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DICOM tag · Study

Study ID (0020,0010)

Tag(0020,0010)
KeywordStudyID
VRSH
VM1

What it holds

An identifier assigned by the equipment or site. Not guaranteed to be unique.

In migrations and validation

Not a reliable key. It is often a modality counter that resets. Do not use it to match studies between systems.

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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.

About the author

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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