Class DicomEncoding

Namespace

FellowOakDicom

Assembly

fo-dicom.core.dll

Support methods for DICOM encoding.

public static class DicomEncoding

Inheritance

object

DicomEncoding

Inherited Members

object.Equals(object)

object.Equals(object, object)

object.GetHashCode()

object.GetType()

object.MemberwiseClone()

object.ReferenceEquals(object, object)

object.ToString()

Fields

Default

Default encoding used in DICOM.

public static readonly Encoding Default

Field Value

Encoding

DefaultArray

public static readonly Encoding[] DefaultArray

Field Value

Encoding[]

Methods

GetCharset(Encoding, bool)

Get DICOM character set from encoding.

public static string GetCharset(Encoding encoding, bool extended = false)

Parameters

encoding Encoding

Encoding.

extended bool

If true, the extended version of the character set is returned.

Returns

string

The Specific Character Set as defined in DICOM.

Exceptions

ArgumentException

No character set found for the encoding.

GetEncoding(string)

Get encoding from Specific Character Set attribute value. Tolerates some common misspellings.

public static Encoding GetEncoding(string charset)

Parameters

charset string

DICOM character set.

Returns

Encoding

String encoding.

GetEncodings(string[])

Get multiple encodings from Specific Character Set attribute values.

public static Encoding[] GetEncodings(string[] charsets)

Parameters

charsets string[]

List of character sets.

Returns

Encoding[]

String encodings.

RegisterEncoding(string, string)

Register an encoding for a specific character set value. Can be used to add an encoding that is not handled by the library, or a private encoding. Can also be used to map an existing character set to another encoding.

public static void RegisterEncoding(string charset, string encoding)

Parameters

charset string

The name of the character set as given in the Specific Character Set DICOM attribute.

encoding string

The name of the character encoding used to decode the DICOM tag values as defined in the .NET framework.