/// <summary>
/// Reads a DICOM file from a path
/// </summary>
/// <param name="filePath">the path to the DICOM file</param>
/// <returns>a DICOM object containing all elements</returns>
public static DICOMObject Read(string filePath)
{
TransferSyntax syntax;
List <IDICOMElement> elements;
using (DICOMBinaryReader dr = new DICOMBinaryReader(filePath))
{
DICOMPreambleReader.Read(dr);
List <IDICOMElement> metaElements = ReadFileMetadata(dr, out syntax);
elements = metaElements.Union(DICOMElementReader.ReadAllElements(dr, syntax)).ToList();
}
return(new DICOMObject(elements));
}
/// <summary>
/// Read the meta data from the DICOM object
/// </summary>
/// <param name="filePath">the path to the DICOM file</param>
/// <returns>a DICOM object containing the metadata elements</returns>
public static DICOMObject ReadFileMetadata(string filePath)
{
var enc = StringEncoding.ISO_IR_192;
var syntax = TransferSyntax.IMPLICIT_VR_LITTLE_ENDIAN;
List <IDICOMElement> metaElements;
using (var dr = new DICOMBinaryReader(filePath))
{
DICOMPreambleReader.Read(dr);
metaElements = ReadFileMetadata(dr, ref syntax, ref enc);
}
return(new DICOMObject(metaElements));
}
/// <summary>
/// Reads a DICOM file from a byte array
/// </summary>
/// <param name="fileBytes">the bytes of the DICOM file</param>
/// <returns>a DICOM object containing all elements</returns>
public static DICOMObject Read(byte[] fileBytes,
TransferSyntax trySyntax = TransferSyntax.IMPLICIT_VR_LITTLE_ENDIAN)
{
TransferSyntax syntax = trySyntax; //Will keep if metadata doesn't exist
List <IDICOMElement> elements;
using (var dr = new DICOMBinaryReader(fileBytes))
{
DICOMPreambleReader.Read(dr);
List <IDICOMElement> metaElements = ReadFileMetadata(dr, ref syntax);
elements = metaElements.Concat(DICOMElementReader.ReadAllElements(dr, syntax)).ToList();
}
return(new DICOMObject(elements));
}
/// <summary>
/// Reads a DICOM file from a path
/// </summary>
/// <param name="filePath">the path to the DICOM file</param>
/// <returns>a DICOM object containing all elements</returns>
public static DICOMObject Read(string filePath,
TransferSyntax trySyntax = TransferSyntax.IMPLICIT_VR_LITTLE_ENDIAN)
{
var syntax = trySyntax;
List <IDICOMElement> elements;
using (var dr = new DICOMBinaryReader(filePath))
{
DICOMPreambleReader.Read(dr);
var metaElements = ReadFileMetadata(dr, ref syntax);
elements = metaElements.Concat(DICOMElementReader.ReadAllElements(dr, syntax)).ToList();
}
return(new DICOMObject(elements));
}
/// <summary>
/// Asynchronously reads a DICOM file from a path
/// </summary>
/// <param name="filePath">the path to the DICOM file</param>
/// <returns>a DICOM object containing all elements</returns>
public static async Task <DICOMObject> ReadAsync(string filePath,
TransferSyntax trySyntax = TransferSyntax.IMPLICIT_VR_LITTLE_ENDIAN)
{
return(await Task.Run(() =>
{
TransferSyntax syntax = trySyntax;
List <IDICOMElement> elements;
using (var dr = new DICOMBinaryReader(filePath))
{
DICOMPreambleReader.Read(dr);
List <IDICOMElement> metaElements = ReadFileMetadata(dr, ref syntax);
elements = metaElements.Concat(DICOMElementReader.ReadAllElements(dr, syntax)).ToList();
}
return new DICOMObject(elements);
}));
}