Value(String) Method

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Returns the value of the specified Data Element

Syntax

Visual Basic
C#

'Declaration
 
Public Overloads Function Value( _
   ByVal Keyword As System.String _
) As System.Object

public System.object Value( 
   System.string Keyword
)

Parameters

Keyword: The String Keyword of the DicomAttribute

Return Value

object

Remarks

The type of variant returned depends on the value representation of the data element, and may be a string, date (for time, date or date-time), or a numeric type, including floating point values where appropriate.

Data elements of types not known to the program, whether private elements, or attributes recently defined by DICOM return the string " Unknown Data Type".

Example

DicomDataSet ds = new DicomDataSet("Dataset.dcm");
var patientNameString = Keyword.PatientName.ToString();
                    
var patientName = ds.Value(patientNameString);
Debug.WriteLine($"Patient Name: {patientName}"); // Example output: Patient Name: John Doe

Requirements

Target Platforms: .NET CLR 4.8 or higher

Reference

DicomDataSet Class
DicomDataSet Members
Overload List

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