/// <summary>
/// Returns the entire DICOM pixel data as array of byte arrays.
/// </summary>
/// <remarks>
/// All non-byte arrays are transcoded into byte arrays. If a DICOM
/// pixel data element is not a DICOM sequence of items, an array
/// with a single byte array entry will be returned.
/// </remarks>
public byte[][] ToBytesArray()
{
byte[][] bytesArray;
if (Data.Value.IsSequence)
{
Sequence sq = (Sequence)Data.Value[0];
bytesArray = new byte[sq.Count][];
for (int i = 0; i < sq.Count; i++)
{
if (sq[i].Value[0] is ushort[])
{
bytesArray[i] = ByteConvert.ToBytes(
(ushort[])sq[i].Value[0]);
}
else
{
bytesArray[i] = (byte[])sq[i].Value[0];
}
}
}
else
{
bytesArray = new byte[1][];
if (Data.Value[0] is ushort[])
{
bytesArray[0] = ByteConvert.ToBytes(
(ushort[])Data.Value[0]);
}
else
{
bytesArray[0] = (byte[])Data.Value[0];
}
}
return(bytesArray);
}
private void AddValueToXml(XmlTextWriter xml, object value,
bool isDate)
{
if (value is ushort[])
{
byte[] bytes = ByteConvert.ToBytes((ushort[])value);
xml.WriteAttributeString("encoding", "Base64");
AddBase64ValueToXml(xml, bytes);
}
else if (value is byte[])
{
xml.WriteAttributeString("encoding", "Base64");
AddBase64ValueToXml(xml, (byte[])value);
}
else if (isDate)
{
// hide zero valued time
xml.WriteString(((DateTime)value).ToShortDateString());
}
else
{
xml.WriteString(value.ToString());
}
}