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DICOM tag · Study

Institution Name (0008,0080)

Tag(0008,0080)
KeywordInstitutionName
VRLO
VM1

What it holds

The institution where the equipment that produced the images is located.

In migrations and validation

Useful for identifying the source site in a consolidation, especially when Issuer of Patient ID is empty. Typically removed in de-identification.

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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.

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Aviram Biton

Founder and Technical Lead, DICOMATICS

Aviram Biton founded DICOMATICS and leads its engineering work. He has spent two decades with medical imaging data: PACS and VNA migrations, multi-site consolidations, interfaces and data quality for US hospitals and health systems.

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