{
  "id": 609271,
  "title": "Incorrect ImageOrientation(Position)Patient for multi-frames dicom ?",
  "url": "/competitions/rsna-intracranial-aneurysm-detection/discussion/609271",
  "author_name": "Gregoire D",
  "post_date": "2025-09-25T13:11:13.576000",
  "votes": 6,
  "comment_count": 3,
  "views": 0,
  "content": "<p>Hi,</p>\n<p>I stumbled upon this multi-frames dicom case (<strong>SeriesUID</strong> 1.2.826.0.1.3680043.8.498.99804081131933373817667779922320327920) with metadata  ImageOrientationPatient [1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0] and ImagePositionPatient varying in z. <br>\nThus, I'm expecting the image to be axial but looking at the frames it is coronal. Are the orientation/position metadata unreliable for multi-frames dicoms?</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/kaggle-forum-message-attachments/o/inbox%2F13823597%2Fd5a5cadb18c4981b1cfcf9cd68e330db%2FCapture%20dcran%20du%202025-09-25%2015-00-06.png?generation=1758805597725995&amp;alt=media\" alt=\"\"></p>",
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    {
      "id": 3294149,
      "postDate": "2025-09-25T13:11:13.577Z",
      "content": "<p>Hi,</p>\n<p>I stumbled upon this multi-frames dicom case (<strong>SeriesUID</strong> 1.2.826.0.1.3680043.8.498.99804081131933373817667779922320327920) with metadata  ImageOrientationPatient [1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0] and ImagePositionPatient varying in z. <br>\nThus, I'm expecting the image to be axial but looking at the frames it is coronal. Are the orientation/position metadata unreliable for multi-frames dicoms?</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/kaggle-forum-message-attachments/o/inbox%2F13823597%2Fd5a5cadb18c4981b1cfcf9cd68e330db%2FCapture%20dcran%20du%202025-09-25%2015-00-06.png?generation=1758805597725995&amp;alt=media\" alt=\"\"></p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Hi,\n\nI stumbled upon this multi-frames dicom case (**SeriesUID** 1.2.826.0.1.3680043.8.498.99804081131933373817667779922320327920) with metadata  ImageOrientationPatient [1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0] and ImagePositionPatient varying in z. \nThus, I'm expecting the image to be axial but looking at the frames it is coronal. Are the orientation/position metadata unreliable for multi-frames dicoms?\n\n![](https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/kaggle-forum-message-attachments/o/inbox%2F13823597%2Fd5a5cadb18c4981b1cfcf9cd68e330db%2FCapture%20dcran%20du%202025-09-25%2015-00-06.png?generation=1758805597725995&alt=media)",
      "votes": 6
    },
    {
      "id": 3295501,
      "postDate": "2025-09-29T00:35:38.020Z",
      "content": "<p>This reflects real world data. Its unfortunate, but this is how we received the data from a real clinical site.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "This reflects real world data. Its unfortunate, but this is how we received the data from a real clinical site.",
      "votes": 1
    },
    {
      "id": 3296122,
      "postDate": "2025-09-30T08:19:16.370Z",
      "content": "<p>Hi Thank you for the post. I referenced this post in a compilation I wrote on this topic -&gt; <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/rsna-intracranial-aneurysm-detection/discussion/609876\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/rsna-intracranial-aneurysm-detection/discussion/609876</a></p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Hi Thank you for the post. I referenced this post in a compilation I wrote on this topic -> https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/rsna-intracranial-aneurysm-detection/discussion/609876"
    },
    {
      "id": 3294901,
      "postDate": "2025-09-27T04:35:31.193Z",
      "content": "<p>May be it was just blind imputed because it was originally missing.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "May be it was just blind imputed because it was originally missing."
    }
  ],
  "comments": [
    {
      "id": 3295501,
      "author_name": "Evan Calabrese",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "2025-09-29T00:35:38.020000",
      "content": "<p>This reflects real world data. Its unfortunate, but this is how we received the data from a real clinical site.</p>",
      "votes": 1,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 3296122,
      "author_name": "MakeLoveAndPeace",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "2025-09-30T08:19:16.370000",
      "content": "<p>Hi Thank you for the post. I referenced this post in a compilation I wrote on this topic -&gt; <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/rsna-intracranial-aneurysm-detection/discussion/609876\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/rsna-intracranial-aneurysm-detection/discussion/609876</a></p>",
      "votes": 0,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 3294901,
      "author_name": "Ángel Jacinto Sánchez Ruiz",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "2025-09-27T04:35:31.193000",
      "content": "<p>May be it was just blind imputed because it was originally missing.</p>",
      "votes": 0,
      "replies": []
    }
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    "3294149": "Hi,\n\nI stumbled upon this multi-frames dicom case (**SeriesUID** 1.2.826.0.1.3680043.8.498.99804081131933373817667779922320327920) with metadata  ImageOrientationPatient [1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0] and ImagePositionPatient varying in z. \nThus, I'm expecting the image to be axial but looking at the frames it is coronal. Are the orientation/position metadata unreliable for multi-frames dicoms?\n\n![](https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/kaggle-forum-message-attachments/o/inbox%2F13823597%2Fd5a5cadb18c4981b1cfcf9cd68e330db%2FCapture%20dcran%20du%202025-09-25%2015-00-06.png?generation=1758805597725995&alt=media)",
    "3295501": "This reflects real world data. Its unfortunate, but this is how we received the data from a real clinical site.",
    "3296122": "Hi Thank you for the post. I referenced this post in a compilation I wrote on this topic -> https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/rsna-intracranial-aneurysm-detection/discussion/609876",
    "3294901": "May be it was just blind imputed because it was originally missing."
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