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HelloWorld.py

    ############################################################################
    #
    #  Program: GDCM (Grassroots DICOM). A DICOM library
    #
    #  Copyright (c) 2006-2011 Mathieu Malaterre
    #  All rights reserved.
    #  See Copyright.txt or http://gdcm.sourceforge.net/Copyright.html for details.
    #
    #     This software is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even
    #     the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
    #     PURPOSE.  See the above copyright notice for more information.
    #
    ############################################################################

    """
    Hello World !
    """

    import gdcm
    import sys

    if __name__ == "__main__":

      # verbosity:
      #gdcm.Trace.DebugOn()
      #gdcm.Trace.WarningOn()
      #gdcm.Trace.ErrorOn()

      # Get the filename from the command line
      filename = sys.argv[1]

      # Instanciate a gdcm.Reader
      # This is the main class to handle any type of DICOM object
      # You should check for gdcm.ImageReader for reading specifically DICOM Image file
      r = gdcm.Reader()
      r.SetFileName( filename )
      # If the reader fails to read the file, we should stop !
      if not r.Read():
        print "Not a valid DICOM file"
        sys.exit(1)

      # Get the DICOM File structure
      file = r.GetFile()

      # Get the DataSet part of the file
      dataset = file.GetDataSet()

      # Ok let's print it !
      print dataset

      # Use StringFilter to print a particular Tag:
      sf = gdcm.StringFilter()
      sf.SetFile(r.GetFile())

      # Check if Attribute exist
      print dataset.FindDataElement( gdcm.Tag(0x0028,0x0010))

      # Let's print it as string pair:
      print sf.ToStringPair(gdcm.Tag(0x0028,0x0010))