Acquisition
(0008,0032)
Acquisition Time
Keyword: AcquisitionTime
The time the acquisition of data that resulted in this image started.
Tag Attributes
- Tag ID
- (0008,0032)
- Compact
- 00080032
- Keyword
- AcquisitionTime
- VR
- TM — Time
- VM
- 1
- Retired
- No
Module(s)
General Image Module
Engineering Notes
Used for temporal alignment in dynamic studies, cardiac gating, and breath-hold timing analysis.
Troubleshooting
In dynamic contrast-enhanced studies, missing Acquisition Time prevents phase identification (pre-contrast, arterial, portal, delayed).