6.2.1. Acquisition Context

This normative section contains a description of the DICOM tags relevant to orthodontic photography pertaining to the Acquisition Context module.

For orthodontic photography, we make use of the Acquisition Context Module to store the conditions of the patient during the photographic acquisition session (lips and mouth open, closed, smiling, relaxed, etc), the occlusal relationship (centric occlusion, centric relation, see Definitions (Informative)), the Image View (projection) and the Image View Modifier (direct or indirect).

• 6.2.1.1. Orthognathic Functional Conditions
• 6.2.1.2. Finding By Inspection
• 6.2.1.3. Observable entity
• 6.2.1.4. Dental occlusion, function
• 6.2.1.5. Longitudinal Temporal Event Type
• 6.2.1.6. Longitudinal Temporal Offset from Event