I am trying to achieve integration between a vet acquisition software and a PACS and have encountered an issue where the PACS is unable to populate the patients last name. I am hoping to use the "Importconvert" function of CONQUEST to clean things up but have not been able to figure out a clean way to do so.
The following is an example of the dicom tag values created by the acquisition software.
- "patient name" (0010,0010) would show a value of "^Fluffy^^^".
- "responsible person" (0010,2297) will show a value of "Smith^John^^^".
Because there is no value to the left of the first caret in the "Patient name" field the PACS is unable to populate a "last name" in its worklist.
I am looking to copy the last name segment from responsible person (0010,2297) and add it to the appropriate segment for patient name (0010,0010).
Any advice or help would be greatly appreciated.