What it holds
The name of the modality or workstation that created the image.
In migrations and validation
Helps trace a problem back to a specific scanner, for example one that writes bad dates or nonstandard tags. Can identify a site, so it is often removed for research datasets.
Related tags
- Manufacturer (0008,0070): Manufacturer, LO
- Manufacturer's Model Name (0008,1090): ManufacturerModelName, LO
More study tags
- Study Instance UID (0020,000D)
- Accession Number (0008,0050)
- Issuer of Accession Number Sequence (0008,0051)
- Study Date (0008,0020)
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.