[Dcmlib] Group Lenght and '0000'

[Mathieu Malaterre]

I also cross posted to the dicom newsgroup:

http://groups.google.com/group/comp.protocols.dicom/browse_thread/thread/e2c710d0ef13232e/d0d1d3af10db543c

Mathieu Malaterre wrote:
> Hello,
> 
>     I cam across this image recently
> 
> 
> http://nova.nlm.nih.gov/WRAMC/DICOM/WRAMC%20VC-443/225017318462C331%20F2EA3F46FAE7321B/99B7F85B3D1343698B6D301746477DEF/2F612AF2451EEDF03AC73C7D19AF8033/FFBE146B651B2A44C6ADC12DB614E3ED.dcm 
> 
> from http://nova.nlm.nih.gov/wramc/data_index.html
> 
> And I get (does not look like 'UL'):
> 
> V 130d|0000 [UL] [Group Length] 
> [1099164365\1276292990\3804772504\555532589] x(4183eacd)
> V 140d|0000 [UL] [Group Length] 
> [835531882\1219434392\151033222\3313626383] x(31cd346a)
> V 150d|0000 [UL] [Group Length] 
> [4259307444\1128414896\4113509537\2144277863] x(7fffffff)
> V 160d|0000 [UL] [Group Length] 
> [3824301659\1114577058\3573223579\2679727550] x(7fffffff)
> B 160d|0001 [  ] [gdcm::Unknown] [gdcm::Binary data loaded;length = 36]
> V 170d|0000 [UL] [Group Length] 
> [3850819895\1116855751\1080659125\3543366330] x(7fffffff)
> 
> 
>     Since I am responsible for the '0000' => group length, I would like 
> to remove it. Hopefully nowbody is actually using it. There should not 
> be any problem since the instances are still available in the dictionary.
> 
> Anybody was using this 'feature'
> 
> Mathieu
> Ps: I'll do that ~tomorrow when my brain is up and running.
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