Acquisition
(0018,0050)
Slice Thickness
Keyword: SliceThickness
Nominal slice thickness in mm. For CT this is reconstruction slice thickness, for MRI it is the acquired thickness.
Tag Attributes
- Tag ID
- (0018,0050)
- Compact
- 00180050
- Keyword
- SliceThickness
- VR
- DS — Decimal String
- VM
- 1
- Retired
- No
Module(s)
Image Plane Module
Engineering Notes
Used for MPR quality assessment, 3D rendering, and dose per slice calculations. Wrong value causes incorrect anatomy orientation in viewer.
Troubleshooting
If 3D reconstructions appear stretched or compressed, verify Slice Thickness and Pixel Spacing are consistent with the acquisition parameters.