DICOM_hierarchy_dictionary.cpp

//hierarchyRecord being a DcmDirectoryRecord (check DICOMDIR_Open.cpp)
OFCondition status = EC_TagNotFound;
DcmStack stack;
DcmObject *object = NULL;

//Browse the properties of the element
while (hierarchyRecord->nextObject(stack, OFTrue).good()) 
{
  object = stack.top();
  DcmTag tag = object->getTag();
  DcmTagKey tagKey = DcmTagKey(tag.getGroup(), tag.getElement());
  const char* tagName = tag.getTagName();
  OFString tagVal;
  hierarchyRecord->findAndGetOFString(tagKey, tagVal);
}