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When using the LEADTOOLS DICOM .Net Class Library, the first step must be to call DicomEngine.Startup in order to initialize the data required by the library. This is usually done at the beginning of the application. When the library is no longer needed, DicomEngine.Shutdown must be called to release the data. This is usually done when the application needs to shutdown.

The following topics provide a systematic approach to understanding how to program with the LEADTOOLS DICOM .Net Class Library.

Programming with LEADTOOLS DICOM

Working with DICOM Tables

Programming with DICOM Edit Control Property Grid

An Overview of the DICOM File Format

Basic DICOM File Structure

Data Element Fields

Value Representations

Value Multiplicity (VM) and Delimitation

Data Element Structure

Group Length

Big Endian versus Little Endian Byte Ordering

Data Element Type

Nesting of Data Sets

Item Encoding Rules

Delimination Sequence of Items

Repeating Groups

Retired Data Elements

Private Data Elements

Private Data Element Tags

Encoding of Pixel Data

Pixel Data Encoding of Related Data Elements

Item Encoding Rules

Native or Encapsulated Format Encoding

Compression

Unique Identifiers

Information Object Definitions

Composite IOD

Normalized IOD

Attributes

Normalized and Composite SOP Classes

Modules

Definitions

Private Data Element Tags

Working with DICOM Files

Working with Data Sets

Creating and Loading a Data Set

Creating and Loading a Data Set

Working with Information Object Definitions

Disabling the Automatic Loading of the Default DICOM IOD Table

Working with Tags

Working with Unique Identifiers (UIDs)

Working with Value Representations

Working With DICOM Encapsulated Documents

Working with DICOM LUT

Working with DICOM Annotations

Working with DICOM Waveforms

Working with DICOM Overlays

Working with Basic Directory Key Elements

Working with Digital Signatures

Creating DICOM Directories

Working with Context Groups

Disabling the Automatic Loading of the Default DICOM Context Group Table

Efficiently Export Media Contents from Data Sets

 

Modalities

Appendix

Compression Table

Context Identifier Values

Data Element Tag Table

Data Element Tag Values

Default Value Representation Table

Dicom Standard

Transfer Syntax Values

Abstract Syntax Values

C-CANCEL-REQUEST Default Table

C-ECHO-REQUEST Default Table

C-ECHO-RESPONSE Default Table

C-FIND-REQUEST Default Table

C-FIND-RESPONSE Default Table

C-GET-REQUEST Default Table

C-GET-RESPONSE Default Table

C-MOVE-REQUEST Default Table

C-MOVE-RESPONSE Default Table

Command Set Default Tables

C-STORE-REQUEST Default Table

C-STORE-RESPONSE Default Table

Dicom Standard

N-ACTION-REQUEST Default Table

N-ACTION-RESPONSE Default Table

N-CREATE-REQUEST Default Table

N-CREATE-RESPONSE Default Table

N-DELETE-REQUEST Default Table

N-DELETE-RESPONSE Default Table

N-EVENT-REPORT-REQ Default Table

N-EVENT-REPORT-RSP Default Table

N-GET-REQUEST Default Table

N-GET-RESPONSE Default Table

N-SET-REQUEST Default Table

N-SET-RESPONSE Default Table

Transfer Syntax Values

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