Value Type

(0040,A040)

1

The type of the value encoded in this Content Item.

See Section C.17.3.2.1 for further explanation.

Concept Name Code Sequence

(0040,A043)

1C

Code describing the concept represented by this Content Item. Also conveys the value of Document Title and section headings in documents.

Only a single Item shall be included in this Sequence.

Required if Value Type (0040,A040) is TEXT, NUM, CODE, DATETIME, DATE, TIME, UIDREF, TABLE or PNAME.

Required if Value Type (0040,A040) is CONTAINER and a heading is present, or this is the Root Content Item.

Required if Value Type (0040,A040) is COMPOSITE, IMAGE, WAVEFORM, SCOORD, SCOORD3D or TCOORD, and the Purpose of Reference is conveyed in the Concept Name.

See Section C.17.3.2.2 for further explanation.

>Include Table 8.8-1 “Code Sequence Macro Attributes”

No Baseline CID is defined.

Text Value

(0040,A160)

1C

This is the value of the Content Item.

Required if Value Type (0040,A040) is TEXT.

Text data that is unformatted and whose manner of display is implementation dependent.

The text value may contain spaces, as well as multiple lines separated by CR LF, but otherwise no format control characters (such as horizontal or vertical tab and form feed) shall be present, even if permitted by the Value Representation of UT.

The text shall be interpreted as specified by Specific Character Set (0008,0005) if present in the SOP Common Module.

DateTime

(0040,A120)

1C

This is the value of the Content Item.

Required if Value Type (0040,A040) is DATETIME.

Date

(0040,A121)

1C

This is the value of the Content Item.

Required if Value Type (0040,A040) is DATE.

Time

(0040,A122)

1C

This is the value of the Content Item.

Required if Value Type (0040,A040) is TIME.

Person Name

(0040,A123)

1C

This is the value of the Content Item.

Required if Value Type (0040,A040) is PNAME.

UID

(0040,A124)

1C

This is the value of the Content Item.

Required if Value Type (0040,A040) is UIDREF.

Include Table C.18.1-1 “Numeric Measurement Macro Attributes” if and only if Value Type (0040,A040) is NUM.

Include Table C.18.2-1 “Code Macro Attributes” if and only if Value Type (0040,A040) is CODE.

Include Table C.18.3-1 “Composite Object Reference Macro Attributes” if and only if Value Type (0040,A040) is COMPOSITE.

Include Table C.18.4-1 “Image Reference Macro Attributes” if and only if Value Type (0040,A040) is IMAGE.

Include Table C.18.5-1 “Waveform Reference Macro Attributes” if and only if Value Type (0040,A040) is WAVEFORM.

Include Table C.18.6-1 “Spatial Coordinates Macro Attributes” if and only if Value Type (0040,A040) is SCOORD.

Include Table C.18.9-1 “3D Spatial Coordinates Macro Attributes” if and only if Value Type (0040,A040) is SCOORD3D.

Include Table C.18.7-1 “Temporal Coordinates Macro Attributes” if and only if Value Type (0040,A040) is TCOORD.

Include Table C.18.8-1 “Container Macro Attributes” if and only if Value Type (0040,A040) is CONTAINER.

Include Table C.18.10-1 “Table Content Item Macro Attributes” if and only if Value Type (0040,A040) is TABLE.