AddDictionaryElement Method

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Adds Non-Private Data Element to the Dictionary.

Syntax

Visual Basic
C#

'Declaration
 
Public Shared Sub AddDictionaryElement( _
   ByVal Group As System.Integer, _
   ByVal Element As System.Integer, _
   ByVal VR As System.String, _
   ByVal VM As System.String, _
   ByVal Description As System.String _
)

public static void AddDictionaryElement( 
   System.int Group,
   System.int Element,
   System.string VR,
   System.string VM,
   System.string Description
)

Parameters

Group: Integer value, the group index of the data element.
Element: Integer value, the element index of the data element.
VR: String value, the value representation of the new data element.
VM: String value, the value multiplicity of the data element.
Description: String value, the description of the data element.

Remarks

If the specified Group and Element locate an existing data element in the dictionary, that data element will be removed from the dictionary and the new data element will be added to the dictionary. Otherwise, a new dictionary entry for the specified data element will be created.

Following the link to see more information about Group, Element, VR, VM and Description.

Example

DicomGlobal.AddDictionaryElement(0x0018, 0x1001, "DS", "1", "Custom Scanner Paramater");
                    
// Example Usage
DicomImage image = new DicomImage("your_dicom_image.dcm");
image.DataSet.Add(0x0018, 0x1001, "5"); // DicomObjects now sees this tag as Custom Scanner Paramater

Requirements

Target Platforms: .NET CLR 4.8 or higher

Reference

DicomGlobal Class
DicomGlobal Members

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