message.getDICOMStrings

Use when: You want to read values from the modified message during mapping. If you need the original incoming message, use source.getDICOMStrings.

Signature: message.getDICOMStrings(nodePath, instance*)

Returns: String result - the first node that matches the nodePath and instance

Get the result as a \\ delimited string of strings of the first node that matches the nodePath.

Note

When the optional instance value is specified, the nodePath should not include an instance identifier.

Parameters

Type	Name	Description	Default
String	nodePath	the DICOM node path
Integer	instance*	(optional) the match instance to return. Use 1 for the first instance.	1

Example

// assumes `message` is a DICOM message model object

// Retrieve a backslash-delimited string of values
// for the specified DICOM tag
var dicomStrings = message.getDICOMStrings(
    "0010,0010" // Patient Name
);

// Optionally retrieve a specific instance
// (1 = first instance)
var dicomStringsInstance = message.getDICOMStrings(
    "0010,0010",    // node path
    2               // instance (1 = first instance)
);

// Result:
// - dicomStrings contains a \\-delimited string of values
// - dicomStringsInstance contains values for the specified instance