Class FrameSet

java.lang.Object
com.pixelmed.dicom.FrameSet

public class FrameSet extends Object

A class to describe a set of frames sharing common characteristics suitable for display or analysis as an entity.

There is no constructor or factory method, since one or more FrameSets is created by using SetOfFrameSets.

The list of "distinguishing" attributes that are used to determine commonality is currently fixed, and includes the unique identifying attributes at the Patient, Study, Equipment levels, the Modality and SOP Class, and ImageType as well as the characteristics of the Pixel Data, and those attributes that for cross-sectional images imply consistent sampling, such as ImageOrientationPatient, PixelSpacing and SliceThickness, and in addition AcquisitionContextSequence and BurnedInAnnotation.

Note that Series identification, specifically SeriesInstanceUID is NOT a distinguishing attribute; i.e., FrameSets may span Series.

  • Method Details

    • getSOPInstanceUIDsSortedByFrameOrder

      public List<String> getSOPInstanceUIDsSortedByFrameOrder()

      Get a sorted list of the frames.

      Returns:
      a sorted list of SOP Instance UIDs
    • getAttributeTagsInAttributeListWithValues

      public static Set<AttributeTag> getAttributeTagsInAttributeListWithValues(AttributeList list)

      Given a list of DICOM attributes, return only those with values or one or more sequence items.

      Parameters:
      list - a list of DICOM attributes
      Returns:
      a new Set of AttributeTags
    • getDistinguishingAttributeTags

      public Set<AttributeTag> getDistinguishingAttributeTags()

      Get the distinguishing AttributeTags used in this FrameSet that are present with values.

      Returns:
      a set of distinguishing AttributeTags
    • getSharedAttributeTags

      public Set<AttributeTag> getSharedAttributeTags()

      Get the shared AttributeTags used in this FrameSet that are present with values.

      Returns:
      a set of shared AttributeTags
    • getPerFrameAttributeTags

      public Set<AttributeTag> getPerFrameAttributeTags()

      Get the per-frame varying AttributeTags used in this FrameSet that are present with values.

      This is the set used in any frame (not necessarily all frames).

      Returns:
      a set of per-frame varying AttributeTags
    • size

      public int size()

      Get the number of frames in this FrameSet.

      Returns:
      the number of frames in this FrameSet
    • toString

      public String toString()

      Return a String representing this object's value.

      Overrides:
      toString in class Object
      Returns:
      a string representation of the value of this object