LDicomDS::LoadDS

#include "Ltdic.h"

L_UINT16 LDicomDS::LoadDS(pszName, nFlags)

Loads the Data Set from the specified file.

Any of the available Meta-header flags given above may be combined with any of the available values or combinations of values for the Transfer Syntax flags given above. For example, you may combine DS_METAHEADER_ABSENT with DS_EXPLICIT_VR, or you may combine DS_METAHEADER_PRESENT with DS_BIG_ENDIAN | DS_EXPLICIT_VR, etc.

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Comments

You must call LDicomDS::LDicomDS to allocate memory for the Data Set, prior to calling this function.

If you know certain characteristics of the file, you can set those in nFlags. Any characteristic that you dont set will be automatically determined. For example, if you know that the metaheader is present, but you do not know the byte order, or whether the Value Representation is implicit or explicit, you can set only DS_METAHEADER_PRESENT in nFlags. During loading LEADTOOLS will determine the byte order and whether the byte order is implicit or explicit.

If you do not know any of the characteristics of the file, set nFlags to 0 and LEADTOOLS will automatically determine all the file characteristics and load the file accordingly.

If DS_LOAD_CLOSE is used, for large images, this may slow performance, however, the file handle will be released. If set to None, large images will load quickly,  and image traverse can begin immediately. However, until the file handle is released, nothing can be done to the image.

If DS_LOAD_CLOSE is not included in nFlags, the file will remain open until one of the following functions is called: LDicomDS::~LDicomDS, LDicomDS::ResetDS, LDicomDS::InitDS, or LDicomDS::LoadDS (again).

To load a data set from memory, call LDicomDS::LoadDSMemory.

Required DLLs and Libraries

Platforms

Win32, x64

#define MAKE_IMAGE_PATH(pFileName) TEXT("C:\\Users\\Public\\Documents\\LEADTOOLS Images\\")pFileName 
L_INT LDicomDS_LoadDSExample() 
{ 
   L_INT       nRet; 
   LDicomDS*   pDS; 
   pDS = new LDicomDS(NULL); 
   nRet = pDS->LoadDS(MAKE_IMAGE_PATH(TEXT("image1.dcm")), 0); 
   if(nRet != DICOM_SUCCESS) 
      return nRet; 
   delete pDS; 
   return DICOM_SUCCESS; 
}