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L_DicomDeleteKey

Summary

Deletes the specified key element from the Dicom Dir Data Set.

Syntax

#include "ltdic.h"

L_LTDIC_API L_VOID L_DicomDeleteKey(hDS, pElement)

Parameters

pDICOMELEMENT pElement

Pointer to a DICOMELEMENT structure that contains the key element to delete.

Returns

None.

Comments

When a key element is deleted using this function, all offspring of the key element (both key element children and non-key element children) and all their respective children are also deleted.

Below are illustrations of this:

For the sake of these illustrations, the order of siblings is top to bottom.

Please note that the numbering of the items of interest is arbitrary, and does not imply order.

In this illustration item 2 will be deleted. If any of the children of item 2 had children, these would be deleted also.

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In this illustration item 3 will be deleted. Again, if any of the children of item 2 had children, these would be deleted also.

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Please note that key elements should not be deleted using L_DicomDeleteElement. Deleting a key element using L_DicomDeleteElement will not delete any child key elements, but will delete information that references the child key elements.

For more information about key elements, refer to Working with Key Elements.