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Patient Names appearing in DICOM tag (0010, 0010) are a construct from the participant's prior PID concatenated with a caret and the string 'ACRIN' or 'LSS'; examples:
- 2542^ACRIN
- 18519^ACRIN
022921^LSS
Private DICOM Tags
DICOM private tags have been removed from all NLST images because protected health information (PHI) was discovered hidden in some private tags.
Series Descriptions
The original Series Descriptions, if present, were often vague and/or, at best, inconsistent.
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