# Question on Accessing Scanner Information From Mimics Project

**URL:** <https://community.materialise.com/t/question-on-accessing-scanner-information-from-mimics-project/273>\
**Category:** MIS - Scripting Forum\
**Created:** [February 7, 2020, 8:15pm UTC](https://community.materialise.com/t/question-on-accessing-scanner-information-from-mimics-project/273 "2020-02-07T20:15:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![SBlackman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3d9bf3/32.png) [@SBlackman](https://community.materialise.com/u/SBlackman)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2020, 8:15pm UTC](https://community.materialise.com/t/question-on-accessing-scanner-information-from-mimics-project/273/1 "2020-02-07T20:15:13Z")

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Hello,

I am trying to see the voltage and current (KVp and mAs) of the scanner used. All I have is the Mimics file, not the original CT scan DICOM file. I have found the KVp, but can’t find the mAs.

Thank you in advance for your help.

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**Author:** ![mtls\_jdeckx](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/community.materialise.com/mtls_jdeckx/32/14_2.png) [@mtls\_jdeckx](https://community.materialise.com/u/mtls_jdeckx)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2020, 9:28am UTC](https://community.materialise.com/t/question-on-accessing-scanner-information-from-mimics-project/273/2 "2020-02-12T09:28:04Z")

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Hi Stephen,

If the x-ray tube current is present in the DICOM tags, you can retrieve it from mimics.get\_dicom\_tags(). I personally find it the easiest to use the tag description as input:

```
tags = mimics.get_dicom_tags()
xray_tube_current = [tags[i].value for i in tags.keys() if tags[i].description == "X-Ray Tube Current"][0]

```

Note that this tag may not always have a value.

I hope this helps!

Julien