changeset 658:f7f90282ea1e

series completion
author Sebastien Jodogne <s.jodogne@gmail.com>
date Thu, 29 Apr 2021 12:29:22 +0200
parents 566f0af3e4ed
children a37ac06ec2fc
files Sphinx/source/faq/series-completion.rst
diffstat 1 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) [+]
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--- 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.