Hello,
I have an additional question to Darren's,
Do you by any chance know if there is a field for the "dwell time" in the
Siemens EPI dicom output?
Thanks,
Jee Eun
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From: "Benedicte Descamps" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Monday, October 30, 2006 9:19 AM
Subject: Re: [SPM] siemens dicom
> Hi Darren,
> Unfortunately, there 's no information about acquisition order / timing in
> the mosaic image! We asked a Siemens engineer about this.
> The best you can do is:
> - Check your acquisition method: geometry - common - series.
> The acquisition methods "ascending" and "interleaved" are from start -->
> end, descending = end --> start. "Start" and "end" are determined by
patient
> positioning during registration (head first - supine).
> - Check " System card - Miscellaneous - image numbering - transversal":
this
> numbering is independent (!) from the acquisition method, but the
numbering
> is used to create the mosaic image (F --> H or H --> F); standard, slices
in
> the mosaic image are always sorted by number! (even if you scanned
> interleaved)
> All the best,
> Benedicte
>
>
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> Van: SPM (Statistical Parametric Mapping) [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Namens
> Darren G
> Verzonden: maandag 30 oktober 2006 15:53
> Aan: [log in to unmask]
> Onderwerp: [SPM] siemens dicom
>
> Hi
>
> For Siemens Trio files, does anyone know what field in the DICOM header
> contains the slice
> acquisition order information for functional MRI files.
>
> Thanks,
> Darren
>
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> Cognitive Neurology and the Alzheimer's Disease Center
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