'DeclarationPublic ReadOnly Property Value As System.Object
'UsageDim instance As DicomAttribute Dim value As System.Object value = instance.Value
public System.object Value {get;}
public read-only property Value: System.TObject; public function get Value : System.Objectpublic: __property System.Object* get_Value();public: property System.Object^ Value { System.Object^ get(); }
The type of object returned depends on the value representation of the data element, and may be a string, date (or time, date or date-time), or a numeric type, including floating point values where appropriate.
Data elements of types not known to the program, whether private elements, or attributes recently defined by DICOM return the string " Unknown Data Type".
The pixel data attribute(7FE0,0010) is handled slightly differently and returns a flattened 1 dimensional array.
If the data dictionary lists the element as having the possibility of a value multiplicity of >1, then an single dimensional array of the appropriate type is returned, the size of the array reflecting the actual number of elements present (which may be just one).
If the element is a sequence then an Object of type DicomDataSetCollection is returned. As this is the only possible result of type Object, it can easily be identified using Visual Basic’s "Vartype" function or equivalent.
Non-existent Elements have a value of Null.