PcidFor Method

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Indicates the presentaiton context ID which would be used to send an instance of the given SOP class

Syntax

Visual Basic
C#

'Declaration
 
Public Function PcidFor( _
   ByVal SOPClass As System.String _
) As System.Byte

public System.byte PcidFor( 
   System.string SOPClass
)

Parameters

SOPClass: The SOP class to test for

Return Value

Either the presentation context ID which would be used to send an instance of the stated SOP class, or 0 if so suitable, agreed presentation context exists.

Remarks

This routines uses the properties AgreedContexts, MetaSOPClass, PreferredPCID, PreferredTS and PreferredTSList

Example

DicomImage CTImage = new DicomImage("CTImage.dcm");
DicomImage MRImage = new DicomImage("MRImage.dcm");
                    
DicomImageCollection dicomImages = new DicomImageCollection();
dicomImages.Add(CTImage);
dicomImages.Add(MRImage);
                    
string node = "dicomserver.co.uk";
int port = 104;
string callingAE = "SCU";
string calledAE = "SCP";
                    
using (DicomAssociation cn = new DicomAssociation())
{
    cn.RequestedContexts.Add(CTImage.SOPClass, TransferSyntaxes.ExplicitVRLittleEndian);
    cn.RequestedContexts.Add(MRImage.SOPClass, TransferSyntaxes.ExplicitVRLittleEndian);
    cn.Open(node, port, callingAE, calledAE);
    
    var pcidCT = cn.PcidFor(CTImage.SOPClass); // 1
    var pcidMR = cn.PcidFor(MRImage.SOPClass); // 3
    
    cn.SendInstances(dicomImages);    
    var result = cn.LastStatus;
    
    cn.Close();
}

Requirements

Target Platforms: .NET CLR 4.8 or higher

Reference

DicomAssociation Class
DicomAssociation Members

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