public class DICOM_PDUItemType
extends DICOM_PDUTypeBase

This class implements a 2 byte item length (DICOM_PDUType implements 4 byte item length. See DICOM_PDUTypeBase for the methods that are required for new classes that extend this class.

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This DICOM communication package was originally based on the Java Dicom Package, whose license is below:

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