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No. MIIXR0002EAC DICOM CONFORMANCE STATEMENT MEDIA STORAGE FOR TOSHIBA DIGITAL FLUOROGRAPHY SYSTEM MODEL DFP-2000A with XIDF-037A and XIDF-038A or SRS-1000A (MIIXR0002EAC) 2001[...]
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No. MIIXR0002EAC IMPORTANT! (1) No part of this manual may be copied or reprinted, in whole or in part, without written permission. (2) The contents of this manual are subject to change without prior notice and without our legal obligation. C-1 *[...]
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No. MIIXR0002EAC Table of Contents Page 1 INTRODUCT ION ................................................................................................................ 1 1.1 R EFERENCES ..................................................................................................... 1 1.2 D EFINITIONS ..........................................[...]
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No. MIIXR0002EAC 8.1.1 Media Storage Directory IOD Modules ................................................................ 9 8.1.2 Media Storage XA IOD Modules .......................................................................... 9 8.1.3 XA IOD Modules ...........................................................................................[...]
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No. MIIXR0002EAC 1 Introduction This document is a DICOM Conformance Statement for Toshiba's Digital Fluorography Systems. It is intended to provide the reader with the knowledge of how to integrate this product within DICOM compliant equipments. It details the DICOM Service Classes, Information Objects, and Application Profiles which are supp[...]
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No. MIIXR0002EAC 1.3 Acronyms, Abbreviations and Sy mbols • ACC American College of Cardiology • ACR American College of Radiology • ASCII American Standard Code for Information Interchange • AE Application Entity • ANSI American National Standards Institute • AP Application Profile • CEN TC251 Comite Europeen de Normalisation - Techn[...]
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No. MIIXR0002EAC 2 Implement ation Model 2.1 Application Data Flow Diagram Transfer of X-r a y Examinat ion DICOM Recording CD-R Medium Review of X-r a y Examinat ion DICOM Reader Legend Applicati on Entity Local Real-W orld Activi ty File-set Creator (FS C) File-set Reader (FS R) Local Relationship Figure 1 2.2 Functional Definitions of AE's [...]
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No. MIIXR0002EAC 2.2.2 DICOM Reader The DICOM Reader supports the following tasks: • Reads the DICOMDIR file that represent s the contents of t he data as recorded. • Displays the ordered list of patient and image identifying information or icon images. • Reads the selected image SOP instance from the CD-R media and displays it on the monitor[...]
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No. MIIXR0002EAC 2.3.2 Operation 2.3.2.1 Transfer of X-ray Examination The operation for manual transfer of X-ray examination is described below: STEP-1: Select the images or the patient to be transferred. STEP-2: Request transfer. STEP-3: Insert the blank CD-R media. STEP-4: Request recording the transferred images onto the CD-R media. 2.3.2.2[...]
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No. MIIXR0002EAC 3 AE Sp ecifications 3.1 DICOM Recording Specification The DICOM Recording AE provides Standard Conformance to the DICOM Media Storage Service, File Format Class and t he Media Storage Application Profile. Table 1 A pplication Profile Identifier Real World Activ ity Role SC Option Basic Cardiac X-ray Angiographic Studies on CD-R Me[...]
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No. MIIXR0002EAC 3.2.1 File Meta Information for the Application Entity The Application Entity Title is not relev ant because this DICOM Reader AE only reads CD-R media. 3.2.2 Real-World Activity 3.2.2.1 Real-World Activity - Review of X-ray Examination DICOM Reader AE acts as a FSR when chosen by the operator. This AE reads the DICOMDIR from the C[...]
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No. MIIXR0002EAC 5 Extensions, S pecializations, and Privatizations of SOP Classes and T ransfer Synt axes Not applicable to this product. 6 Configuration For the Digital Fluorography System, the configuration can be set. Note: Settings and changes are performed by Tosh iba Service Personnel at the time of installation of the Digital Fluorography S[...]
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No. MIIXR0002EAC 8 X-Ray Angiographic Information Object Definition 8.1 Entity Module Definitions The information modules for the X-Ray Angiographic devices are defined below. 8.1.1 Media Storage Directory IOD Modules Table 5 Object Module / key Reference Usage 1 DICOM File Meta Information 8.2.1 M File-set Identificat ion Module 8.3.1 M Basic Dire[...]
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No. MIIXR0002EAC 8.1.3 XA IOD Modules Table 7 Information Entity Module Reference Usage 1 Patient Patient Module 8.5.1 M Study General Study Module 8.5.2 M Study Patient Study Module 8.5.3 U Series General Series Module 8.5.4 M Equipment General Equi pment Module 8.5.5 M Image General Image Module 8.5.6 M Image Image Pixel Module 8.5.7 M Image Cont[...]
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No. MIIXR0002EAC 8.2 DICOM File Meta Information 8.2.1 DICOM File Meta Information of Directory IOD Table 8 Attribute Name Tag Type Attribute Description File Preamble No Tag 1 Alw ays set DICOM Prefix No Tag 1 Alway s set ("DICM") Group Length (0002, 0000) 1 Always set File Meta Information Version ( 0002, 0001) 1 Alway s set (0x0001) Me[...]
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No. MIIXR0002EAC 8.3.2 Directory Information Module Table 11 Attribute Name Tag Type Attribute Description Offset of the First Directory Record of the Root Directory Entity (0004, 1200) 1 Always set Offset of the Last Directory Record of the Root Directory Entity (0004, 1202) 1 Always set File-set Consistency Flag (0004, 1212) 1 Always set Director[...]
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No. MIIXR0002EAC 8.4.2 STUDY keys Table 13 Attribute Name Tag T ype Attribute Description Study Date (0008, 0020) 1 Alway s set Study Time (0008, 0030) 1 Always set Study Description (0008, 1030) 2 Length=0 when no entry is made Study Instance UID (0020, 000D) 1C Alway s set Study ID (0020, 0010) 1 Always set Accession Number (0008, 0050) 2 Length=[...]
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No. MIIXR0002EAC 8.4.4 IMAGE keys Table 15 Attribute Name Tag Type A ttribute Description Instance Number (0020, 0013) 1 Alway s set Image Type (0008, 0008) 1 Alway s set Image Date (0008, 0023) 3 Alway s set Image Time (0008, 0033) 3 Alway s set Positioner Primary Angle (0018, 1510) 3 Alway s set [degree] Positioner Secondary Angle (0018, 1511) 3 [...]
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No. MIIXR0002EAC 8.5 XA Information Object Definisions 8.5.1 Patient Module Table 16 Attribute Name Tag Type Attribute Description Patient's Name (0010, 0010) 2 Always set except for urgent patient Patient ID (0010, 0020) 2 Always set Patient's Birth Date (0010, 0030) 2 Length=0 when no entry is made Patient's Sex (0010, 0040) 2 Alwa[...]
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No. MIIXR0002EAC 8.5.4 General Series Module Table 19 Attribute Name Tag Type Attribute Description Modality (0008, 0060) 1 Always set ("XA") Series Instance UID (0020, 000E) 1 Alway s set Series Number (0020, 0011) 2 Always set Series Date (0008, 0021) 3 Always set Series Time (0008, 0031) 3 Always set Performing Physician's Name (0[...]
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No. MIIXR0002EAC 8.5.7 Image Pixel Module Table 22 Attribute Name Tag Type Attribute Description Samples per Pixel (0028, 0002) 1 Always set (0x0001) Photometric Interpretation (0028, 0004) 1 Always set ("MONOCHROME2") Rows (0028, 0010) 1 Always set (0x0400 or 0x0200) Columns (0028, 0011) 1 Always set (0x0400 or 0x0200) Bits Allocated (00[...]
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No. MIIXR0002EAC 8.5.11 X-ray Image Module Table 26 Attribute Name Tag Type Attribute Description Frame Increment Pointer (0028, 0009) 1C Always set (0x00181063) Image Type (0008, 0008) 1 Alw ays set Pixel Intensity Relationship (0028, 1040) 1 Alway s set ("DISP" or "LIN") Samples per Pixel (0028, 0002) 1 Always set (0x0001) Pho[...]
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No. MIIXR0002EAC 8.5.13 XA Positioner Module Table 28 Attribute Name Tag Type Attribute Description Distance Source to Detector (0018, 1110) 3 Always set [mm] Estimated Radiographic Magnification Factor (0018,1114) 3 Alway s set Positioner Motion (0018, 1500) 2C Always set ("STATIC") Positioner Primary Angle (0018, 1510) 2 Always set [deg[...]