This document provides details as to how DICOM metadata (attributes) from the image file and the template file are combined to create a new DICOM file. An image / template pair must be provided for each file in the series to be created. More specifically:
Miscellaneous Attributes
UIDs
Date and Time
Set by User
Copied from Image
Copied from template
The following attributes are set up with special processing.
| Hex Tag | Attribute Name | Value Setup |
|---|---|---|
| 3002,0012 | RTImagePosition | Calculated from values in the image 3002,0011 :ImagePlanePixelSpacing 0028,0010 :Rows and 0028,0011 :Columns |
| 300c,0002 | ReferencedRTPlanSequence | Constructed using specified plan |
| 0008,0080 | InstitutionName | Copied from image files not available for dev files |
List of UIDs that are set up.
| Hex Tag | Attribute Name | Value Setup |
|---|---|---|
| 0002,0003 | MediaStorageSOPInstanceUID | Set to new unique ID |
| 0008,0018 | SOPInstanceUID | Set to same as MediaStorageSOPInstanceUID |
| 0020,000d | StudyInstanceUID | Copied from template file |
| 0020,000e | SeriesInstanceUID | Set to new unique ID Same for each image in series |
| 0020,0052 | FrameOfReferenceUID | Set to new unique ID Different for each image |
Set up of dates and times. Note that in dev files, the only date/time value that are present are the ContentDate and ContentTime values.
| Hex Tag | Attribute Name | Value Setup |
|---|---|---|
| 0008,0020 | StudyDate | Set to StudyDate of earliest production (non dev) image |
| 0008,0030 | StudyTime | Set to StudyTime of earliest production (non dev) image |
| 0008,0021 | SeriesDate | ContentDate of first image beam |
| 0008,0031 | SeriesTime | ContentTime of first image beam |
| 0008,0022 | AcquisitionDate | Set to image ContentDate |
| 0008,0032 | AcquisitionTime | Set to image ContentTime |
| 0008,0012 | InstanceCreationDate | set to same as ContentDate |
| 0008,0013 | InstanceCreationTime | set to same as ContentTime |
These values are directly or indirectly controlled by the user via the web interface.
| Hex Tag | Attribute Name | Value Setup |
|---|---|---|
| 0008,1010 | StationName | Set to same as RadiationMachineName |
| 0010,0010 | PatientName | Set by user Defaults to value found in uploaded RTIMAGE files If not defined there defaults to value in plan |
| 0010,0020 | PatientID | Set by user Defaults to value found in uploaded RTIMAGE files If not defined there defaults to value in plan |
| 0018,1000 | DeviceSerialNumber | Set by user when choosing machine |
| 3002,0020 | RadiationMachineName | Set by user when choosing machine |
The following DICOM attributes are copied from the source image file to the new file.
| Hex Tag | Attribute Name |
|---|---|
| Hex Tag | Name |
| 0008,0023 | ContentDate |
| 0008,0033 | ContentTime |
| 0020,4000 | ImageComments |
| 0028,0002 | SamplesPerPixel |
| 0028,0004 | PhotometricInterpretation |
| 0028,0010 | Rows |
| 0028,0011 | Columns |
| 0028,0100 | BitsAllocated |
| 0028,0101 | BitsStored |
| 0028,0102 | HighBit |
| 0028,0103 | PixelRepresentation |
| 0028,1050 | WindowCenter |
| 0028,1051 | WindowWidth |
| 0028,1052 | RescaleIntercept |
| 0028,1053 | RescaleSlope |
| 0028,1054 | RescaleType |
| 3002,0002 | RTImageLabel |
| 3002,0003 | RTImageName |
| 3002,0004 | RTImageDescription |
| 3002,000a | ReportedValuesOrigin |
| 3002,000c | RTImagePlane |
| 3002,000d | XRayImageReceptorTranslation |
| 3002,000e | XRayImageReceptorAngle |
| 3002,0011 | ImagePlanePixelSpacing |
| 3002,0022 | RadiationMachineSAD |
| 3002,0026 | RTImageSID |
| 7fe0,0010 | PixelData |
The following DICOM attributes are copied from the template DICOM (the one delivered in production mode).
| Hex Tag | Attribute Name |
|---|---|
| 3002,0029 | FractionNumber |
| 0008,1160 | ReferencedFrameNumber |
| 0018,0060 | KVP |
| 3002,0032 | MetersetExposure |
| 300A,00B6 | BeamLimitingDeviceSequence |
| 300A,00B8 | RTBeamLimitingDeviceType |
| 300A,00BC | NumberOfLeafJawPairs |
| 300A,011C | LeafJawPositions |
| 300A,00B8 | RTBeamLimitingDeviceType |
| 300A,00BC | NumberOfLeafJawPairs |
| 300A,011C | LeafJawPositions |
| 300A,00F0 | NumberOfBlocks |
| 300A,011E | GantryAngle |
| 300A,0120 | BeamLimitingDeviceAngle |
| 300A,0122 | PatientSupportAngle |
| 300A,0128 | TableTopVerticalPosition |
| 300A,0129 | TableTopLongitudinalPosition |
| 300A,012A | TableTopLateralPosition |
| 300A,00B3 | PrimaryDosimeterUnit |
| 300A,011E | GantryAngle |
| 300A,0120 | BeamLimitingDeviceAngle |
| 300A,0122 | PatientSupportAngle |
| 300A,0128 | TableTopVerticalPosition |
| 300A,0129 | TableTopLongitudinalPosition |
| 300A,012A | TableTopLateralPosition |
| 300A,012C | IsocenterPosition |
| 300C,0006 | ReferencedBeamNumber |
| 300C,0022 | ReferencedFractionGroupNumber |
| 3273,0010 | VarianCreator3273 |
| 3273,1000 | RTImageIsocenterPosition |
| 3273,1001 | RTImagePatientPosition |
