Conformance check against storage tables

Validate a file against the DICOM storage conformance tables and report deviations.

Problem

DICOM files must conform to the IOD (Information Object Definition) requirements for their SOP Class. Non-conformant files may fail to load in PACS or cause downstream processing errors. You need to validate a file against the DICOM standard storage tables.

Steps

1. Open the DICOM file — click Open files… (⌘O).
2. Open the QA panel — click the QA tab in the right rail.
3. Review conformance results — the QA panel displays three categories: Errors (red) for mandatory Type 1 tags missing or empty, Warnings (yellow) for Type 2 tags missing, and Conditional (blue) for Type 1C/2C tags whose presence depends on other tag values.
4. Drill into failures — click an error row to navigate to the offending tag in the metadata tree.
5. Fix and re-validate — edit the tag in Edit mode (⌘3). The QA panel live-updates as you correct each issue.
6. Verify — once all errors are resolved, the errors count shows “0 errors”.

Expected Result

• QA panel is visible in the right rail and shows error, warning, and conditional counts.
• Clicking an error row navigates to the offending tag in the metadata tree.
• Editing a flagged tag in Edit mode causes the QA panel to live-update.
• All three categories (errors, warnings, conditional) are displayed with distinct colors.