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Required DICOM Attributes

  • General Tags
0008,0022)(1102)(0054,
TagVRVMDescription
(0010,0040)CS1Patient’s Sex
(0010,1020)DS1Patient’s Size
(0010,1030)DS1Patient’s Weight
(0008,0021)DA1Series Date
(0008,0031)TM1Series Time
(DA1Acquisition Date
(0008,0032)TM1Acquisition Time
(0028,0051)CS1 - nCorrected Image
0054,CS1Decay Correction1001)CS1Units
(0028,1052)DS1Rescale Intercept
(0028,1053)DS1Rescale Slope
  • Radiopharmaceutical Information Sequence
1072TMRadiopharmaceutical Start Time
TagTagVRVMDescription
(0054,0016) SQ1Radiopharmaceutical Information Sequence
 (0018,10741072)DSTM1Radionuclide Total Dose (0018,1078)DT1Radiopharmaceutical Start DateTimeTime
 (0018,1074)DS1Radionuclide Total Dose
 (0018,1075)DS1Radionuclide Half Life
  • Manufacturer Tags
TagVRVMDescription
(0009,100D)TM1Scan Time for GE (private tag)
(7053,1000)DS1

SUV

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formulas

  1. Main Formulas

    • Body Weight (SUV bw)
      Image Modified [1]
    • Body Surface Area (SUV bsa)
      Image Modified [1]
    • Lean Body Mass (SUV lbm)
      Image Modified [2]
  2. Factors of Formulas

    • Body Surface Area (BSA)
      Image Modified
    • Lean Body Mass (Male)
      Image Modified
    • Lean Body Mass (Female)
      Image Modified
    • Decay Correction
      Image Modified
    • Time Gap
      Scan Time - Radiopharmaceutical Start TimeImage Modified

      If Decay Correction (0054,1102) is 'ADMIN', Time Gap is 0.
      If GE private tag presents, Scan Time is with its value.Scan Time is considered as Series Time

    • PET Image Pixels
      Image Modified

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[1]: Calculation of SUV bw and SUV bsa are according to the following equations, taken from Kim et al. Journal of Nuclear Medicine. Volume 35, No. 1, January 1994. pp164-167
[2]: Calculation of SUV lbm is according to Sugawara et al. Radiology, November 1999. pp 521-525