Acquisition
(0018,1152)
Exposure
Keyword: Exposure
Exposure in milliampere-seconds (mAs) for the acquisition.
Tag Attributes
- Tag ID
- (0018,1152)
- Compact
- 00181152
- Keyword
- Exposure
- VR
- IS — Integer String
- VM
- 1
- Retired
- No
Module(s)
X-Ray Acquisition Module
Engineering Notes
Key dose metric. Used with KVP for effective dose estimation in fluoroscopy and radiography.
Troubleshooting
Cross-validate mAs with tube current × exposure time. Inconsistency indicates the modality is not calculating or logging correctly.