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File_DICOM::getValue()

File_DICOM::getValue() -- Gets the value for a DICOM element.

Synopsis

require_once 'File/DICOM.php';

mixed File_DICOM::getValue (mixed $group_or_name [, integer $element = null])

Description

Gets the value for a DICOM element of a given group from the parsed DICOM file

Parameter

mixed $group_or_name: The group the DICOM element belongs to (integer), or its name (string)

integer $element: The identifier for the DICOM element (unique inside a group). Optional

Return value

returns The value for the DICOM element on success, PEAR_Error on failure

Note

This function can not be called statically.

Example

Example 24-1. Using getValue()

require_once('File/DICOM.php');  $dicom_file = new File_DICOM(); $res = $dicom_file->parse('test.dcm');  // check for errors if (PEAR::isError($res)) {     die($res->getMessage()); }  echo 'this value: '.$dicom_file->getValue('PatientName')."\n"; echo 'Should be the same as this value: '.$dicom_file->getValue(0x0010, 0x0010)."\n";

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