RemoveType3EmptyElements Method

Summary

Deletes type 3 empty elements from the dataset.

Syntax

Objective-C

C++/CLI

public bool RemoveType3EmptyElements()

- (BOOL)removeType3EmptyElements;

public: 
bool RemoveType3EmptyElements();

Return Value

true if the function was able to traverse the dataset and maybe removed some items. false if there was a problem identifying the dataset IOD class, or if the IOD class was unknown.

Remarks

You can remove empty items to save space and minimize the dataset size before sending it.

Example

using Leadtools; 
using Leadtools.Dicom; 
 
 
public void Test_DicomDataSet_RemoveType3EmptyElementsSample() 
{ 
   //Make sure to initialize the DICOM engine, this needs to be done only once  
   //In the whole application 
   DicomEngine.Startup(); 
   using (DicomDataSet dicomDataset = new DicomDataSet()) 
   { 
      dicomDataset.Initialize(DicomClassType.DXImageStoragePresentation, DicomDataSetInitializeType.ExplicitVRLittleEndian); 
      dicomDataset.RemoveType3EmptyElements(); 
   } 
   DicomEngine.Shutdown(); 
}