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Sample Code

using System;

using ClearCanvas.Common;

using ClearCanvas.Desktop;

using ClearCanvas.Desktop.Actions;

using ClearCanvas.ImageViewer;

using ClearCanvas.ImageViewer.BaseTools;

using ClearCanvas.ImageViewer.PresentationStates.Dicom;

 

// ... (other using namespace statements here)

 

namespace MyPlugin.DicomImaging

{

   [MenuAction("save", "global-menus/PresentationStates/SavePresentationStateTool", "Save")]

   [ButtonAction("save", "global-toolbars/ToolbarStandard/SavePresentationStateTool", "Save")]

   [IconSet("save", IconScheme.Colour, "Icons.MyToolSmall.png", "Icons.MyToolMedium.png", "Icons.MyToolLarge.png")]

   // ... (other action attributes here)

   [ExtensionOf(typeof (ImageViewerToolExtensionPoint))]

   public class SavePresentationStateTool : ImageViewerTool

   {

      private readonly FileExtensionFilter extDcm = new FileExtensionFilter("*.dcm", "DCM Files (*.dcm)");

      private readonly FileExtensionFilter extAll = new FileExtensionFilter("*.*", "All Files (*.*)");

      private string _lastPresentationState = "";

 

      public void Save()

      {

         FileDialogCreationArgs args = new FileDialogCreationArgs(_lastPresentationState);

         args.Filters.Add(extDcm);

         args.Filters.Add(extAll);

         args.FileExtension = "dcm";

         FileDialogResult result = base.Context.DesktopWindow.ShowSaveFileDialogBox(args);

         if (result.Action == DialogBoxAction.Ok)

         {

            _lastPresentationState = result.FileName;

 

            try

            {

               DicomSoftcopyPresentationState presentationState = DicomSoftcopyPresentationState.Create(base.SelectedPresentationImage);

               presentationState.DicomFile.Save(_lastPresentationState);

            }

            catch (Exception ex)

            {

               Platform.Log(LogLevel.Error, ex, "Failed to serialize presentation state.");

               base.Context.DesktopWindow.ShowMessageBox(ex.Message, MessageBoxActions.Ok);

            }

         }

      }

   }

}

Remarks

DICOM presentation states can be used to capture the current displayed view of an image for persistence as a DICOM object.

In the sample above, the tool creates a DICOM softcopy presentation state object from the selected image and saves it to a file specified by the user.

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