fo-dicom supports asynchronous operations via the async/await pattern (or Task-based Asynchronous Pattern, TAP).

Asynchronous API

The public API has been extended with the following methods for asynchronous operation:

    DicomFile
    {
      Task SaveAsync(string fileName)
      static Task<DicomFile> OpenAsync(string fileName)
      static Task<DicomFile> OpenAsync(string fileName, Encoding fallbackEncoding)
      static Task<DicomFile> OpenAsync(Stream stream)
      static Task<DicomFile> OpenAsync(Stream stream, Encoding fallbackEncoding)
    }

    DicomDirectory
    {
      static Task<DicomDirectory> OpenAsync(string fileName)
      static Task<DicomDirectory> OpenAsync(string fileName, Encoding fallbackEncoding)
    }

    DicomClient
    {
      Task SendAsync(DicomClientCancellationMode cancellationMode, CancellationToken cancellationToken);
    }

Usage

To read a DICOM file asynchronously using this API, you can make the call:

    var dicomFile = await DicomFile.OpenAsync("some file name");

To save an existing file:

    await dicomFile.SaveAsync("some other file name");

To asynchronously send a service request to some DICOM server:

    var client = DicomClientFactory.Create("DICOMSERVER", 11112, false, "SCU", "ANY-SCP");
    await client.AddRequestAsync(new DicomCEchoRequest());
    await client.SendAsync();