For Acquisition Context Sequence (0040,0555) DTID 3471 “PET Covariates Acquisition Context”, which includes the blood glucose measurement, shall be used. In contrast to the PET Image IOD, the description of the cardiovascular rest or stress state is encoded in the Enhanced PET Image IOD using the Patient Physiological State Functional Group Macro, rather than the Acquisition Context.

The Acquisition Context information may be entered during acquisition, or obtained from the Modality Worklist using information supplied in the Protocol Context, BTID 15101 “NM/PET Protocol Context”.