QueryPatients Method (IStorageDataAccessAgent)

CompositeInstanceDataSet QueryPatients( 
   MatchingParameterCollection matchingEntitiesCollection
)

'Declaration
 
Function QueryPatients( _
   ByVal matchingEntitiesCollection As MatchingParameterCollection _
) As CompositeInstanceDataSet

'Usage
 
Dim instance As IStorageDataAccessAgent
Dim matchingEntitiesCollection As MatchingParameterCollection
Dim value As CompositeInstanceDataSet
 
value = instance.QueryPatients(matchingEntitiesCollection)

CompositeInstanceDataSet^ QueryPatients( 
   MatchingParameterCollection^ matchingEntitiesCollection
) 

Parameters

matchingEntitiesCollection

A Leadtools.Medical.DataAccessLayer.MatchingParameterCollection which includes the matching parameters for the query.

Return Value

The matchingEntitiesCollection can be from any level and they are not limited to the patient level.

Which means you can query for patients using the Study Instance UID in the study level or modalities in the series level.

The following tables in the CompositeInstanceDataSet will contain the patient's information: CompositeInstanceDataSet.Patient, CompositeInstanceDataSet.OtherPatientIDs, CompositeInstanceDataSet.OtherPatientNames and CompositeInstanceDataSet.ReferencedPatientSequence.

Target Platforms

Reference

IStorageDataAccessAgent Interface
IStorageDataAccessAgent Members