Class PatientOrientation

All Implemented Interfaces:
AttributesWrapper, DataElementWrapper, BytesDataElementWrapper, CodeStringMultiWrapper, StringDataElementMultiWrapper

public class PatientOrientation extends AbstractDataElementWrapper implements CodeStringMultiWrapper
Name: Patient Orientation
Keyword: PatientOrientation
Tag: (0020,0020)
Value Representation: CS
Value Multiplicity: 2
  • Described in the contexts: as follows:
    Attribute Name: Patient Orientation
    Type: 2C
    Attribute Description:

    Patient direction of the rows and columns of the image. Required if image does not require Image Orientation (Patient) (0020,0037) and Image Position (Patient) (0020,0032) or if image does not require Image Orientation (Slide) (0048,0102). May be present otherwise. See DICOM Standard Part 3 - Section C.7.6.1.1.1 for further explanation.

    IODs may have Attributes other than Patient Orientation, Image Orientation, or Image Position (Patient) to describe orientation in which case this Attribute will be zero length.


  • Described in the contexts: as follows:
    Attribute Name: Patient Orientation
    Type: 1C
    Attribute Description:

    The Patient Orientation values of the source image.

    Required if the value of Spatial Locations Preserved (0028,135A) is REORIENTED_ONLY.


  • Described in the contexts: as follows:
    Attribute Name: Patient Orientation
    Type: 1C
    Attribute Description:

    Patient direction of the rows and columns of the image.

    See DICOM Standard Part 3 - Section C.7.6.1.1.1 for further explanation.

    Required if View Code Sequence (0054,0220) is not present or is present with an Item value other than (119376003, SCT, "tissue specimen") or (127457009, SCT, "tissue specimen from breast"). May be present otherwise.


  • Described in the contexts: as follows:
    Attribute Name: Patient Orientation
    Type: 1C
    Attribute Description:

    Patient direction of the rows and columns of the most representative frame.

    Required if View Code Sequence (0054,0220) has an Item value other than one representing a specimen image. May be present otherwise.


  • Field Details

    • VALUE_REPRESENTATION

      public static final org.dcm4che3.data.VR VALUE_REPRESENTATION
    • TAG

      public static final int TAG
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  • Constructor Details

    • PatientOrientation

      public PatientOrientation(org.dcm4che3.data.Attributes attributes)
    • PatientOrientation

      public PatientOrientation()
  • Method Details