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PatientMModule - Patient
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(0008,0023) Content Date1Date
(0008,0033) Content Time1Time
(0020,0013) Instance Number1Integer String
(0020,0242) SOP Instance UID of Concatenation Source1CUnique Identifier
(0020,9161) Concatenation UID1CUnique Identifier
(0020,9162) In-concatenation Number1CUnsigned Short
(0020,9163) In-concatenation Total Number3Unsigned Short
(0020,9228) Concatenation Frame Offset Number1CUnsigned Long
(0022,0028) Stereo Pairs Present3Code String
(0028,0008) Number of Frames1Integer String
(0028,6010) Representative Frame Number3Unsigned Short
(5200,9229) Shared Functional Groups Sequence1Sequence
(0008,1140) Referenced Image Sequence2Sequence
(0008,9124) Derivation Image Sequence2Sequence
(0018,9006) MR Imaging Modifier Sequence1Sequence
(0018,9042) MR Receive Coil Sequence1Sequence
(0018,9049) MR Transmit Coil Sequence1Sequence
(0018,9107) MR Spatial Saturation Sequence2Sequence
(0018,9112) MR Timing and Related Parameters Sequence1Sequence
(0018,9114) MR Echo Sequence1Sequence
(0018,9115) MR Modifier Sequence1Sequence
(0018,9117) MR Diffusion Sequence1Sequence
(0018,9118) Cardiac Synchronization Sequence1Sequence
(0018,9119) MR Averages Sequence1Sequence
(0018,9125) MR FOV/Geometry Sequence1Sequence
(0018,9152) MR Metabolite Map Sequence1Sequence
(0018,9197) MR Velocity Encoding Sequence1Sequence
(0018,9226) MR Image Frame Type Sequence1Sequence
(0018,9251) MR Arterial Spin Labeling Sequence1Sequence
(0018,9341) Contrast/Bolus Usage Sequence1Sequence
(0018,9621) Functional MR Sequence1Sequence
(0020,9071) Frame Anatomy Sequence1Sequence
(0020,9111) Frame Content Sequence1Sequence
(0020,9113) Plane Position Sequence1Sequence
(0020,9116) Plane Orientation Sequence1Sequence
(0020,9253) Respiratory Synchronization Sequence1Sequence
(0020,9310) Temporal Position Sequence1Sequence
(0028,9110) Pixel Measures Sequence1Sequence
(0018,0050) Slice Thickness1CDecimal String
(0018,0088) Spacing Between Slices1CDecimal String
(0028,0030) Pixel Spacing1CDecimal String
(0028,9132) Frame VOI LUT Sequence1Sequence
(0028,9145) Pixel Value Transformation Sequence1Sequence
(0040,9096) Real World Value Mapping Sequence1Sequence
(5200,9230) Per-Frame Functional Groups Sequence1CSequence
(7FE0,0003) Encapsulated Pixel Data Value Total Length3UV
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Pixel Spacing Attribute

Tag(0028,0030)
TypeConditionally Required (1C)
KeywordPixelSpacing
Value Multiplicity2
Value RepresentationDecimal String (DS)
Example Values
  • [0.703125, 0.703125]
  • [1.367188, 1.367188]
  • [0.545455, 0.596847]

Physical distance in the imaging target (patient, specimen, or phantom) between the centers of each pixel, specified by a numeric pair - adjacent row spacing (delimiter) adjacent column spacing in mm. See Section 10.7.1.3 for further explanation of the value order.

Note

  1. In the case of CT images with an Acquisition Type (0018,9302) of CONSTANT_ANGLE, the pixel spacing is that in a plane normal to the central ray of the diverging X-Ray beam as it passes through the data collection center.

  2. In the case of Enhanced RT Image ("1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.481.23") or Enhanced Continuous RT Image ("1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.481.24") the pixel spacing is defined on the x/y plane at z = 0 of the Image Receptor Coordinate System.

Required if:

  • Volumetric Properties (0008,9206) is other than DISTORTED or SAMPLED, and Image Type (0008,0008) Value 3 is not LABEL or OVERVIEW, or

  • SOP Class UID is Segmentation Storage ("1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.66.4") and Frame of Reference UID (0020,0052) is present, or

  • SOP Class UID is Ophthalmic Tomography Image Storage ("1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.77.1.5.4") and Ophthalmic Volumetric Properties Flag (0022,1622) is YES, or

  • SOP Class UID is Ophthalmic Optical Coherence Tomography B-scan Volume Analysis Storage ("1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.77.1.5.8"), or

  • SOP Class UID is Enhanced RT Image ("1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.481.23"), or

  • SOP Class UID is Enhanced Continuous RT Image ("1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.481.24").

May be present otherwise.

Note

Part of the Pixel Measures Functional Group Macro with usage: M

Section 10.7.1.3

10.7.1.3 Pixel Spacing Value Order and Valid Values

All pixel spacing related Attributes are encoded as the physical distance between the centers of each two-dimensional pixel, specified by two numeric values.

The first value is the row spacing in mm, that is the spacing between the centers of adjacent rows, or vertical spacing.

The second value is the column spacing in mm, that is the spacing between the centers of adjacent columns, or horizontal spacing.

To illustrate, consider the example shown in Figure 10.7.1.3-1.

Figure 10.7.1.3-1. Example of Pixel Spacing Value Order


Pixel Spacing = Row Spacing \ Column Spacing = 0.30\0.25.

All pixel spacing related Attributes shall have positive non-zero values, except when there is only a single row or column or pixel of data present, in which case the corresponding value may be zero.

Note

A single row or column or "pixel" may occur in MR Spectroscopy Instances.

This description applies to:

  • Pixel Spacing (0028,0030)

  • Imager Pixel Spacing (0018,1164)

  • Nominal Scanned Pixel Spacing (0018,2010)

  • Image Plane Pixel Spacing (3002,0011)

  • Compensator Pixel Spacing (300A,00E9)

  • Detector Element Spacing (0018,7022)

  • Presentation Pixel Spacing (0070,0101)

  • Printer Pixel Spacing (2010,0376)

  • Object Pixel Spacing in Center of Beam (0018,9404)