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DICOM PS3.3 2020a - Information Object Definitions |
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Defined Term Name |
Defined Term Description |
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TISSUE_VELOCITY |
Velocity (Doppler shifts) of tissue |
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FLOW_VELOCITY |
Velocity (Doppler shifts) of blood flow |
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FLOW_POWER |
Power contained in the Doppler signal |
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DIRECTION_POWER |
Directional power contained in the Doppler signal |
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FLOW_VARIANCE |
Statistical variance of blood velocity relative to mean |
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ELASTICITY |
Scalar value related to the elastic properties of the tissue |
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PERFUSION |
Scalar value related to the volume of blood perfusing into tissue |
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SOUND_SPEED |
Speed of sound in tissue |
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ATTENUATION |
Reduction in strength of ultrasound signal as the wave traverses through the |
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C.7.6.16.2.24.2 Aliased Data Type
Some data types require special treatment when interpolating data values whose type is "aliased", such as FLOW_VELOCITY when derived from discrete data samples as is done for PW Doppler or sampled CW Doppler. Values of these types are "cyclical" in that themaximumvalueshouldbeconsideredadjacenttotheminimumvalueinanyinterpolationalgorithm.AliasedDataType(0018,980B) indicates whether modular arithmetic is necessary for the associated data type.
Note
For example, when Data Type (0018,9808) is FLOW_VELOCITY, Aliased Data Type (0018,980B) should be set to YES in- dicating that an interpolation algorithm should support aliased data. When several FLOW_VELOCITY values near the max- imumorminimumareinterpolated,thisalgorithmshouldproduceavaluenearthemaximumorminimum.Itwouldbeincorrect to use an interpolation algorithm such as the arithmetic mean, which would erroneously produce a result near the mid-point of the range.
C.7.6.16.2.24.3 Zero Velocity Pixel Value
Certain data types represent velocity that is directional by nature. For these data types, there shall be one particular pixel data value that corresponds to zero velocity. Zero Velocity Pixel Value (0018,9810) indicates the pixel data value corresponding to zero velocity.
TheVRofZeroVelocityPixelValue(0018,9810)correspondstothevalueofPixelRepresentation(0028,0103):IfPixelRepresentation (0028,0103) is 0000H (unsigned integer), the VR of Zero Velocity Pixel Value (0018,9810) shall be US; otherwise the VR of Zero Velocity Pixel Value (0018,9810) shall be SS.
C.7.6.16.2.25 Unassigned Shared and Per-frame Converted Attributes Macros
Attributes that are present in the Classic images to be converted but that are not defined in specific Modules or specific Functional Groups required or supported by the IOD, or have their values changed during conversion, either may:
•be identical in all images, in which case they shall be included in the top level Data Set or in the Unassigned Shared Converted Attributes Sequence, or
•only be present in some images, or have a different number of values, or different values, in which case they shall be included in the Unassigned Per-Frame Converted Attributes Sequence.
Note
1.An example of an Attribute that might be included in the Unassigned Shared Converted Attributes Macro is Filter Type (0018,1160), which typically would be the same for all Classic CT images in a set, and is not included in any modality- specific Module or Functional Group Macro.
2.An example of an Attribute that might be included in the Unassigned Per-Frame Converted Attributes Macro is Slice Location (0020,1041), which typically would be different for each Classic CT image in a set, and is not included in any modality-specific Module or Functional Group Macro.