how to spatially order files in a dicom data sequence?

Question

Do the filenames associated with a DICOM image series (from a single scan) match the spatial ordering? What I mean is if the patient was scanned “head first” is 000000.dcm

Answer 1

You might want to have a look at these links:

How to compare coordinates of different series 1

How to compare coordinates of different series 2

DICOM attributes used for calculating affine transformation

Recommended reading on DICOM in general and segregation of orientations