What it holds
The manufacturer of the equipment that produced the object.
In migrations and validation
The fastest way to find which data needs vendor-specific handling, such as private tags or proprietary object types.
Related tags
- Manufacturer's Model Name (0008,1090): ManufacturerModelName, LO
- Station Name (0008,1010): StationName, SH
More instance and references tags
- SOP Instance UID (0008,0018)
- SOP Class UID (0008,0016)
- Instance Number (0020,0013)
- Referenced SOP Class UID (0008,1150)
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.