These GitHub gists are meant to explain the output of the .elements() method of DataSet class from PyDicom Package. This is a follow-up gist for the previous gist in the following link https://gist.github.com/OmarAlkousa/53b35934cd3fac3d381f0448b8e27073. You can see the DICOM dataset on Kaggle following the link: https://www.kaggle.com/datasets/…

elements_method.py

# Extract the top-level elements of the Dataset Class
[*dcm_data.elements()]

elements_method.txt

[(0008, 0005) Specific Character Set              CS: 'ISO_IR 100',
 (0008, 0008) Image Type                          CS: ['ORIGINAL', 'PRIMARY', 'AXIAL', 'CT_SOM5 SPI'],
 (0008, 0016) SOP Class UID                       UI: CT Image Storage,
 (0008, 0018) SOP Instance UID                    UI: 1.3.6.1.4.1.14519.5.2.1.7085.2626.214140401149739061368142942055,
 (0008, 0020) Study Date                          DA: '20100227',
 (0008, 0021) Series Date                         DA: '20100227',
 (0008, 0022) Acquisition Date                    DA: '20100227',
 (0008, 0023) Content Date                        DA: '20100227',
 (0008, 0030) Study Time                          TM: '161937.171',
 (0008, 0031) Series Time                         TM: '162536.14',
 (0008, 0032) Acquisition Time                    TM: '162203.028699',
 (0008, 0033) Content Time                        TM: '162203.028699',
 (0008, 0050) Accession Number                    SH: '1598252606449858',
 (0008, 0060) Modality                            CS: 'CT',
 (0008, 0070) Manufacturer                        LO: 'SIEMENS',
 (0008, 0090) Referring Physician's Name          PN: '',
 (0008, 1030) Study Description                   LO: 'CT CHEST W IV CONTRAST',
 (0008, 103e) Series Description                  LO: 'LUNG 3.0  B70f',
 (0008, 1090) Manufacturer's Model Name           LO: 'Sensation 16',
 <Sequence, length 1>,
 <Sequence, length 1>,
 <Sequence, length 1>,
 (0009, 0010) Private Creator                     LO: 'SIEMENS CT VA1 DUMMY',
 (0010, 0010) Patient's Name                      PN: 'C3N-00247',
 (0010, 0020) Patient ID                          LO: 'C3N-00247',
 (0010, 0030) Patient's Birth Date                DA: '',
 (0010, 0040) Patient's Sex                       CS: 'F',
 (0010, 1010) Patient's Age                       AS: '077Y',
 (0010, 2160) Ethnic Group                        SH: '8',
 (0012, 0050) Clinical Trial Time Point ID        LO: '97',
 (0012, 0051) Clinical Trial Time Point Descripti ST: 'Days offset from diagnosis',
 (0012, 0062) Patient Identity Removed            CS: 'YES',
 (0012, 0063) De-identification Method            LO: 'Per DICOM PS 3.15 AnnexE. Details in 0012,0064',
 <Sequence, length 8>,
 (0013, 0010) Private Creator                     LO: 'CTP',
 (0013, 1010) Private tag data                    LO: 'CPTAC-LSCC',
 (0013, 1013) Private tag data                    LO: '70852626',
 (0018, 0015) Body Part Examined                  CS: 'CHEST',
 (0018, 0050) Slice Thickness                     DS: '3.0',
 (0018, 0060) KVP                                 DS: '100.0',
 (0018, 0090) Data Collection Diameter            DS: '500.0',
 (0018, 1020) Software Versions                   LO: 'syngo CT 2014A',
 (0018, 1030) Protocol Name                       LO: 'CHEST_ROUTINE_SMALL',
 (0018, 1100) Reconstruction Diameter             DS: '289.0',
 (0018, 1110) Distance Source to Detector         DS: '1040.0',
 (0018, 1111) Distance Source to Patient          DS: '570.0',
 (0018, 1120) Gantry/Detector Tilt                DS: '0.0',
 (0018, 1130) Table Height                        DS: '137.0',
 (0018, 1140) Rotation Direction                  CS: 'CW',
 (0018, 1150) Exposure Time                       IS: '500',
 (0018, 1151) X-Ray Tube Current                  IS: '237',
 (0018, 1152) Exposure                            IS: '131',
 (0018, 1160) Filter Type                         SH: '0',
 (0018, 1170) Generator Power                     IS: '35',
 (0018, 1190) Focal Spot(s)                       DS: '1.2',
 (0018, 1200) Date of Last Calibration            DA: '20100227',
 (0018, 1201) Time of Last Calibration            TM: '061404',
 (0018, 1210) Convolution Kernel                  SH: 'B70f',
 (0018, 5100) Patient Position                    CS: 'HFS',
 (0018, 9306) Single Collimation Width            FD: 1.5,
 (0018, 9307) Total Collimation Width             FD: 24.0,
 (0018, 9309) Table Speed                         FD: 43.0,
 (0018, 9310) Table Feed per Rotation             FD: 21.6,
 (0018, 9311) Spiral Pitch Factor                 FD: 0.9,
 (0018, 9323) Exposure Modulation Type            CS: 'XYZ_EC',
 (0018, 9324) Estimated Dose Saving               FD: 29.4,
 (0018, 9345) CTDIvol                             FD: 5.924999999999999,
 (0019, 0010) Private Creator                     LO: 'SIEMENS CT VA0  COAD',
 (0019, 10b0) [Feed per Rotation]                 DS: '21.6',
 (0020, 000d) Study Instance UID                  UI: 1.3.6.1.4.1.14519.5.2.1.7085.2626.258626612405225511766549337110,
 (0020, 000e) Series Instance UID                 UI: 1.3.6.1.4.1.14519.5.2.1.7085.2626.242193282649561899185427104083,
 (0020, 0010) Study ID                            SH: '',
 (0020, 0011) Series Number                       IS: '2',
 (0020, 0012) Acquisition Number                  IS: '2',
 (0020, 0013) Instance Number                     IS: '75',
 (0020, 0032) Image Position (Patient)            DS: [-143.2177734375, -287.2177734375, -216],
 (0020, 0037) Image Orientation (Patient)         DS: [1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0],
 (0020, 0052) Frame of Reference UID              UI: 1.3.6.1.4.1.14519.5.2.1.7085.2626.118309119521421997707953128381,
 (0020, 1040) Position Reference Indicator        LO: '',
 (0020, 1041) Slice Location                      DS: '-216.0',
 (0020, 4000) Image Comments                      LT: '\nPOST CONTRAST',
 (0021, 0010) Private Creator                     LO: 'SIEMENS MED',
 (0021, 1011) [Target]                            DS: [1, -6],
 (0028, 0002) Samples per Pixel                   US: 1,
 (0028, 0004) Photometric Interpretation          CS: 'MONOCHROME2',
 (0028, 0010) Rows                                US: 512,
 (0028, 0011) Columns                             US: 512,
 (0028, 0030) Pixel Spacing                       DS: [0.564453125, 0.564453125],
 (0028, 0100) Bits Allocated                      US: 16,
 (0028, 0101) Bits Stored                         US: 12,
 (0028, 0102) High Bit                            US: 11,
 (0028, 0103) Pixel Representation                US: 0,
 (0028, 0106) Smallest Image Pixel Value          US: 0,
 (0028, 0107) Largest Image Pixel Value           US: 4095,
 (0028, 0303) Longitudinal Temporal Information M CS: 'MODIFIED',
 (0028, 1050) Window Center                       DS: [-500, 40],
 (0028, 1051) Window Width                        DS: [1500, 400],
 (0028, 1052) Rescale Intercept                   DS: '-1024.0',
 (0028, 1053) Rescale Slope                       DS: '1.0',
 (0028, 1055) Window Center & Width Explanation   LO: ['WINDOW1', 'WINDOW2'],
 (0029, 0010) Private Creator                     LO: 'SIEMENS CSA HEADER',
 (0029, 0011) Private Creator                     LO: 'SIEMENS MEDCOM HEADER',
 (0029, 0012) Private Creator                     LO: 'MITRA PRESENTATION 1.0',
 (0031, 0010) Private Creator                     LO: 'AGFA PACS Archive Mirroring 1.0',
 (0032, 000a) Study Status ID                     CS: 'READ',
 (0032, 000c) Study Priority ID                   CS: 'LOW',
 (0032, 1030) Reason for Study                    LO: 'Malignant neoplasm of lower lobe, right bronchus or lung, RLL bi',
 (0032, 1060) Requested Procedure Description     LO: 'CT CHEST W IV CONTRAST',
 (0032, 4000) Study Comments                      LT: '',
 (0033, 0010) Private Creator                     LO: 'MITRA OBJECT UTF8 ATTRIBUTES 1.0',
 (0040, 0244) Performed Procedure Step Start Date DA: '20100227',
 (0040, 0245) Performed Procedure Step Start Time TM: '161937.171',
 (7fe0, 0010) Pixel Data                          OW: Array of 524288 elements]