DicomTagViewer

MLModule

genre	DICOM
status	stable
authors	Marcus Barann, Olaf Konrad
package	MeVisLab/Standard
dll	MLImageFile
definition	mlImageFile.def
see also	DicomTagModify, DicomUIDGenerator
keywords	dicom, tag, sop, uid

Purpose

The module DicomTagViewer displays the DICOM tags and their values of an image.

Usage

In the Read Tags panel of the DicomTagViewer module, up to nine DICOM tags can be specified for which the corresponding tag values are displayed.

In the All Tags panel, a list of all DICOM tags of an image can be generated.

Details

The most frequently used DICOM tags are:

• Patient Information: PatientsName, PatientID, PatientsBirthDate, PatientsSex
• Acquisition Information: Modality, ManufacturersModelName, InstitutionName
• Image Information: StudyInstanceUID, SOPInstanceUID, SeriesDescription, ImageType, Rows, Columns, NumberOfFrames, ImageDate, ImageTime

Windows

Default Panel

Input Fields

input0

name: input0, type: Image

Parameter Fields

Field Index

All Tags: String	tagName2: String	tagValue2: String
Dump Tags: Trigger	tagName3: String	tagValue3: String
File: String	tagName4: String	tagValue4: String
Get Values: Trigger	tagName5: String	tagValue5: String
maxValueLen: Integer	tagName6: String	tagValue6: String
Show Private Tags: Bool	tagName7: String	tagValue7: String
Tag List Subset: Enum	tagName8: String	tagValue8: String
tagName0: String	tagValue0: String	Trim Spaces: Bool
tagName1: String	tagValue1: String

Visible Fields

All Tags

name: allTags, type: String, persistent: no

Shows a list of all DICOM tags in the format (gggg,eeee) TagName: Tag Value.

Show Private Tags

name: showPrivateTags, type: Bool, default: FALSE

If checked, private tags are shows as well in the list of all tags.

Tag List Subset

name: tagListSubset, type: Enum, default: AllTags

Defines the subset of tags that are to be shown.

Values:

Title	Name	Deprecated Name	Description
All Tags	AllTags		List all tags associated with the input image.
Non Root	NonRoot		List only those tags that have been modified in the network; do not list tags that are inherited from the creator of the DICOM tag list (e.g. read unmodified from the original input file).
Owned	Owned	OWNED	List only those tags that have been modified by the most recent predecessor module.

File

name: dicomFile, type: String

Shows the file name under which the current image is saved.

Dump Tags

name: Print, type: Trigger

If pressed, the list of DICOM tags and values is being dumped to the console of MeVisLab.

Get Values

name: getValues, type: Trigger, deprecated name: GetCurrentProperties

If pressed, all tags and values are retrieved anew from the input image.

Trim Spaces

name: trimSpaces, type: Bool, default: FALSE, deprecated name: eliminateTrailingSpaces

If checked, trailing spaces in the DICOM tag values are being removed.

Hidden Fields

tagName0

name: tagName0, type: String

tagValue0

name: tagValue0, type: String, persistent: no, deprecated name: valueName0

tagName1

name: tagName1, type: String

tagValue1

name: tagValue1, type: String, persistent: no, deprecated name: valueName1

tagName2

name: tagName2, type: String

tagValue2

name: tagValue2, type: String, persistent: no, deprecated name: valueName2

tagName3

name: tagName3, type: String

tagValue3

name: tagValue3, type: String, persistent: no, deprecated name: valueName3

tagName4

name: tagName4, type: String

tagValue4

name: tagValue4, type: String, persistent: no, deprecated name: valueName4

tagName5

name: tagName5, type: String

tagValue5

name: tagValue5, type: String, persistent: no, deprecated name: valueName5

tagName6

name: tagName6, type: String

tagValue6

name: tagValue6, type: String, persistent: no, deprecated name: valueName6

tagName7

name: tagName7, type: String

tagValue7

name: tagValue7, type: String, persistent: no, deprecated name: valueName7

tagName8

name: tagName8, type: String

tagValue8

name: tagValue8, type: String, persistent: no, deprecated name: valueName8

maxValueLen

name: maxValueLen, type: Integer, default: 80