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QueryCompositeInstances Method

Summary

Finds composite instance information with the specified matching parameters.

Syntax

C++

public DataSet QueryCompositeInstances( 
   MatchingParameterCollection matchingEntitiesCollection 
)

Public MustOverride Function QueryCompositeInstances( 
   ByVal matchingEntitiesCollection As MatchingParameterCollection 
) As System.Data.DataSet

public:  
   virtual System::Data::DataSet^ QueryCompositeInstances( 
      MatchingParameterCollection^ matchingEntitiesCollection 
   ) abstract

Parameters

matchingEntitiesCollection

A MatchingParameterCollection which includes the matching parameters for the query.

Return Value

The System.Data.DataSet which contains the composite instance information that matches the query parameters.

Remarks

The matchingEntitiesCollection can be from any level and they are not limited to the Composite instance level. Which means you can query for Composite instance using the Patient ID in the patient level or study Instance UID in the study level.

This method will include all the information for the patient, study and series and Composite instance levels.

For more information about the tables returned for the patient level see the QueryPatients method. For more information about the tables returned for the study level see the QueryStudies method. For more information about the tables returned for the series level see the QuerySeries method.

The following tables in the CompositeInstanceDataSet will contain the Composite instance information: Instance, ImageInstance and ReferencedImages.

Requirements

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