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name

DICOM DATA ELEMENT DICTIONARY

number

2006.51

location

^MAGDICOM(2006.51,

description

+---------------------------------------------------------------+ | | | Property of the US Government. | | No permission to copy or redistribute this software is given. | | Use of unreleased versions of this software requires the user | | to execute a written test agreement with the VistA Imaging | | Development Office of the Department of Veterans Affairs, | | telephone (301) 734-0100. | | | | The Food and Drug Administration classifies this software as | | a medical device. As such, it may not be changed in any way. | | Modifications to this software may result in an adulterated | | medical device under 21CFR820, the use of which is considered | | to be a violation of US Federal Statutes. | | | +---------------------------------------------------------------+ This table contains the DICOM Element Dictionary. Every element that is part of the 1999 DICOM Standard is stored in this table. Elements that may only have a restricted number of values are marked, and the list of allowed values is itemized in this table. Elements that are marked as "Obsolete" in the DICOM standard are present in this table, and also marked as "Obsolete".

Fields

#	Name	Location	Type	Details	Index	Description
.01	tag(+)	0;1	FREE TEXT		B	The ELEMENT TAG is a the triplet {group, owner, element} that uniquely identifies each DICOM element.
1	description	0;2	FREE TEXT			Description from the DICOM Data Dictionary.
2	value representation(+)	0;3	SET OF CODES	AE:AE AS:AS AT:AT CS:CS DA:DA DS:DS DT:DT FL:FL FD:FD IS:IS LO:LO LT:LT OB:OB OW:OW PN:PN SH:SH SL:SL SQ:SQ SS:SS ST:ST TM:TM UI:UI UL:UL US:US NULL:NULL UT:UT		The value of this field is a code for the "value representation" of the DICOM element. Possible values are taken from part 5, section 6 of the DICOM standard: AE: Application Entity AS: Age String AT: Attribute Tag CS: Code String DA: Date DS: Decimal String DT: Date Time FL: Floating Point FD: Floating Point Double IS: Integer String LO: Long String LT: Long Text OB: Other Byte String OW: Other Word String PN: Person Name SH: Short String SL: Signed Long SQ: Sequence of Items SS: Signed Short ST: Short Text TM: Time UI: Unique Identifier (UID) UL: Unsigned Long UN: Unknown US: Unsigned Short UT: Unlimited Text
3	value multiplicity(+)	0;4	FREE TEXT			Specifies the maximum number of values contained in the value field of a DICOM data element.
4	enumerated value	1;0	MULTIPLE	2006.514
5	permitted values	0;5	SET OF CODES	E:Enumerated List D:Defined List		The value of this field provides information about the meaning of the list of possible values. When the value of this field is "D" (Defined list), an implementor may choose to add values to the list for their implementation. When the value of this field is "E" (Enumerated list), only those values specified in the DICOM standard may occur.
6	status	0;6	SET OF CODES	R:Retired		The value of this field is a code that indicates whether or not the current entity is "Retired" from the DICOM Standard. When the value of this field is blank, this entity is active. When the value of this field is equal to "R", this entity is retired.