What it holds
The number of series in the study, returned by the PACS in study-level queries.
In migrations and validation
The quickest completeness check: if the target has fewer series than the source, the study is partial. Some archives count differently (for example including or excluding presentation states), so investigate small differences before flagging them.
Related tags
- Number of Study Related Instances (0020,1208): NumberOfStudyRelatedInstances, IS
- Series Instance UID (0020,000E): SeriesInstanceUID, UI
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.