Difference Class

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public class Difference

'Declaration

Public Class Difference

'Usage

Dim instance As Difference

public ref class Difference

This example compares two datasets having different patient IDs.

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Imports Leadtools.Dicom.Common.Anonymization
Imports Leadtools.Dicom
Imports Leadtools.Dicom.Common.Compare

<TestMethod()> _
Public Sub CompareSample()
   Dim dicomFileNameIn As String = Path.Combine(LEAD_VARS.ImagesDir, "IMAGE3.dcm")
   Using dataset1 As New DicomDataSet()
      dataset1.Load(dicomFileNameIn, DicomDataSetLoadFlags.None)
      Using dataset2 As New DicomDataSet()
         Dim differences As List(Of Difference) = Nothing

         dataset2.Copy(dataset2, Nothing, Nothing)
         '
         ' Set a different value for patient id
         '
         dataset2.InsertElementAndSetValue(DicomTag.PatientID, "DifferentValue")
         differences = dataset1.Compare(dataset2)
         For Each difference As Difference In differences
            If difference.IsChanged() Then
               Dim info As String = String.Format("{0} has changed from {1} to {2}.", difference.Name, difference.FirstValue, difference.SecondValue)

               Console.WriteLine(info)
               Console.WriteLine("Html Diff")
               Console.WriteLine(vbTab & "{0}", difference.HtmlDiff)
            End If
         Next
      End Using
   End Using
End Sub


Public NotInheritable Class LEAD_VARS
Public Const ImagesDir As String = "C:\Users\Public\Documents\LEADTOOLS Images"
End Class

using Leadtools.Dicom.Common.Anonymization;
using Leadtools.Dicom;
using Leadtools.Dicom.Common.Compare;

[TestMethod]
public void CompareSample()
{         
   string dicomFileNameIn = Path.Combine(LEAD_VARS.ImagesDir, "IMAGE3.dcm");
   using (DicomDataSet dataset1 = new DicomDataSet())
   {
      dataset1.Load(dicomFileNameIn, DicomDataSetLoadFlags.None);
      using (DicomDataSet dataset2 = new DicomDataSet())
      {
         List<Difference> differences = null;

         dataset2.Copy(dataset2, null, null);
         //
         // Set a different value for patient id
         //


         dataset2.InsertElementAndSetValue(DicomTag.PatientID, "DifferentValue");
         differences = dataset1.Compare(dataset2);
         foreach (Difference difference in differences)
         {
            if (difference.IsChanged())
            {
               string info = string.Format("{0} has changed from {1} to {2}.", difference.Name, difference.FirstValue, difference.SecondValue);

               Console.WriteLine(info);
               Console.WriteLine("Html Diff");
               Console.WriteLine("\t{0}", difference.HtmlDiff);
            }
         }
      }
   }
}      


static class LEAD_VARS
{
public const string ImagesDir = @"C:\Users\Public\Documents\LEADTOOLS Images";
}

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Difference Members
Leadtools.Dicom.Common.Compare Namespace