File Meta
(0002,0000)
File Meta Information Group Length
Keyword: FileMetaInformationGroupLength
Number of bytes following this File Meta element (to the last byte of the Group 0002 elements).
Tag Attributes
- Tag ID
- (0002,0000)
- Compact
- 00020000
- Keyword
- FileMetaInformationGroupLength
- VR
- UL — Unsigned Long
- VM
- 1
- Retired
- No
Module(s)
File Meta Information
Engineering Notes
Must be present in every DICOM file. Used by parsers to determine the end of the File Meta header. Incorrect value causes parse failures.
Troubleshooting
If a DICOM file fails to open, verify this value matches the actual byte count of Group 0002 elements. Corruption here breaks all downstream parsing.
Related Tags
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(0002,0001)File Meta Information Version(0002,0002)Media Storage SOP Class UID(0002,0003)Media Storage SOP Instance UID(0002,0010)Transfer Syntax UID(0002,0012)Implementation Class UID(0002,0013)Implementation Version Name(0002,0016)Source Application Entity Title
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