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DICOM tag · Series

Series Description (0008,103E)

Tag(0008,103E)
KeywordSeriesDescription
VRLO
VM1

What it holds

Free-text description of the series.

In migrations and validation

Can contain patient names or other identifiers typed by technologists, so it should be reviewed, not trusted, 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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