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Required DICOM tags

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It is a requirement that certain DICOM tags must be defined to make a valid DICOM document. These tags are listed in the tables below.

The DICOMDIR file indexes these values:

Group	Element	Tag name
0008	0020	Study date
0008	0030	Study time
0010	0020	Patient's ID
0020	0010	Study ID
0020	0011	Series number

These tags must be set up on the first page of a DICOM document:

Group	Element	Tag name
0008	0020	Study date
0008	0030	Study time
0008	0050	Accession Number
0008	0090	Referring Physician's Name
0010	0010	Patient's name
0010	0020	Patient's ID
0010	0030	Patient's date of birth
0010	0040	Patient's sex
0020	0010	Study ID
0020	0011	Series number
0020	0020	Patient orientation

Each succeeding page in a multi-page document steps the "Instance Number" tag by 1, and two "Unique IDentifier" tags are generated automatically by EscapeE:

Group	Element	Tag name
0020	0013	Instance Number (starts at 1)
0020	000D	Study UID
0020	000E	Series UID

In addition, these tags are propagated (if present) from the first page to all other pages in the set:

Group	Element	Tag name
0010	0010	Patient's name
0010	0030	Patient's date of birth
0010	0032	Patients birth time
0010	0040	Patient's sex
0010	1010	Patients age

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