Equipment
(0008,0070)
Manufacturer
Keyword: Manufacturer
Manufacturer of the equipment that produced the composite instances.
Tag Attributes
- Tag ID
- (0008,0070)
- Compact
- 00080070
- Keyword
- Manufacturer
- VR
- LO — Long String
- VM
- 1
- Retired
- No
Module(s)
General Equipment Module
Engineering Notes
Used for equipment audit, service tracking, and identifying vendor-specific private tags. Helps isolate encoding issues to specific manufacturers.
Troubleshooting
When diagnosing encoding anomalies, filter by Manufacturer to isolate vendor-specific patterns.
Common Values
| Value | Meaning |
|---|---|
| SIEMENS | Siemens Healthineers |
| GE MEDICAL SYSTEMS | GE Healthcare |
| PHILIPS | Philips Healthcare |
| CANON | Canon Medical |
| Hologic | Hologic |