Reg: Dicom Tag 0002,XXXX

[mail2vguna]

Hi
I am using dcmtk 3.6.0 to store and retrieve the images. I have dicom image with all tag information including 0002,XXXX tag and values in the PACS server. When i pull the images from PACS server to PACS client, I did not get the 0002,XXXX Tag information in the Dicom Tag information but i am getting all other dicom tag values. I am not using dcmtk console application. I am using dcmtk codes.
Thanks in advance.

[J. Riesmeier]

Attributes with tags (0002,xxxx) belong to the so-called File Meta Information Header, which is only used for DICOM files and never transmitted using the DICOM network services.

[mail2vguna]

Hi Riesmeier,

Thanks for your quick reply. Any solution to display meta header information 0002,XXXX in the PACS viewer side. Should i change anything in the code side. I am always get empty list in this method DcmMetaInfo::writeXML(STD_NAMESPACE ostream&out,const size_t flags).
Kindly help me to sort out the issue. i need to display particularly 0002,0016 (sourceApplicationAeTitle) in the client side when i click on Show dicom header information on the image.

Thanks in Advance.

[J. Riesmeier]

What is the data structure that your "PACS viewer" can access? A DICOM file (i.e. an instance of DcmFileFormat) or a DICOM dataset (i.e. an instance of DcmDataset)?

[mail2vguna]

Hi
Thanks for your reply.
I don't know exactly, but i hope i am using both.
How can i check which structure i am using in my viewer? Its in viewer or in server?
Looking forward your reply.

Thanks.

[J. Riesmeier]

I don't know exactly, but i hope i am using both.

I thought that you are writing a program based on DCMTK's C++ API.

[mail2vguna]

Yes,

I am using dcmtk 3.6.0 C++ source code.

[J. Riesmeier]

Unfortunately, it is not clear to me what you want to know. If you are the author of the "PACS viewer", you should know how you load the DICOM image/object to main memory. If the "PACS viewer" is a third-party software, I answered the question already (DICOM network services do not transfer the file meta information header).

Please be more specific and provide more details. Otherwise I will not be able to help you.