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Hi Folks,
Regarding Person Name(VR = PN) encoding there are 3 component
groups(single byte, ideographic, phonetic) each group contains 5
components like first name, given name,middle name,prefix, suffix.
Here my doubt is according dicom standarded groups are delimited by
'=' character and each component in the group is delimeted by '^',
some people are using ',' also as delimiter for each component in the
group. Is it correct or not?
Thanks &Regards
Kiran Kumar Singani
The short answer is no, the comma is not equivalent to the ^".
The comma is not a defined delimiter, but nor is it a forbidden
character.
So if someone sends "Smith, John" or "John Smith" (or strictly
speaking, even "Smith, John^" or "Smith,John^^^^") then that
is legal, but the meaning of the comma separated strings is
undefined, as opposed to "Smith^John", in which case the family
and given names are clearly defined.
John
Singani wrote:[color=blue]
> Hi Folks,
> Regarding Person Name(VR = PN) encoding there are 3 component
> groups(single byte, ideographic, phonetic) each group contains 5
> components like first name, given name,middle name,prefix, suffix.
> Here my doubt is according dicom standarded groups are delimited by
> '=' character and each component in the group is delimeted by '^',
> some people are using ',' also as delimiter for each component in the
> group. Is it correct or not?
>
> Thanks &Regards
> Kiran Kumar Singani
>[/color]
On Mar 14, 4:50 pm, David Clunie <dclu...@dclunie.com> wrote:[color=blue]
> The short answer is no, the comma is not equivalent to the ^".
>
> The comma is not a defined delimiter, but nor is it a forbidden
> character.
>
> So if someone sends "Smith, John" or "John Smith" (or strictly
> speaking, even "Smith, John^" or "Smith,John^^^^") then that
> is legal, but the meaning of the comma separated strings is
> undefined, as opposed to "Smith^John", in which case the family
> and given names are clearly defined.
>
> John
>
>
>
> Singani wrote:[color=green]
> > Hi Folks,
> > Regarding Person Name(VR = PN) encoding there are 3 component
> > groups(single byte, ideographic, phonetic) each group contains 5
> > components like first name, given name,middle name,prefix, suffix.
> > Here my doubt is according dicom standarded groups are delimited by
> > '=' character and each component in the group is delimeted by '^',
> > some people are using ',' also as delimiter for each component in the
> > group. Is it correct or not?[/color]
>[color=green]
> > Thanks &Regards
> > Kiran Kumar Singani- Hide quoted text -[/color]
>
> - Show quoted text -[/color]
Thanks John...