Save DICOM
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WARNING DIAGNOSTIC PURPOSES
DO NOT USE THE GENERATED FILES FOR DIAGNOSTIC PURPOSES.
The DICOM files you are going to generate are based on the template file you have selected. Each template file is based on the DICOM dump (see DICOM load plugin) of a “real world” DICOM file: it contains scanner related meta data that were correct for the original study. However, when you use the template to save arbitrary other image data, you create a DICOM file that pretends to originate from the chosen scanner but, of course, does not and the scanner related data and/or other meta data of the header will, in all likelihood, not be correct any more. See below for a list of keywords and how VINCI replaces them. As the DICOM files generated by VINCI are technically consistent and syntactically correct, there is a real danger that “fake” meta data is taken literally.
LEGAL MATTER
IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY THAT NOBODY, NO DEVICE OR SOFTWARE RELIES ON META-DATA FROM THESE TEMPLATE-GENERATED DICOM FILES.
THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED AS-IS, WITHOUT ANY EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED WARRANTY. SPECIFICALLY, NEITHER THE MAX-PLANCK-INSTITUTE FOR NEUROLOGICAL RESEARCH WITH KLAUS-JOACHIM-ZÜLCH-LABORATORIES OF THE MAX-PLANCK-SOCIETY AND THE FACULTY OF MEDICINE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE, NOR THE AUTHORS, NOR THE CONTRIBUTORS WARRANT THAT THE FUNCTIONS CONTAINED IN THE SOFTWARE WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS, OR THAT THE OPERATION OF THE SOFTWARE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE, OR THAT DEFECTS IN THE SOFTWARE WILL BE CORRECTED. TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, NEITHER THE MAX-PLANCK-INSTITUTE FOR NEUROLOGICAL RESEARCH WITH KLAUS-JOACHIM-ZÜLCH-LABORATORIES OF THE MAX-PLANCK-SOCIETY AND THE FACULTY OF MEDICINE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE, NOR THE AUTHORS, NOR THE CONTRIBUTORS SHALL BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE USE OF THE SOFTWARE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY LOST PROFITS, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, LOSS OF PROGRAMS OR OTHER DATA ON YOUR INFORMATION HANDLING SYSTEM.
Keywords and Replacements
| Keywords | Replacements |
|---|---|
| SOPINSTANCEUID | VINCIUID.file_index |
| IMPLEMENTATIONVERSIONNAME | Vinci version |
| STUDYDATE | study date (from GUI, prefilled with image meta data) |
| STUDYTIME | study time (from GUI, prefilled with image meta data) |
| SERIESDATE | series date |
| SERIESTIME | series time |
| ACQUISITIONDATE | acquisition date |
| ACQUISITIONTIME | acquisition time |
| CONTENTDATE | content date |
| STUDYDESCRIPTION | study description (from GUI, prefilled with image meta data) |
| SERIESDESCRIPTION | series description |
| PROTOCOLNAME | protocol name |
| PATIENTNAME | patient name (from GUI, prefilled with image meta data) |
| PATIENTID | patient ID (from GUI, prefilled with image meta data) |
| PATIENTDOB | patient day of birth (from GUI, prefilled with image meta data) |
| PATIENTSEX | patient sex |
| PATIENTAGE | patient age |
| PATIENTWEIGHT | patient weight |
| SLICETHICKNESS | pixel_size_z |
| STUDYINSTANCEUID | UID.Time.4712+file_offset |
| SERIESINSTANCEUID | UID.Time.4713+file_offset |
| STUDYID | study ID (from GUI, prefilled with image meta data) |
| SERIESNUMBER | file_offset |
| ACQUISITIONNUMBER | file_offset |
| INSTANCENUMBER | slice_number+1 |
| IMAGEPOSITIONPATIENT | image position patient |
| IMAGEORIENTATIONPATIENT | image orientation patient |
| FRAMEOFREFERENCEUID | UID.Time.4714+file_offset |
| SLICELOCATION | slice location |
| ROWS | image dim_y |
| COLUMNS | image dim_x |
| PIXELSPACING | pixel_sizey_size__x\\pixel |
| WINDOWCENTER | center of float value range |
| WINDOWWIDTH | float value range |
| RESCALEINTERCEPT | minimum float value |
| RESCALESLOPE | float range/(2^bitsStored-1), using “bitsStored” of the template |
| RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL | radio pharmaceutical |
| DOSAGESTARTTIME | radio pharmaceutical start time |
| DOSAGE_BQ | radio pharmaceutical total dose |
| HALFLIFE_SECS | radio pharmaceutical half life |
| FRACTION | radio pharmaceutical branching factor |
| NUMBEROFSLICES | dim_z |
| UNITS | units |
| PIXELDATAGROUPLENGTH | dim_x*dim_y+12 |
| =MEMORYBASED | insert actual float values |
Version: Vinci 4.24.0