Equipment
(0018,1000)
Device Serial Number
Keyword: DeviceSerialNumber
Manufacturer's serial number of the equipment that produced the composite instances.
Tag Attributes
- Tag ID
- (0018,1000)
- Compact
- 00181000
- Keyword
- DeviceSerialNumber
- VR
- LO — Long String
- VM
- 1
- Retired
- No
Module(s)
General Equipment Module
Engineering Notes
Used for equipment tracking, preventive maintenance scheduling, and incident investigation. Essential for multi-unit sites.
Troubleshooting
When a specific modality produces encoding errors, use serial number to identify the exact unit for service dispatch.