Patient's Sex

Keyword: PatientSex

Sex of the named patient. Used for display, protocol selection, and dosimetry calculations.

Tag Attributes

Module(s)

Patient Module

Engineering Notes

Used by dose management systems and some display protocols (e.g., pelvic CT). Must flow from MWL.

Empty Patient Sex causes failures in automated dose benchmarking tools that require sex for SSDE calculation.

Patient's Name

VR: PN · Patient

Patient's Birth Date

VR: DA · Patient

Patient's Age

VR: AS · Patient

Patient's Size

VR: DS · Patient

Patient's Weight

VR: DS · Patient