The IDLffDICOM::GetPreamble function method returns the preamble of a DICOM v3.0 Part 10 file.

Syntax

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Result = Obj->[IDLffDICOM::]GetPreamble()

Return Value

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Returns a 128-element byte array containing the preamble, which is a fixed 128 byte field available for implementation specified usage. If it is not used by the implementor of the file, it will be set to all zeroes.

Arguments

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None

Keywords

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None

Examples

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; Create a DICOM object, read a DICOM file:

obj = OBJ_NEW('IDLffDICOM')

var = obj->Read(DIALOG_PICKFILE(FILTER = '*'))

; Get an array of the byte contents of the DICOM file preamble:

arr = obj->GetPreamble()

PRINT, arr

OBJ_DESTROY, obj

Version History

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5.2	Introduced