# Orthanc DICOM tags.
**URL:** https://discourse.orthanc-server.org/t/orthanc-dicom-tags/1982
**Category:** Google Groups archive
**Created:** [June 13, 2020, 8:01pm UTC](https://discourse.orthanc-server.org/t/orthanc-dicom-tags/1982 "2020-06-13T20:01:22Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@Ray\_Gonzalez](https://discourse.orthanc-server.org/u/Ray_Gonzalez)
#### Post date: [June 13, 2020, 8:01pm UTC](https://discourse.orthanc-server.org/t/orthanc-dicom-tags/1982/1 "2020-06-13T20:01:22Z")
Hello:
How can I have Orthanc explorer to display more DICOM tags. I need explorer to display tags below 0008,0005 because I need to see 0002,0016 and 0002,0017.
Thanks,
Ray
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### Author:  [@jodogne](https://discourse.orthanc-server.org/u/jodogne)
#### Post date: [June 14, 2020, 8:15am UTC](https://discourse.orthanc-server.org/t/orthanc-dicom-tags/1982/2 "2020-06-14T08:15:38Z")
Hello,
You are referring to tags that are encompassed in the “DICOM file meta information” header, i.e. outside of the DICOM dataset:
[http://dicom.nema.org/medical/dicom/current/output/chtml/part10/chapter\_7.html#sect\_7.1](http://dicom.nema.org/medical/dicom/current/output/chtml/part10/chapter_7.html#sect_7.1)
Those tags are accessible through the REST API of Orthanc by opening the “/instances/{id}/header” URI. For instance using our demo server:
$ curl [https://demo.orthanc-server.com/instances/1e033ff9-b3de5641-b08a8e0a-334c0da1-8557d66f/header](https://demo.orthanc-server.com/instances/1e033ff9-b3de5641-b08a8e0a-334c0da1-8557d66f/header)
Regarding extending Orthanc Explorer, it only display the DICOM dataset. Please carefully read the following FAQ in the Orthanc Book:
[https://book.orthanc-server.com/faq/improving-interface.html](https://book.orthanc-server.com/faq/improving-interface.html)
Regards,
Sébastien-
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### Author:  [@Ray\_Gonzalez](https://discourse.orthanc-server.org/u/Ray_Gonzalez)
#### Post date: [June 15, 2020, 3:01pm UTC](https://discourse.orthanc-server.org/t/orthanc-dicom-tags/1982/3 "2020-06-15T15:01:52Z")
Thank you for your response Sebastien. We will look into Orthanc Explorer 2, but it looks like is it not being developed any more unfortunately.
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### Author:  [@salimkanoun](https://discourse.orthanc-server.org/u/salimkanoun)
#### Post date: [June 15, 2020, 8:04pm UTC](https://discourse.orthanc-server.org/t/orthanc-dicom-tags/1982/4 "2020-06-15T20:04:26Z")
Hi Ray,
I take this Idea for my OrthancToolsJS project (new frontend for Orthanc).
I put an issue there (in french sorry) : [https://github.com/salimkanoun/Orthanc-Tools-JS/issues/233](https://github.com/salimkanoun/Orthanc-Tools-JS/issues/233)
I expect to have something release ready around september,
Best regards,
Salim
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### Author:  [@Ray\_Gonzalez](https://discourse.orthanc-server.org/u/Ray_Gonzalez)
#### Post date: [June 17, 2020, 12:29am UTC](https://discourse.orthanc-server.org/t/orthanc-dicom-tags/1982/5 "2020-06-17T00:29:41Z")
Hello Salim:
I think it is very useful in general to have this information available, sometimes it helps in troubleshooting. I am not sure why it has not been implemented so far. I am glad you have adopted the idea and can be helpful for you too. Let me know when ready. By the way I can read and speak French so will look at the post.
Warm Regards,
Ray
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### Author:  [@salimkanoun](https://discourse.orthanc-server.org/u/salimkanoun)
#### Post date: [June 18, 2020, 9:51am UTC](https://discourse.orthanc-server.org/t/orthanc-dicom-tags/1982/6 "2020-06-18T09:51:39Z")
Hi Ray,
We implemented the concatenation of both /header and /tags in our frontend that will show these data, see [https://github.com/salimkanoun/Orthanc-Tools-JS/commit/d02e1588eb6add7d8389b6bb12e8a3ddd6320eef](https://github.com/salimkanoun/Orthanc-Tools-JS/commit/d02e1588eb6add7d8389b6bb12e8a3ddd6320eef)
For now I don’t have bandwith to help you install and use OrthancToolsJS, feel free to explore the sources if you have some skills in NodeJS.
I hope I will have a testing beta version in few weeks that I will announce in public,
Best regards,
Salim
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### Author:  [@jodogne](https://discourse.orthanc-server.org/u/jodogne)
#### Post date: [January 20, 2021, 1:55pm UTC](https://discourse.orthanc-server.org/t/orthanc-dicom-tags/1982/7 "2021-01-20T13:55:21Z")
Hello,
FYI, Orthanc 1.9.0 will display the meta-header of DICOM instances in the Orthanc Explorer interface.
Sébastien-