org.dcm4che.typeddicom.dataelements.ViewPosition

All Implemented Interfaces:: AttributesWrapper, DataElementWrapper, BytesDataElementWrapper, CodeStringWrapper, StringDataElementWrapper

public class ViewPosition extends AbstractDataElementWrapper implements CodeStringWrapper

Name: View Position
Keyword: ViewPosition
Tag: (0018,5101)
Value Representation: CS
Value Multiplicity: 1

Described in the contexts:
- CR Series Module > View Position
as follows:
Attribute Name: View Position
Type: 2
Attribute Description:
Radiographic view associated with Patient Position (0018,5100).

For humans:

Defined Terms:

AP

Anterior/Posterior

PA

Posterior/Anterior

LL

Left Lateral

RL

Right Lateral

RLD

Right Lateral Decubitus

LLD

Left Lateral Decubitus

RLO

Right Lateral Oblique

LLO

Left Lateral Oblique

For animals, capitalized versions with hyphens replaced by underscores of the abbreviations defined in "Smallwood et al. A Nomenclature for Radiographic Projections Used In Veterinary Medicine" shall be used. See , in which these abbreviations are listed.
1. For example, the Defined Term "CD10DI_CRPRO" would be used for a "Cd10Di-CrPrO" or "caudal 10-degree distal-cranioproximal oblique".
2. The Code String value representation for this Attribute constrains the characters to uppercase, digits and underscore.
Described in the contexts:
- DX Positioning Module > View Position
as follows:
Attribute Name: View Position
Type: 3
Attribute Description:
Radiographic view of the image relative to the imaging subject's orientation.

Shall be consistent with View Code Sequence (0054,0220). See DICOM Standard Part 3 - Section C.8.11.5.1.1 for further explanation.

Class ViewPosition

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