IEGetDicomTagDescription

Declaration

function IEGetDicomTagDescription(DICOMTags: TIEDicomTags; Index: integer): string; overload;
function IEGetDicomTagDescription(DICOMTags: TIEDicomTags; Index: integer; out TagSource : TIEDicomTagSource): string; overload;
function IEGetDicomTagDescription(Group, Element: Word): string; overload;
function IEGetDicomTagDescription(Group, Element: Word; out TagSource : TIEDicomTagSource): string; overload;

Description

Returns an English description of a specified Dicom tag.

The overloads including TagSource allow you to determine if the tag is part of the NEMA standard (dsStandard), has been retired (dsDeprecated), or is vendor specific (dsProprietary).

Note:
◼For more detail, use IEDicomGetTagInfoEx
◼Add ieDicomTags to your uses clause to support IEGetDicomTagDescription
◼ieDicomTags adds about 400KB to your exe

Example

// Get a list of all Dicom tag descriptions
for i := 0 to ImageEnView1.IO.Params.DICOM_Tags.Count - 1 do
  memo1.Lines.Add( IEGetDicomTagDescription( ImageEnView1.IO.Params.DICOM_Tags, i );

Desc := IEGetDicomTagDescription( $0010, $0010 );  // Returns "Patient's Name"

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