Patient Level Attributes

[Juan Bravo]

Hello,

In PS 3.4-2006, C.6.1.1.2: Patient Level, there is a table
that shows the different attributes that may be incluided
in a Patient Root / Patient Level query..

PATIENT LEVEL ATTRIBUTES FOR THE PATIENT ROOT
QUERY/RETRIEVE INFORMATION MODEL
R Patient’s Name (0010,0010)
U Patient ID (0010,0020)
O Patient’s Birth Date (0010,0030)
O Patient’s Birth Time (0010,0032)
O Patient’s Sex (0010,0040)
O Other Patient Ids (0010,1000)
O Other Patient Names (0010,1001)
O Ethnic Group (0010,2160)
O Patient Comments (0010,4000)
O Number of Patient Related Studies (0020,1200)
O Number of Patient Related Series (0020,1202)
O Number of Patient Related Instances (0020,1204)
O All other Attributes at Patient Level

Which ones are these attributes?

I've searched over the dicom protocol and can't see a clear
section where this category (patient level attributes) is explained.

I thought about these being the ones starting with (0010,????)
but then.. wich ones are the ones related to study level attributes? (0020,????)..
and series level attributes? and image level?


Please help
and thanks in advance!

[Jörg Riesmeier]

From PS 3.4-2007 page 45:

The patient level is the top level and contains Attributes associated with the Patient Information
Entity (IE) of the Composite IODs as defined in PS 3.3. Patients IEs are modality independent.

The study level is below the patient level and contains Attributes associated with the Study IE of
the Composite IODs as defined in PS 3.3. A study belongs to a single patient. A single patient
may have multiple studies. Study IEs are modality independent.

The series level is below the study level and contains Attributes associated with the Series,
Frame of Reference and Equipment IEs of the Composite IODs as defined in PS 3.3. A series
belongs to a single study. A single study may have multiple series. Series Ies are modality
dependent. To accommodate this modality dependence, the set of Optional Keys at the series
level includes all Attributes defined at the series level from any Composite IOD defined in PS 3.3.

The lowest level is the composite object instance level and contains Attributes associated with
the Composite object IE of the Composite IODs as defined in PS 3.3. A composite object
instance belongs to a single series. A single series may contain multiple composite object
instances. Most composite object IEs are modality dependent. To accommodate this potential
modality dependence, the set of Optional Keys at the composite object instance level includes all
Attributes defined at the composite object instance level from any Composite IOD defined in PS
3.3.

Btw, I cannot see any relationship to the DCMTK in your question.