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DICOM PS3.3 2020a - Information Object Definitions |
Attribute Name |
Tag |
Type |
Attribute Description |
>Patient Orientation |
(0020,0020) |
1C |
The Patient Orientation values of the source image. |
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Required if the value of Spatial Locations Preserved (0028,135A) |
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is REORIENTED_ONLY. |
Source Instance |
(0042,0013) |
3 |
The set of non-image composite SOP instances that were used to |
Sequence |
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derive this instance. |
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One or more Items are permitted in this Sequence. |
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See Section C.12.4.1.2 for further explanation. |
>IncludeTable10-11“SOPInstanceReferenceMacroAttributes” |
>Purpose of Reference |
(0040,A170) |
3 |
Describesthepurposeforwhichthereferenceismade,thatiswhat |
Code Sequence |
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role the source instance(s) played in the derivation of this instance. |
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Only a single Item single Item is permitted in this Sequence. |
>>Include Table 8.8-1 “Code Sequence Macro Attributes” |
DCID 7013 “Non-Image Source Instance Purposes of Reference”. |
C.12.4.1 General Reference Module Attributes
C.12.4.1.1 Derivation Description
If an Image is identified to be a Derived Image (see Section C.7.6.1.1.2 “Image Type”), Derivation Description (0008,2111) and Deriv- ation Code Sequence (0008,9215) describe the way in which the image was derived. They may be used whether or not the Source Image Sequence (0008,2112) is provided. They may also be used in cases when the Derived Image pixel data is not significantly changed from one of the source images and the SOP Instance UID of the Derived Image is the same as the one used for the source image.
Note
1.Examples of Derived Images that would normally be expected to affect professional interpretation and would thus have a new UID include:
a.images resulting from image processing of another image (e.g., unsharp masking),
b.a multiplanar reformatted CT image,
c.a DSA image derived by subtracting pixel values of one image from another.
d.animagethathasbeendecompressedafterhavingbeencompressedwithalossycompressionalgorithm.Toensure that the user has the necessary information about the lossy compression, the approximate compression ratio may be included in Derivation Description (0008,2111).
An example of a Derived Image that would normally not be expected to affect professional interpretation and thus would not require a new UID is an image that has been padded with additional rows and columns for more display purposes.
2.An image may be lossy compressed, e.g., for long term archive purposes, and its SOP Instance UID changed. PS3.4 provides a mechanism by which a query for the original image Instance may return a reference to the UID of the lossy compressed version of the image using the Alternate Representation Sequence (0008,3001). This allows an application processing a SOP Instance that references the original image UID, e.g., a Structured Report, to obtain a reference to an accessible version of the image even if the original SOP Instance is no longer available.
C.12.4.1.2 Source Image Sequence
If an Image is identified to be a Derived Image (see Section C.7.6.1.1.2 “Image Type”), Source Image Sequence (0008,2112) is an optional list of source images used to create the Derived image. Source Instance Sequence (0042,0013) is an optional list of non- imagesourceinstancesthatwereusedtocreatethisinstance.SourceImageSequence(0008,2112)and/orSourceInstanceSequence (0042,0013)maybeusedwhetherornotthereisadescriptionofthewaytheinstancewasderivedinDerivationDescription(0008,2111) or Derivation Code Sequence (0008,9215).