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the same fundamental meaning (e.g., same units: either activity density, metabolism, or attenuation); are derived from the same activity source (emission or transmission); are from the same isotope and radiopharmaceutical; were derived from the same recon- struction processing; and, originated from the same acquisition setup and parameters, including the patient conditions (cardiac stress or rest) if applicable.
C.8.9.1.1.1 Specialization of Image Plane Module and Image Pixel Module Attributes
For PET Series, the following Image Pixel Module Attributes shall not vary from Image to Image:
•Photometric Interpretation (0028,0004)
•Rows (0028,0010)
•Columns (0028,0011)
•Bits Allocated (0028,0100)
•Bits Stored (0028,0101)
•Pixel Representation (0028,0103)
For PET Series, the following Image Plane Module Attributes shall not vary from Image to Image:
•Pixel Spacing (0028,0030)
For PET Series where Series Type (0054,1000), Value 2 is IMAGE, the following Image Plane Module Attributes shall not vary from Image to Image:
•Image Orientation (Patient) (0020,0037)
Note
This means that for a Series Type (0054,1000) Value 2 of IMAGE, all images in the PET Series lie on parallel planes. The images, however, may have non-uniform spacing along the normals to the planes.
For PET Series where Series Type (0054,1000), Value 2 is REPROJECTION, Image Orientation (0020,0037) shall vary such that the images rotate about a single axis. Geometrically, the normal to each image plane is defined by the cross product of its row and column vectors. Each reprojection image has one Center Normal that passes through the center of the image. Reprojection images within a PET Series shall have their Center Normals be co-planar and pass through a single point.
C.8.9.1.1.2 Series Date, Series Time
For PET Series, Series Date (0008,0021) and Series Time (0008,0031) are specified to be Type 1. Series Date (0008,0021) and Series Time (0008,0031) are used as the reference time for all PET Image Attributes that are temporally related, including activity measurements. Series Date (0008,0021) and Series Time (0008,0031) are not tied to any real-world event (e.g., acquisition start, radiopharmaceutical administration) and their real-world meaning are implementation dependent.
C.8.9.1.1.3 Units
The units of the pixel values obtained after conversion from the stored pixel values (SV) (Pixel Data (7FE0,0010)) to pixel value units (U), as defined by Rescale Intercept (0028,1052) and Rescale Slope (0028,1053).
Defined Terms:
CNTS counts ({counts}, UCUM, "Counts")
NONE unitless (1, UCUM, "no units")
CM2 centimeter**2 (cm2, UCUM, "Centimeter**2")
CM2ML centimeter**2/milliliter (cm2/ml, UCUM, "Centimeter**2/milliliter")
PCNT percent (%, UCUM, "Percent")
CPS counts/second ({counts}/s, UCUM, "Counts per second")
BQML Becquerels/milliliter (Bq/ml, UCUM, "Becquerels/milliliter")
MGMINML milligram/minute/milliliter (mg/min/ml, UCUM, "Milligrams/minute/milliliter")
UMOLMINMLmicromole/minute/milliliter (umol/min/ml, UCUM, "Micromole/minute/milliliter")