Tag(0008,0060)
KeywordModality
VRCS
VM1
What it holds
The type of equipment that acquired the series: CT, MR, CR, DX, US, MG, PT, NM, SM (slide microscopy) and others.
In migrations and validation
Drives study-size estimates, routing and hanging protocols. Legacy data contains nonstandard or outdated codes that the new PACS may not recognize.
Related tags
- Modalities in Study (0008,0061): ModalitiesInStudy, CS
- SOP Class UID (0008,0016): SOPClassUID, UI
More series tags
- Request Attributes Sequence (0040,0275)
- Series Instance UID (0020,000E)
- Series Number (0020,0011)
- Series Description (0008,103E)
Tag, keyword, VR and VM per the DICOM standard, PS3.6 data dictionary. Notes by DICOMATICS. Looking for another tag? Use the DICOM tag lookup.