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DICOM element constraints

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DICOM element constraints - AWS HealthImaging

When importing your medical imaging data into AWS HealthImaging, max length constraints are applied to the following DICOM elements. To achieve a successful import, ensure that your data does not exceed the max length constraints.

DICOM element constraints during import
HealthImaging keyword DICOM keyword DICOM key Length limit
DICOMPatientName Patient​Name (0010,0010) min: 0, max: 256
DICOMPatient​Id Patient​ID (0010,0020) min: 0, max: 256
DICOMPatientBirthDate Patient​BirthDate (0010,0030) min: 0, max: 18
DICOMPatientSex PatientSex (0010,0040) min: 0, max: 16
DICOMStudyInstanceUID StudyInstanceUID (0020,000D) min: 0, max: 256
DICOMStudyId StudyID (0020,0010) min: 0, max: 16
DICOMStudyDescription StudyDescription (0008,1030) min: 0, max: 64
DICOMNumberOfStudy RelatedSeries Number​Of​Study​Related​Series (0020,1206) min: 0, max: 1,000,000
DICOMNumberOfStudy RelatedInstances NumberOfStudyRelated Instances (0020,1208) min: 0, max: 10,000
DICOMAccessionNumber AccessionNumber (0008,0050) min: 0, max: 256
DICOMStudyDate StudyDate (0008,0020) min: 0, max: 18
DICOMStudyTime StudyTime (0008,0030) min: 0, max: 28
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