Using icons in C-FIND

DICOM has from the start had the facility to include icon images in C-FIND requests, but it is rarely used.

Anonymisation of DICOM Objects

DicomObjects is commonly and successfully used for Anonymisation and all the required data changes are easy using DicomObjects - the real problem is working out what needs changing!

Removing Private Attributes


Private Elements (or Tags) are perfectly legal in DICOM, details of the structure of Private DICOM Elements can be found in DICOM Private Elements.

Removing all Private elements from any DICOM instance is quite simple, following sample code shows you how to do it in DicomObjects.

Counting Studies, Series and Instances

There are many times when users need to know how many objects there of a given type, without needing to enumerate each one.

Mask Subtraction

Mask subtraction is very different in the COM and .NET versions of DicomObjects

Avoiding Accepting Private SOP classes

Many pieces of equipment will try to negotiate both a Private SOP class and an official DICOM SOP Class for the images they send to a PACS, on the basis that only a PACS from the same manufacturer will accept the private one, with everyone else accepting only the DICOM one.