# HG changeset patch # User Sebastien Jodogne # Date 1619692162 -7200 # Node ID f7f90282ea1e5592e20e51c1caac6c51b15ee894 # Parent 566f0af3e4ed0e3d13fa263d16e96f823a4cfa23 series completion diff -r 566f0af3e4ed -r f7f90282ea1e Sphinx/source/faq/series-completion.rst --- a/Sphinx/source/faq/series-completion.rst Wed Apr 28 18:02:04 2021 +0200 +++ b/Sphinx/source/faq/series-completion.rst Thu Apr 29 12:29:22 2021 +0200 @@ -1,16 +1,24 @@ -What do the various status displayed in a series header mean? -============================================================= +What does the series completion status mean? +============================================ -A series can be assigned a status by Orthanc. I can list as *unknown*, *missing*, *inconsistent* or *complete*. +Each DICOM series is assigned a completion status by Orthanc. This +completion status can list as ``Unknown``, ``Missing``, +``Inconsistent`` or ``Complete``. -The status is meant to convey the completeness of the series, as known by Orthanc. +The status is meant to convey the completeness of the series, as known +by Orthanc. -As a general rule, since there is no generic DICOM tag that contains the number of DICOM instances that -are contained in a given series, and since there is no generic tag that contains the index of a DICOM -instance inside its parent series, it is in general impossible to know if a series is complete in terms -of its instances. This is the meaning of the *Unknown* status displayed by Orthanc. +As a general rule, since there is no generic DICOM tag that contains +the number of DICOM instances that are contained in a given series, +and since there is no generic tag that contains the index of a DICOM +instance inside its parent series, it is in general impossible to know +if a series is complete in terms of its instances. This is the meaning +of the ``Unknown`` status displayed by Orthanc. -However, for some types of images (such as cardiac MRI), the DICOM modules might specify a tag that contains -this information. If such a tag is available for a series, Orthanc will either report a *Complete* status -(if all the instances have been received), *Incomplete* (if some instances are [still] missing) or *Inconsistent* -if there is an error inside the numbering of the instances. +However, for some types of images (such as cardiac MRI), the DICOM +modules might specify a tag that contains this information. If such a +tag is available for a series, Orthanc will either report a +``Complete`` status (if all the instances have been received), +``Incomplete`` (if some instances are [still] missing) or +``Inconsistent`` if there is an error inside the numbering of the +instances.