DICOM PS3.3 2026a - Information Object Definitions

C.13.5 Image Box Pixel Presentation Module

Table C.13-5. Image Box Pixel Presentation Module Attributes

Attribute Name

Tag

Attribute Description

Image Box Position

(2020,0010)

The position of the image on the film, based on Image Display Format (2010,0010). See Section C.13.5.1 for specification.

Polarity

(2020,0020)

Specifies whether minimum pixel values (after VOI LUT transformation) are to printed black or white.

Enumerated Values:

NORMAL

pixels shall be printed as specified by Photometric Interpretation (0028,0004)

REVERSE

pixels shall be printed with the opposite polarity as specified by Photometric Interpretation (0028,0004)

If Polarity (2020,0020) is not specified by the SCU, the SCP shall print with NORMAL polarity.

Magnification Type

(2010,0060)

Description is the same as in Table C.13-3. Overrides the Magnification Type specified for the Film Box.

Smoothing Type

(2010,0080)

Description is the same as in Table C.13-3. Overrides the Smoothing Type specified for the Film Box.

Configuration Information

(2010,0150)

See Table C.13-3 for description of Configuration Information.

Requested Image Size

(2020,0030)

Width (x-dimension) in mm of the image to be printed. This value overrides the size that corresponds with optimal filling of the Image Box.

Requested Decimate/Crop Behavior

(2020,0040)

Specifies whether image pixels are to be decimated or cropped if the image rows or columns is greater than the available printable pixels in an Image Box.

Decimation means that a magnification factor <1 is applied to the image. The method of decimation shall be that specified by Magnification Type (2010,0060) or the SCP default if not specified

Cropping means that some image rows and/or columns are deleted before printing

Enumerated Values:

DECIMATE

A magnification factor <1 to be applied to the image.

CROP

Some image rows and/or columns are to be deleted before printing. The specific algorithm for cropping shall be described in the SCP Conformance Statement.

FAIL

The SCP shall not crop or decimate

Basic Grayscale Image Sequence

(2020,0110)

A Sequence that provides the content of the grayscale image pixel data to be printed. This is a specialization of the Image Pixel Module defined in Section C.7.6.3. It is encoded as a Sequence of Attributes of the Image Pixel Module.

Zero or one Item shall be included in this Sequence.

See PS3.4 for further description.

>Samples per Pixel

(0028,0002)

Number of samples (planes) in this image. See Section C.7.6.3.1.1 for further explanation.

Enumerated Values:

1

>Photometric Interpretation

(0028,0004)

Specifies the intended interpretation of the pixel data. See Section C.7.6.3.1.2 for further explanation.

Enumerated Values:

MONOCHROME1

MONOCHROME2

>Rows

(0028,0010)

Number of rows in the image.

>Columns

(0028,0011)

Number of columns in the image.

>Pixel Aspect Ratio

(0028,0034)

Ratio of the vertical size and horizontal size of the pixels in the image specified by a pair of integer values where the first Value refers to the vertical extent of a pixel, and the second Value refers to the horizontal extent of a pixel. See Section C.7.6.3.1.7.

>Bits Allocated

(0028,0100)

Number of bits allocated for each pixel sample. Each sample shall have the same number of bits allocated. See PS3.5 for further explanation.

Enumerated Values if Bits Stored = 8:

8

Enumerated Values if Bits Stored = 12:

16

>Bits Stored

(0028,0101)

Number of bits stored for each pixel sample. Each sample shall have the same number of bits stored. See PS3.5 for further explanation.

Enumerated Values:

8

12

>High Bit

(0028,0102)

Most significant bit for pixel sample data. Each sample shall have the same high bit. High Bit (0028,0102) shall be one less than Bits Stored (0028,0101). See PS3.5 for further explanation.

Enumerated Values if Bits Stored = 8:

7

Enumerated Values if Bits Stored = 12:

11

>Pixel Representation

(0028,0103)

Data representation of the pixel samples. Each sample shall have the same pixel representation.

Enumerated Values:

0

unsigned integer

>Pixel Data

(7FE0,0010)

A data stream of the pixel samples that comprise the Image. See Section C.7.6.3.1.4 for further explanation.

Basic Color Image Sequence

(2020,0111)

A Sequence that provides the content of the color image pixel data to be printed. It is a specialization of the Image Pixel Module defined in Section C.7.6.3. It is encoded as a Sequence of Attributes of the Image Pixel Module.

Zero or one Item shall be included in this Sequence.

See PS3.4 for further description.

>Samples per Pixel

(0028,0002)

Number of samples (planes) in this image. See Section C.7.6.3.1.1 for further explanation.

Enumerated Values:

3

>Photometric Interpretation

(0028,0004)

Specifies the intended interpretation of the pixel data. See Section C.7.6.3.1.2 for further explanation.

Enumerated Values:

RGB

>Planar Configuration

(0028,0006)

Indicates whether the pixel data are encoded color-by-plane or color-by-pixel. See Section C.7.6.3.1.3 for description.

Enumerated Values:

1

color-by-plane

>Rows

(0028,0010)

Number of rows in the image.

>Columns

(0028,0011)

Number of columns in the image.

>Pixel Aspect Ratio

(0028,0034)

Ratio of the vertical size and horizontal size of the pixels in the image specified by a pair of integer values where the first Value refers to the vertical extent of a pixel, and the second Value refers to the horizontal extent of a pixel. See Section C.7.6.3.1.7.

>Bits Allocated

(0028,0100)

Number of bits allocated for each pixel sample. Each sample shall have the same number of bits allocated. See PS3.5 for further explanation.

Enumerated Values:

8

>Bits Stored

(0028,0101)

Number of bits stored for each pixel sample. Each sample shall have the same number of bits stored. See PS3.5 for further explanation.

Enumerated Values:

8

>High Bit

(0028,0102)

Most significant bit for pixel sample data. Each sample shall have the same high bit. High Bit (0028,0102) shall be one less than Bits Stored (0028,0101). See PS3.5 for further explanation.

Enumerated Values:

7

>Pixel Representation

(0028,0103)

Data representation of the pixel samples. Each sample shall have the same pixel representation.

Enumerated Values:

0000H

unsigned integer

>Pixel Data

(7FE0,0010)

A data stream of the pixel samples that comprise the Image. See Section C.7.6.3.1.4 for further explanation.

Original Image Sequence

(2130,00C0)

Attributes of the original modality images to be printed in this Film Session.

Only a single Item is permitted in this Sequence.

>Study Instance UID

(0020,000D)

See Section C.7.2.1 General Study Module for description.

>Series Instance UID

(0020,000E)

See Section C.7.3.1 General Series Module for description.

>Patient ID

(0010,0020)

See Section C.7.1.1 Patient Module for description.

>Referenced SOP Class UID

(0008,1150)

SOP Class UID of the original modality image used to create this Image Box.

>Referenced SOP Instance UID

(0008,1155)

SOP Instance UID of the original modality image used to create this Image Box.


Note

Referenced Image Overlay Box Sequence (2020,0130) was previously included in this Module but has been retired. See PS3.3-2004.

C.13.5.1 Image Box Position

The position of the image on the film; the encoding of the image position sequence is based on the selected Image Display Format (2010,0010). The image position sequence shall be increasing order beginning with the Value 1. Image Box Position (2020,0010) is defined as follows:

  • STANDARD display format: image box sequence shall be major row order (from left-to-right and from top-to-bottom); top left image position shall be equal to 1.

  • ROW display format: image box sequence shall be major row order (from left-to-right and from top-to-bottom); top left image position shall be set to 1.

  • COL display format: image box sequence shall be major column order (from top-to-bottom and from left-to-right); top left image position shall be equal to 1.

  • SLIDE display format: image box sequence shall be major row order (from left-to-right and from top-to-bottom); top left image position shall be set to 1.

  • SUPERSLIDE display format: image box sequence shall be major row order (from left-to-right and from top-to-bottom); top left image position shall be set to 1.

  • CUSTOM STANDARD display format: image box sequence shall be defined in the Conformance Statement; top left image position shall be set to 1.

DICOM PS3.3 2026a - Information Object Definitions