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The QTPlgDicomPatient class defines data elements that convey informations relevant to identifying and generally describing a patient.

Many data elements are defined by the Dicom Standard to be enclosed into this group and which of those elements are present into a given dicom file depends on the type of that file; some of them can be mandatory for a SOP Class optional for another and so on. The QTPlgDicomPatient class defines just a handful of data elements belonging to this group that could appear more frequently in dicom files.

For every other you should use the generic key ()–value () mechanism implemented by the class.

Since version 6.3 of the plugin this class can be used in Console Applications






The QTPlgDicomPatient class constructors are called when you create a new instance of the class, while the ˜QTPlgDicomPatient class destructor, is called automatically when the class is no more in use. Also, you can invoke the class destructor by setting the instance of the class to nil.
Once a new class instance is returned, it is good practice to check the class property to be sure that the new object can be used. See the validity requirements for more details.

The class provides you with the following initializer methods:
()
This is the default constructor. Use this constructor to create a new empty data set container in memory
(other as QTPlgDicomPatient)
This is the copy constructor. The properties of the object to be copied will be used to initialize the new class instance properties

specifies the patient’s full name
specifies the primary hospital identification number or code for the patient
specifies the date of birth of the named patient
specifies the time of birth of the named patient
indicates the patient’s sex
indicates the patient’s birth name
specifies the age of the patient
indicates the length or size of the patient, in meters
indicates the weight of the patient, in kilograms
specifies the legal address of the named patient