AddToDirectory Method

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Description

Simplified DICOMDIR creation

Syntax

Visual Basic
Public Function AddToDirectory( _ ByVal Image As DicomImage, _ ByVal Path As String, _ ByVal TransferSyntax As String, _ ByVal IconSize As Integer _ ) As DicomDataSets

Visual Basic

Public Function AddToDirectory( _
   ByVal Image As DicomImage, _
   ByVal Path As String, _
   ByVal TransferSyntax As String, _
   ByVal IconSize As Integer _
) As DicomDataSets

Parameters

Image: Image from which to extract demographics, and (optionally) create an icon
Path: The path is relative to where the DICOMDIR is to be written, and must conform to ISO9660/DICOM rules, and therefore be composed to up to 6 elements, each no more than 8 characters, with no extensions, separated by backslashes.
TransferSyntax: The format with which the image is to be written to disk
IconSize: This defines the size of the icon image to be included in the DICOMDIR – use 0 for no icon

Remarks

This method makes the creation of DICOMDIR files much easier than previously. Simply create a new DicomDataSet object, then call this method for each image to be added to the file set. A full 4 level hierarchy is automatically created.
Note that this method does not write the image file to disk, it merely adds demographics from it, and possibly an icon to the dicomdir DicomDataSet
The return value is a DicomDataSets object containing 4 values, referencing the patient, study, series and image levels of the DICOMDIR, allowing optional attributes to be added if wished.