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Formal definitions for the elements in the ImagingStudy resource.
| ImagingStudy | |
| Definition | Manifest of a set of images produced in study. The set of images may include every image in the study, or it may be an incomplete sample, such as a list of key images. |
| Control | 1..1 |
| Aliases | Manifest; XDS-I summary; Key Images |
| ImagingStudy.dateTime | |
| Definition | Date and Time the study took place. |
| Control | 0..1 |
| Type | dateTime |
| Aliases | StudyDate; StudyTime |
| ImagingStudy.subject | |
| Definition | Who the images are of. |
| Control | 1..1 |
| Type | Resource(Patient) |
| ImagingStudy.uid | |
| Definition | Formal identifier for the study. |
| Control | 1..1 |
| Type | oid |
| Aliases | StudyInstanceUID |
| ImagingStudy.accessionNo | |
| Definition | Accession Number. |
| Control | 0..1 |
| Type | Identifier |
| Aliases | AccessionNumber |
| ImagingStudy.identifier | |
| Definition | Other identifiers for the study. |
| Control | 0..* |
| Type | Identifier |
| Aliases | Study ID |
| ImagingStudy.order | |
| Definition | A list of the diagnostic orders that resulted in this imaging study being performed. |
| Control | 0..* |
| Type | Resource(DiagnosticOrder) |
| Requirements | To support grouped procedures (one imaging study supporting multiple ordered procedures, e.g., chest/abdomen/pelvis CT). |
| Comments | The order(s) can be inferred from information such as accession numbers, but the details of this depend on local workflow management. Note that there is a many-many relationship between orders and studies. |
| ImagingStudy.modality | |
| Definition | A list of all the Series.ImageModality values that are actual acquisition modalities, i.e. those in the DICOM Context Group 29 (value set OID 1.2.840.10008.6.1.19). |
| Control | 0..* |
| Binding | ImagingModality: Type of acquired image data in the instance (see http://hl7.org/fhir/imaging-modality for values) |
| Type | code |
| Aliases | ModalitiesInStudy |
| ImagingStudy.referrer | |
| Definition | The requesting/referring physician. |
| Control | 0..1 |
| Type | Resource(Practitioner) |
| Aliases | ReferringPhysiciansName |
| ImagingStudy.availability | |
| Definition | Availability of study (online, offline or nearline). |
| Control | 0..1 |
| Binding | InstanceAvailability: Availability of the resource (see http://hl7.org/fhir/instance-availability for values) |
| Type | code |
| Aliases | InstanceAvailability |
| ImagingStudy.url | |
| Definition | WADO-RS URI where Study is available. |
| Control | 0..1 |
| Type | uri |
| Aliases | RetrieveURI |
| ImagingStudy.numberOfSeries | |
| Definition | Number of Series in Study. |
| Control | 1..1 |
| Type | integer |
| Aliases | NumberOfStudyRelatedSeries |
| ImagingStudy.numberOfInstances | |
| Definition | Number of SOP Instances in Study. |
| Control | 1..1 |
| Type | integer |
| Aliases | NumberOfStudyRelatedInstances |
| ImagingStudy.clinicalInformation | |
| Definition | Diagnoses etc provided with request. |
| Control | 0..1 |
| Type | string |
| Aliases | Admitting Diagnoses Description |
| ImagingStudy.procedure | |
| Definition | Type of procedure performed. |
| Control | 0..* |
| Type | Coding |
| Aliases | Procedure Code Sequence |
| ImagingStudy.interpreter | |
| Definition | Who read study and interpreted the images. |
| Control | 0..1 |
| Type | Resource(Practitioner) |
| Aliases | Name of Physician(s) Reading Study |
| Comments | or is this 4008,010C?. |
| ImagingStudy.description | |
| Definition | Institution-generated description or classification of the Study (component) performed. |
| Control | 0..1 |
| Type | string |
| ImagingStudy.series | |
| Definition | Each study has one or more series of image instances. |
| Control | 0..* |
| ImagingStudy.series.number | |
| Definition | The number of this series in the overall sequence. |
| Control | 0..1 |
| Type | integer |
| Aliases | SeriesNumber |
| ImagingStudy.series.modality | |
| Definition | The modality of this series sequence. |
| Control | 1..1 |
| Binding | Modality: Type of data in the instance (see http://hl7.org/fhir/modality for values) |
| Type | code |
| Aliases | Modality |
| ImagingStudy.series.uid | |
| Definition | Formal identifier for this series. |
| Control | 1..1 |
| Type | oid |
| Aliases | SeriesInstanceUID |
| ImagingStudy.series.description | |
| Definition | A description of the series. |
| Control | 0..1 |
| Type | string |
| Aliases | SeriesDescription |
| ImagingStudy.series.numberOfInstances | |
| Definition | Sequence that contains attributes from the. |
| Control | 1..1 |
| Type | integer |
| Aliases | NumberOfSeriesRelatedInstances |
| ImagingStudy.series.availability | |
| Definition | Availability of series (online, offline or nearline). |
| Control | 0..1 |
| Binding | InstanceAvailability: Availability of the resource (see http://hl7.org/fhir/instance-availability for values) |
| Type | code |
| Aliases | InstanceAvailability |
| ImagingStudy.series.url | |
| Definition | WADO-RS URI where Series is available. |
| Control | 0..1 |
| Type | uri |
| Aliases | RetrieveURI |
| ImagingStudy.series.bodySite | |
| Definition | Body part examined. See DICOM Part 16 Annex L for the mapping from DICOM to Snomed. |
| Control | 0..1 |
| Binding | BodySite: SNOMED CT Body site concepts (See http://hl7.org/fhir/vs/body-site) |
| Type | Coding |
| Aliases | BodyPartExamined |
| ImagingStudy.series.dateTime | |
| Definition | When the series started. |
| Control | 0..1 |
| Type | dateTime |
| ImagingStudy.series.instance | |
| Definition | A single image taken from a patient. |
| Control | 1..* |
| ImagingStudy.series.instance.number | |
| Definition | The number of this image in the series. |
| Control | 0..1 |
| Type | integer |
| Aliases | Instance Number |
| ImagingStudy.series.instance.uid | |
| Definition | Formal identifier for this image. |
| Control | 1..1 |
| Type | oid |
| Aliases | SOP Instance UID |
| ImagingStudy.series.instance.sopclass | |
| Definition | DICOM Image type. |
| Control | 1..1 |
| Type | oid |
| Aliases | SOP Class UID |
| ImagingStudy.series.instance.type | |
| Definition | Type of instance (image etc) (0004,1430). |
| Control | 0..1 |
| Type | string |
| Aliases | Directory Record Type |
| ImagingStudy.series.instance.title | |
| Definition | Description (0070,0080 | 0040,A043 > 0008,0104 | 0042,0010 | 0008,0008). |
| Control | 0..1 |
| Type | string |
| ImagingStudy.series.instance.url | |
| Definition | WADO-RS url where image is available. |
| Control | 0..1 |
| Type | uri |
| Comments | Each instance may have a url and an attachment. Both represent the same information, but using different approaches. The URL is a reference to a WADO-RS service that makes the instance available. |
| ImagingStudy.series.instance.attachment | |
| Definition | A FHIR resource with content for this instance. |
| Control | 0..1 |
| Type | Resource(Any) |
| Comments | Each instance may have a url and an attachment. Both represent the same information, but using different approaches. The attachment is a reference to a FHIR resource (Media, Document, etc). |