00942

Modality of imaging measurement

1998-06-30
Components: <identifier (ST)> ^ <text (ST)> ^ <name of coding system (ST)> ^ <alternate identifier (ST)> ^ <alternate text (ST)> ^ <name of alternate coding system (ST)>

Definition: This optional attribute describes the modality used to classify the observations, e.g., radiograph, ultrasound, CT scan, NMR, etc.. This attribute is especially important for imaging studies. Refer to user-defined table 0259 - Modality for suggested values; it is adopted from DICOM C.7.3.1.1.1 Modality. If these are used, the code source ID would be DCM.

Length≤200
6 components
1Oidentifier
2O-text
3O-name of coding system
4O-alternate identifier
5O-alternate text
6O-name of alternate coding system