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C.34.10.1 Acquisition Motion
The motion, in patient terms, during acquisition progression. For example, due to the direction of contrast propogation or the need to manage equipment connected to the patient, it may be helpful to specify the acquisition progress in the expected direction of contrast propogation.
A scan that shuttles back and forth can be encoded as multiple elements and each specifies the Start Location and the End Location. Alternatively,ascannermayprovidetheabilitytoshuttleinasinglescanelement,inwhichcasethisvalueindicatestheinitialdirection of motion and further details about the shuttling are likely contained in Private Attributes.
C.34.10.2 Dose Notification Triggers
The Computed Tomography Dose Check Standard (NEMA XR-25 athttp://www.nema.org/stds/xr25.cfm) specifies that a Notification Value may be set for the Computed Tomography Dose Index (CTDIvol) and/or the Dose Length Product (DLP) of each Protocol Element. A Dose Check Protocol Element corresponds to an Acquisition Protocol Element in this IOD.
C.34.10.3 CT X-Ray Details Sequence
Some systems perform Acquisition Protocol Elements with multiple tubes operating simultaneously, or with a tube switching back and forth between two energy settings. Such acquisitions are encoded with multiple Items in this Sequence.
C.34.11 Defined CT Reconstruction Module
Table C.34.11-1 contains specification of acceptable values and ranges of reconstruction parameters for an imaging procedure.
Table C.34.11-1. Defined CT Reconstruction Module Attributes
Attribute Name |
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Attribute Description |
Reconstruction Protocol |
(0018,9933) |
1 |
Specification of the parameters for reconstruction of the acquired data of |
Element Specification |
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an imaging procedure. |
Sequence |
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ThereshallbeoneIteminthisSequenceforeachreconstructionprotocol |
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element in the Protocol. See Section C.34.11.1. |
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One or more Items shall be included in this Sequence. |
>ProtocolElementNumber |
(0018,9921) |
1 |
The Protocol Element Number of the Reconstruction Protocol Element |
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being specified in this Item. |
>Parameters Specification |
(0018,9913) |
3 |
Constraints on reconstruction parameters. |
Sequence |
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One or more Items are permitted in this Sequence. |
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>>IncludeTable10.25-1“AttributeValueConstraintMacroOnly Attributes defined in Table C.34.12-1 (i.e., in the Reconstruction Attributes” Protocol Element Sequence (0018,9934) in the Performed CT
Reconstruction Module) and Private Data Elements associated with this reconstruction protocol element may be specified as Selector Attributes.
ThesemanticsofvaluesofConstraintViolationSignificance(0082,0036) in the Macro are assigned in Section C.34.9.3.
The same Attribute shall not appear in more than one Item in the Sequence with the same values for Selector Sequence Pointer (0072,0052) and Selector Sequence Pointer Items (0074,1057).