LDicomIOD::GetRoot

#include "Ltdic.h"

static pDICOMIOD LDicomIOD::GetRoot(pIOD)

pDICOMIOD pIOD;

pointer to a DICOMIOD structure

Returns a pointer to the root of the specified item.

Parameter

Description

pIOD

Pointer to a DICOMIOD structure that contains an item in the IOD Structure.

Returns

!NULL

A pointer to a DICOMIODstructure that contains the item in the IOD Structure that is the root of the item specified in pIOD.

NULL

The IOD Structure is empty or pIOD is NULL.

Comments

The root is the Level 0 ancestor of pIOD. If pIOD points to an item on Level 0, a pointer to that same item will be returned. Please note that the numbering of the items in this illustration is arbitrary and does not imply order.

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If the passed pointer points to :

The function returns a pointer to :

Item 1

Item 2

Item 3

Item 2

Item 4

Item4

Item 5

Item 6

The following functions will also help you navigate the IOD Structure:

LDicomIOD::GetFirst

LDicomIOD::GetLast

LDicomIOD::GetNext

LDicomIOD::GetParent

LDicomIOD::GetChild

Required DLLs and Libraries

LTDIC

For a listing of the exact DLLs and Libraries needed, based on the toolkit version, refer to Files To Be Included With Your Application

Platforms

Win32, x64

See Also

Functions:

LDicomIOD::GetFirst, LDicomIOD::GetLast, LDicomIOD::GetNext, LDicomIOD::GetPrev, LDicomIOD::GetCountModule, LDicomIOD::GetParent, LDicomIOD::GetChild

Topics:

Working with Information Object Definitions

 

How to Disable the Automatic Loading of the default DICOM IOD Table

Example

This example displays the root’s name of an item.

L_INT LDicomIOD_GetRootExample() 
{ 
   pDICOMIOD   pRoot; 
   pDICOMIOD   pElement; 
   pElement = LDicomIOD::Find(NULL, TAG_PATIENT_NAME, IOD_TYPE_ELEMENT, FALSE); 
   if (pElement != NULL) 
   { 
      pRoot = LDicomIOD::GetRoot(pElement); 
      ::MessageBox(NULL, pRoot->pszName, TEXT("Notice"), MB_OK); 
   } 
   return DICOM_SUCCESS; 
} 

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