Change default institution name

  • We bought a used DRx-system. Now, in K-PACS it shows the name of the previous owner in the upper right corner of the picture.


    How can I change it to my clinic's name? I've searched all over, but I really can't find this setting anywhere.

  • All information shown in the text overlay in the K-PACS viewer comes from the DICOM images you have loaded into the viewer. If you need/want to change any of the information, you would have to change the DICOM header information of these images. Some items can be changed on either study or series level using the "Modify" option in the K-PACS study browser. Individual tags of individual images can be changed via the "DICOM header dump" view in the viewer. But the latter is tedious work and prone to errors.


    Otherwise you would need tools specialized in DICOM header manipulation.


    Keep in mind that the attribute "Institution name" is actually a series level attribute according to the DICOM standard.

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