds.GetOverlayImage(0);
            if (overlayImage != null)
            {
               using (DicomDataSet ds1 = new DicomDataSet())
               {
                  ds1.Initialize(DicomClassType.DXImageStoragePresentation, DicomDataSetInitializeType.ExplicitVRLittleEndian);
                  ds1.SetOverlayAttributes(0, attributes, DicomSetOverlayFlags.None);
                  ds1.SetOverlayImage(0, overlayImage);//We can call SetOverlayImages if the overlay has more than one frame
                  ds1.Save(outputStream, DicomDataSetSaveFlags.None);
               }
            }
         }
      }
   }
   DicomEngine.Shutdown();
}

Imports Leadtools
Imports Leadtools.Dicom

Public Sub TestOverlay(ByVal dicomStream As Stream, ByVal outputStream As Stream)
   'Make sure to initialize the DICOM engine, this needs to be done only once 
   'In the whole application
   DicomEngine.Startup()
   Using ds As DicomDataSet = New DicomDataSet()
      'Load DICOM File
      ds.Load(dicomStream, DicomDataSetLoadFlags.None)
      If ds.OverlayCount > 0 Then
         Dim attributes As RasterOverlayAttributes = ds.GetOverlayAttributes(0)
         If Not attributes Is Nothing Then
            ' We can call in here methods like GetOverlayGroupNumber, IsOverlayInDataset 
            ' and GetOverlayActivationLayer to get some further infromation about the overlay

            'Let's get the overlay Image, If RasterOverlayAttributes.NumFramesInOverlay 
            'Is greater than 1 we can call GetOverlayImages to extract all the frames
            Dim overlayImage As RasterImage = ds.GetOverlayImage(0)
            If Not overlayImage Is Nothing Then
               Using ds1 As DicomDataSet = New DicomDataSet()
                  ds1.Initialize(DicomClassType.DXImageStoragePresentation, DicomDataSetInitializeType.ExplicitVRLittleEndian)
                  ds1.SetOverlayAttributes(0, attributes, DicomSetOverlayFlags.None)
                  ds1.SetOverlayImage(0, overlayImage) 'We can call SetOverlayImages if the overlay has more than one frame
                  ds1.Save(outputStream, DicomDataSetSaveFlags.None)
               End Using
            End If
         End If
      End If
   End Using
   DicomEngine.Shutdown()
End Sub

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Reference

DicomDataSet Class
DicomDataSet Members
GetOverlayAttributes Method
GetOverlayActivationLayer Method
GetOverlayImage Method
GetOverlayImages(Int32,Int32,Int32) Method
SetOverlayAttributes Method
SetOverlayImage Method
SetOverlayImages Method
DeleteOverlay Method