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DICOM tag · Instance and references

Instance Number (0020,0013)

By Aviram Biton, Founder and Technical Lead, DICOMATICS ·

Tag(0020,0013)
KeywordInstanceNumber
VRIS
VM1

What it holds

A number identifying the image within its series.

In migrations and validation

Not unique and sometimes missing. It is used for display order, so preserve it as-is.

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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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