View source for Converting non-DICOM image files to DICOM format

== Converting non-DICOM images ==

You can convert a non-DICOM file, such as a TIFF or Analyze file, to DICOM format.

=== To convert a non-DICOM image file to DICOM ===

1 Open a non-DICOM image.<br />
2 Click File &gt; Save Image As in the MIPAV window. The Save window appears.<br />
3 Select the directory where you want to store the dataset. <br />
'''Tip:''' If you are converting an image dataset that has more than one file, you may want to save the files to a new folder. To do this, select Create New Folder at the top right of the dialog box.<br />
4 In File Name, type the name of the file, including the file extension of ''.dcm'' 
5 Click Save. The Attributes to Save dialog box appears. <br />You need to enter DICOM tag information in this dialog box, which has the following four pages:
*Required page (Figure 27)
*Patient page (Figure 28)
*Study page (Figure 29)
*Series page (Figure30)
6 Enter the required information on the Required page (Figure 27).<br />Although the fields on the Patient, Study, and Series pages are optional, you must furnish all of the information on the Required page before you can convert the file.<br />
7 Enter the information, if desired, on the Patient, Study, and Series pages (Figure 28, Figure 29, and Figure 30).<br />
8 Click OK. If you are converting a dataset that has more than one slice, the Save Range of Slices dialog box (Figure 31) appears.<br />
9 Complete the Save Range of Slices dialog box, then click OK<br />
The dataset is converted to DICOM format and saved in the directory you specified. If you are converting a dataset that has several images, each file is sequentially numbered. For example, doetumor001.dcm, doetumor002.dcm, doetumor003.

== Attributes to Save dialog box options ==

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[[Image:DICOMAttributestoSaveRequired.jpg]]
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<div class="CellBody"><span style="font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline">'''<font color="#000000">Study Instance UID (0020,000D)</font>'''</span></div>
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<div class="CellBody">Unique identifier for the study. Only numeric characters with optional periods are allowed.</div>
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<div class="CellBody"><span style="font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline">'''<font color="#000000">Modality (0008,0060)</font>'''</span></div>
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<div class="CellBody">Type of equipment that was used to acquire the data used to create the images in the dataset. Options are: Biomagnetic Imaging, Color Flow Doppler, Computed Tomography, Duplex Doppler, Computed Radiography, Diaphanography, Digital Radiography, Endoscopy, General Microscopy, Hard Copy, Intraoral Radiography, Laser Surface Scan, MR Angiography, Mammography, Magnetic Resonance, MR Spectroscopy, Nuclear Medicine, Other, PET, Panoramic X Ray, Radio Fluoroscopy, Radiographic Imaging, Radiotherapy Dose, Radiotherapy Image, Radiotherapy Record, Radiotherapy Structure, Slide Microscopy, SPECT, Thermography, Ultrasound, X Ray Angiography, and External Photography.</div>
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<div class="CellBody"><span style="font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline">'''<font color="#000000">Series Instance UID (0020,000E)</font>'''</span></div>
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<div class="CellBody">Unique identifier for the study. Only numeric characters (with optional periods) are allowed.</div>
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<div class="CellBody"><span style="font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline">'''<font color="#000000">OK</font>'''</span></div>
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<div class="CellBody">Applies the tags that you specified and closes this dialog box.</div>
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<div class="CellBody"><span style="font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline">'''<font color="#000000">Cancel</font>'''</span></div>
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<div class="CellBody">Disregards any changes you made in this dialog box, closes the dialog box, and does not apply any of the tags.</div>
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<div class="CellBody"><span style="font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline">'''<font color="#000000">Help</font>'''</span></div>
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<div class="CellBody">Displays online help for this dialog box.</div>
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<div class="CellBody"><span style="font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline">'''<font color="#000000">Fill tags</font>'''</span></div>
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<div class="CellBody">Allows you to specify a file that contains the DICOM tags. When you select this button, the Open Tags File dialog box appears.</div>
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==Patient page in the Attributes to Save dialog box==

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[[Image:DICOMAttributestoSavePatient.jpg]]
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<div class="CellBody"><span style="font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline">'''<font color="#000000">Patient's Name (0010,0010)</font>'''</span></div>
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<div class="CellBody">Patient's full name.</div>
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<div class="CellBody"><span style="font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline">'''<font color="#000000">Patient's Birth Date (0010,0030)</font>'''</span></div>
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<div class="CellBody">Date of patient's birth.</div>
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<div class="CellBody"><span style="font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline">'''<font color="#000000">Patient's Birth Time (0010,0032)</font>'''</span></div>
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<div class="CellBody">Time of patient's birth.</div>
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<div class="CellBody"><span style="font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline">'''<font color="#000000">Other Patient Names (0010,1001)</font>'''</span></div>
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<div class="CellBody">Other names used to identify the patient.</div>
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<div class="CellBody"><span style="font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline">'''<font color="#000000">Patient Comments (0010,4000)</font>'''</span></div>
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<div class="CellBody">User-defined comments about the patient.</div>
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<div class="CellBody"><span style="font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline">'''<font color="#000000">Patient ID (0010,0020)</font>'''</span></div>
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<div class="CellBody">Primary hospital identification number or code used to identify the patient.</div>
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<div class="CellBody"><span style="font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline">'''<font color="#000000">Patient's Sex (0010,0040)</font>'''</span></div>
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<div class="CellBody">Gender of the patient. Options are: Unknown, Male, Female, and Other.</div>
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<div class="CellBody"><span style="font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline">'''<font color="#000000">Other Patient IDs (0010,1000)</font>'''</span></div>
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<div class="CellBody">Other IDs used to identify the patient.</div>
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<div class="CellBody"><span style="font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline">'''<font color="#000000">Ethnic Group (0010,2160)</font>'''</span></div>
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<div class="CellBody">Ethnic group or race of the patient.</div>
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<div class="CellBody"><span style="font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline">'''<font color="#000000">Patient Orientation (0020,0020)</font>'''</span></div>
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<div class="CellBody">Patient direction of the rows and columns of the image. </div>
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<div class="CellBody"><span style="font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline">'''<font color="#000000">OK</font>'''</span></div>
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<div class="CellBody">Applies the tags that you specified and closes this dialog box.</div>
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<div class="CellBody"><span style="font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline">'''<font color="#000000">Cancel</font>'''</span></div>
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<div class="CellBody">Disregards any changes you made in this dialog box, closes the dialog box, and does not apply any of the tags.</div>
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<div class="CellBody"><span style="font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline">'''<font color="#000000">Help</font>'''</span></div>
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<div class="CellBody">Displays online help for this dialog box.</div>
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<div class="CellBody"><span style="font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline">'''<font color="#000000">Fill tags</font>'''</span></div>
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<div class="CellBody">Allows you to specify a file that contains the DICOM tags. When you select this button, the Open Tags File dialog box appears.</div>
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==Study page in the Attributes to Save dialog box==
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<div class="CellBody"><span style="font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline">'''<font color="#000000">Study ID (0020,0010)</font>'''</span></div>
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<div class="CellBody">User- or equipment-generated study identifier. </div>
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<div class="CellBody"><span style="font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline">'''<font color="#000000">Study Time (0008,0030)</font>'''</span></div>
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<div class="CellBody">Time the study started.</div>
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<div class="CellBody"><span style="font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline">'''<font color="#000000">Study Description (0008,1030)</font>'''</span></div>
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<div class="CellBody">Institute-generated description or classification of the study (component) performed.</div>
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<div class="CellBody"><span style="font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline">'''<font color="#000000">Physician(s) of Record (0008,1048)</font>'''</span></div>
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<div class="CellBody">Physician responsible for the overall patient care at the time of the study.</div>
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<div class="CellBody"><span style="font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline">'''<font color="#000000">Admitting Diagnoses Description (0008,1080)</font>'''</span></div>
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<div class="CellBody">Description of the admitting diagnoses.</div>
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<div class="CellBody"><span style="font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline">'''<font color="#000000">Patient's Size (0010,1020)</font>'''</span></div>
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<div class="CellBody">Length or size of the patient in meters.</div>
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<div class="CellBody"><span style="font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline">'''<font color="#000000">Occupation (0010,2180)</font>'''</span></div>
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<div class="CellBody">Occupation of the patient.</div>
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<div class="CellBody"><span style="font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline">'''<font color="#000000">Study Date (0008,0020)</font>'''</span></div>
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<div class="CellBody">Date the study started.</div>
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<div class="CellBody"><span style="font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline">'''<font color="#000000">Accession Number (0008,0050)</font>'''</span></div>
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<div class="CellBody">An RIS-generated number which identifies the order for the study.</div>
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<div class="CellBody"><span style="font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline">'''<font color="#000000">Referring Physician's Name (0008,0090)</font>'''</span></div>
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<div class="CellBody">Patient's referring physician.</div>
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<div class="CellBody"><span style="font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline">'''<font color="#000000">Physician(s) Reading Study (0008,1060)</font>'''</span></div>
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<div class="CellBody">Physician(s) reading the study.</div>
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<div class="CellBody"><span style="font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline">'''<font color="#000000">Patient's Age (0010,1010)</font>'''</span></div>
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<div class="CellBody">Age of the patient.</div>
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<div class="CellBody"><span style="font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline">'''<font color="#000000">Patient's Weight (0010,1030)</font>'''</span></div>
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<div class="CellBody">Weight of the patient, in kilograms.</div>
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<div class="CellBody"><span style="font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline">'''<font color="#000000">Additional Patient's History (0010,21B0)</font>'''</span></div>
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<div class="CellBody">Additional information about the patient's history.</div>
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<div class="CellBody"><span style="font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline">'''<font color="#000000">OK</font>'''</span></div>
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<div class="CellBody">Applies the tags that you specified and closes this dialog box.</div>
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<div class="CellBody"><span style="font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline">'''<font color="#000000">Cancel</font>'''</span></div>
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<div class="CellBody">Disregards any changes you made in this dialog box, closes the dialog box, and does not apply any of the tags.</div>
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<div class="CellBody"><span style="font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline">'''<font color="#000000">Help</font>'''</span></div>
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<div class="CellBody">Displays online help for this dialog box.</div>
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<div class="CellBody"><span style="font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline">'''<font color="#000000">Fill tags</font>'''</span></div>
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<div class="CellBody">Allows you to specify a file that contains the DICOM tags. When you select this button, the Open Tags File dialog box appears.</div>
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==Series page in the Attributes to Save dialog box==

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[[Image:DICOMAttributestoSaveSeries.jpg]]
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<div class="CellBody"><span style="font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline">'''<font color="#000000">Series Number (0020,0011)</font>'''</span></div>
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<div class="CellBody">A number that identifies this series.</div>
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<div class="CellBody"><span style="font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline">'''<font color="#000000">Performing Physicians' Name (0008,1050)</font>'''</span></div>
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<div class="CellBody">Name(s) of the physician(s) administering the series.</div>
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<div class="CellBody"><span style="font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline">'''<font color="#000000">Series Description (0008,103E)</font>'''</span></div>
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<div class="CellBody">User-provided description for the series.</div>
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<div class="CellBody"><span style="font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline">'''<font color="#000000">Body Part Examined (00018,0015)</font>'''</span></div>
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<div class="CellBody">A text description of the body part that was examined. Options are: Unknown, Skull, CSpine, TSpine, LSpine, SSpine, Coccyx, Chest, Clavicle, Breast, Abdomen, Pelvis, Hip, Shoulder, Elbow, Knee, Ankle, Hand, Foot, Extremity, Head, Heart, Neck, Leg, Arm, and Jaw.</div>
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<div class="CellBody"><span style="font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline">'''<font color="#000000">Smallest Pixel Value (0028,0108)</font>'''</span></div>
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<div class="CellBody">Minimum value of all images in this series.</div>
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<div class="CellBody"><span style="font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline">'''<font color="#000000">Procedure Step ID (0040,0253)</font>'''</span></div>
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<div class="CellBody">Identification of that part of a procedures that was performed during this step.</div>
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<div class="CellBody"><span style="font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline">'''<font color="#000000">Procedure Step Start Time (0040,0245)</font>'''</span></div>
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<div class="CellBody">Time when the procedure step started.</div>
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<div class="CellBody"><span style="font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline">'''<font color="#000000">Laterality (0020,0080)</font>'''</span></div>
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<div class="CellBody">Options are: Unknown, Left, and Right.</div>
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<div class="CellBody"><span style="font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline">'''<font color="#000000">Series Time (0008,0031)</font>'''</span></div>
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<div class="CellBody">Time series started.</div>
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<div class="CellBody"><span style="font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline">'''<font color="#000000">Protocol Name (0018,1030)</font>'''</span></div>
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<div class="CellBody">User-defined description of the conditions under which the series was performed.</div>
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<div class="CellBody"><span style="font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline">'''<font color="#000000">Operator's Name (0008,1070)</font>'''</span></div>
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<div class="CellBody">Name(s) of the technologist(s) supporting the series.</div>
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<div class="CellBody"><span style="font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline">'''<font color="#000000">Patient Position (0018,5100)</font>'''</span></div>
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<div class="CellBody">Patient position relative to the imaging-equipment space. Options are: Unknown, Head-First Prone, Head-First Supine, Feet First-Prone, Feet First-Supine, HF-Decubitus Right, HF-Decubitus Left, FF-Decubitus Right, FF-Decubitus Left.</div>
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<div class="CellBody"><span style="font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline">'''<font color="#000000">Largest Pixel Value (0028,0109)</font>'''</span></div>
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<div class="CellBody">Maximum value of all images in this series.</div>
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<div class="CellBody"><span style="font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline">'''<font color="#000000">Procedure Step Start Date (0040,0244)</font>'''</span></div>
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<div class="CellBody">Date when the procedure step started.</div>
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<div class="CellBody"><span style="font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline">'''<font color="#000000">Procedure Step Description (0040,0254)</font>'''</span></div>
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<div class="CellBody">Institute-generated description or classification of the procedure step that was performed.</div>
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<div class="CellBody"><span style="font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline">'''<font color="#000000">OK</font>'''</span></div>
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<div class="CellBody">Applies the tags that you specified and closes this dialog box.</div>
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<div class="CellBody"><span style="font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline">'''<font color="#000000">Cancel</font>'''</span></div>
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<div class="CellBody">Disregards any changes you made in this dialog box, closes the dialog box, and does not apply any of the tags.</div>
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<div class="CellBody"><span style="font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline">'''<font color="#000000">Help</font>'''</span></div>
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<div class="CellBody">Displays online help for this dialog box.</div>
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<div class="CellBody"><span style="font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline">'''<font color="#000000">Fill tags</font>'''</span></div>
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<div class="CellBody">Allows you to specify a file that contains the DICOM tags. When you select this button, the Open Tags File dialog box appears.</div>
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==Save Range of Slices dialog box==

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<div class="CellBody"><span style="font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline">'''<font color="#000000">Save image to separate files</font>'''</span></div>
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<div class="CellBody">Saves each image slice to a separate file.</div>
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[[Image:SaveRangeofSlices.jpg]]
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<div class="CellBody"><span style="font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline">'''<font color="#000000">First File Starting Number</font>'''</span></div>
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<div class="CellBody">Specifies the starting number for the first file.</div>
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<div class="CellBody"><span style="font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline">'''<font color="#000000">File Name Number of Digits</font>'''</span></div>
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<div class="CellBody">Specifies the number of digits in the file name.</div>
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<div class="CellBody">Choose Range of Slices to Save</div>
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<div class="CellBody"><span style="font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline">'''<font color="#000000">First slice</font>'''</span></div>
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<div class="CellBody">Specifies the number of the first slice.</div>
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<div class="CellBody"><span style="font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline">'''<font color="#000000">Last slice</font>'''</span></div>
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<div class="CellBody">Specifies the number of the last slice.</div>
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<div class="CellBody">Choose Range of Time Periods to Save</div>
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<div class="CellBody"><span style="font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline">'''<font color="#000000">First time period</font>'''</span></div>
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<div class="CellBody">Specifies the first time period. </div>
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<div class="CellBody"><span style="font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline">'''<font color="#000000">Last time period</font>'''</span></div>
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<div class="CellBody">Specifies the last time period.</div>
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<div class="CellBody"> </div>
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<div class="CellBody">TIFF options</div>
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<div class="CellBody"><span style="font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline">'''<font color="#000000">Save with packed bits compression</font>'''</span></div>
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<div class="CellBody">Indicates to save the TIFF files with packed bits compression.</div>
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<div class="CellBody"><span style="font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline">'''<font color="#000000">OK</font>'''</span></div>
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<div class="CellBody">Applies the parameters you specified and closes this dialog box.</div>
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<div class="CellBody"><span style="font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline">'''<font color="#000000">Cancel</font>'''</span></div>
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<div class="CellBody">Disregards any changes you made in this dialog box, closes the dialog box, and does not apply any of the changes.</div>
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<div class="CellBody"><span style="font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline">'''<font color="#000000">Help</font>'''</span></div>
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<div class="CellBody">Displays online help for this dialog box.</div>
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== See also: ==
[[Working with DICOM Images]]

[[Changing Image Datasets Using MIPAV Utilities]]

[[Category:Help]]