DICOM Tables


DOCUMENT CONTENT MACRO ATTRIBUTES

Tag
Tag Name
Requirement
Description
(0040,A040) Value Type
1
The type of the value encoded in this Content Item. Defined Terms: TEXT NUM CODE DATETIME DATE TIME UIDREF PNAME COMPOSITE IMAGE WAVEFORM SCOORD TCOORD CONTAINER
(0040,A043) Concept Name Code Sequence
1C
Code describing the concept represented by this Content Item. Also conveys the value of Document Title and section headings in documents. Only a single Item shall be permitted in this sequence. Required if Value Type (0040,A040) is TEXT or NUM or CODE or DATETIME or DATE or TIME or UIDREF or PNAME. Required if Value Type (0040,A040) is CONTAINER and a heading is present or this is the Root Content Item. Note: That is containers without headings do not require Concept Name Code Sequence Required if Value Type (0040,A040) is COMPOSITE IMAGE WAVEFORM SCOORD or TCOORD and the Purpose of Reference is conveyed in the Concept Name. See C.17.3.1 for further explanation.
(0040,A050) Continuity of Content
1C
This flag specifies for a CONTAINER whether or not its contained Content Items are logically linked in a continuous textual flow or are separate items. Required if Value Type (0040,A040) is CONTAINER. Enumerated Values: SEPARATE CONTINUOUS See C.17.3.2 for further explanation.
(0040,A160) Text Value
1C
This is the value of the Content Item. Required if Value Type (0040,A040) is TEXT. Text data which is unformatted and whose manner of display is implementation dependent. The text value may contain spaces as well as multiple lines separated by either LF CR CR LF or LF CR but otherwise no format control characters (such as horizontal or vertical tab and form feed) shall be present even if permitted by the Value Representation of UT. The text shall be interpreted as specified by Specific Character Set (0008,0005) if present in the SOP Common Module. Note: The text may contain single or multi-byte characters and use code extension techniques as described in PS 3.5 if permitted by the values of Specific Character Set (0008,0005).
(0040,A120) DateTime
1C
This is the value of the Content Item. Required if Value Type (0040,A040) is DATETIME.
(0040,A121) Date
1C
This is the value of the Content Item. Required if Value Type (0040,A040) is DATE.
(0040,A122) Time
1C
This is the value of the Content Item. Required if Value Type (0040,A040) is TIME.
(0040,A123) Person Name
1C
This is the value of the Content Item. Required if Value Type (0040,A040) is PNAME.
(0040,A124) UID
1C
This is the value of the Content Item. Required if Value Type (0040,A040) is UIDREF.