Ok I just read a section in the 'DICOM Basics' book about private tags.
It says users must reserve a block of elements for their use. Other
users must scan through the blocks until it finds a free one to use.

So, how do you mark a section as your own? And how do you know someone
else has already reserved another block?

Thanks,
Mark


markww wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm still trying to interpret the DICOM standard's explanation of what
> group/element tags we can use for our private information. I have been
> using some arbitrary combination which seems to work ok, but I'm sure
> this will cause problems down the line since it probably conflicts with
> what the standard wants.
>
> Can someone please explain to me in basics which group/element numbers
> we should use for private tags?
>
> Also, is there a guide for programmers and DICOM? Any books etc?
>
> Thanks

please read this link.
http://groups.google.com/group/comp....48d551d9a8aba0

with regards
Ravindran Padmanabhan.

markww wrote:
> Ok I just read a section in the 'DICOM Basics' book about private tags.
> It says users must reserve a block of elements for their use. Other
> users must scan through the blocks until it finds a free one to use.
>
> So, how do you mark a section as your own? And how do you know someone
> else has already reserved another block?
>
> Thanks,
> Mark
>
>
> markww wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm still trying to interpret the DICOM standard's explanation of what
> > group/element tags we can use for our private information. I have been
> > using some arbitrary combination which seems to work ok, but I'm sure
> > this will cause problems down the line since it probably conflicts with
> > what the standard wants.
> >
> > Can someone please explain to me in basics which group/element numbers
> > we should use for private tags?
> >
> > Also, is there a guide for programmers and DICOM? Any books etc?
> >
> > Thanks