I'm trying to read Dicom SR files but i can't get it to work.

When i try to get the value of (0040,A160) Text Value it always is empty, but when i do a dicomdump with dcmtk it shows that (0040,A160) Text Value is filled.

How can i get the value of (0040,A160) Text Value with CC?

 string test = dicomfile.DataSet[DicomTags.TextValue].GetString(0, "nothing :(");
            MessageBox.Show(test);

returns the default string value

Hi,

i can get other tags just fine. The tag indeed resides in a sequence, how would i get a value out of a sequence?

regards,

Robert

Hi Robert,

On an attribute whose VR is SQ, the Values property is an array of DicomSequenceItems. Each individual DicomSequenceItem has an indexer to get individual attributes in that sequence.

For example, if you had a file with the Text Value attribute embedded in the each item of the Content Sequence attribute of the file, you would use the following:

DicomFile myFile = ...
DicomSequenceItem[] items = myFile.DataSet[DicomTags.ContentSequence].Values as DicomSequenceItem[];
if (items != null) {
for(int n=0; n < items.Length; n++) {
DicomSequenceItem item = items[n];
Console.WriteLine(item[DicomTags.TextValue].ToString());
}
} else {
// no values :(
}

Edit: The forum software ripped out the spacing ><

thanks! it works like a charm