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Definition for Value SetModality
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"div": "<div><h2>Modality</h2><p>Type of data in the instance</p><p><b>Copyright Statement:</b> These codes are excerpted from Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM) Standard, Part 16: Content Mapping Resource, Copyright 2011 by the National Electrical Manufacturers Association</p><p>This value set includes codes defined in other code systems, using the following rules:</p><ul><li>Include these codes as defined in <a href=\"valueset-dicom-dcim.html\">http://nema.org/dicom/dcid</a><table><tr><td><b>Code</b></td><td><b>Display</b></td><td><b>Definition</b></td></tr><tr><td>AR</td><td>Autorefraction</td><td>Autorefraction device</td></tr><tr><td>AU</td><td>Audio</td><td>Audio object</td></tr><tr><td>BDUS</td><td>Ultrasound Bone Densitometry</td><td>Ultrasound Bone Densitometry (modality)</td></tr><tr><td>BI</td><td>Biomagnetic imaging</td><td>Biomagnetic imaging device</td></tr><tr><td>BMD</td><td>Bone Mineral Densitometry</td><td>Bone Mineral Densitometry by X-Ray (modality), including dual-energy X-Ray absorptiometry (DXA) and morphometric X-Ray absorptiometry (MXA)</td></tr><tr><td>CR</td><td>Computed Radiography</td><td>Computed Radiography device</td></tr><tr><td>CT</td><td>Computed Tomography</td><td>Computed Tomography device</td></tr><tr><td>DG</td><td>Diaphanography</td><td>Diaphanography device</td></tr><tr><td>DX</td><td>Digital Radiography</td><td>Digital Radiography device</td></tr><tr><td>ECG</td><td>Electrocardiography</td><td>Electrocardiography device</td></tr><tr><td>EPS</td><td>Cardiac Electrophysiology</td><td>Cardiac Electrophysiology device</td></tr><tr><td>ES</td><td>Endoscopy</td><td>Endoscopy device</td></tr><tr><td>GM</td><td>General Microscopy</td><td>General Microscopy device</td></tr><tr><td>HC</td><td>Hard Copy</td><td>Hard Copy</td></tr><tr><td>HD</td><td>Hemodynamic Waveform</td><td>Hemodynamic Waveform acquisition device</td></tr><tr><td>IO</td><td>Intra-oral Radiography</td><td>Intra-oral Radiography device</td></tr><tr><td>IVOCT</td><td>Intravascular Optical Coherence Tomography</td><td>Intravascular Optical Coherence Tomography device</td></tr><tr><td>IVUS</td><td>Intravascular Ultrasound</td><td>Intravascular Ultrasound device</td></tr><tr><td>KER</td><td>Keratometry</td><td>Keratometry device</td></tr><tr><td>KO</td><td>Key Object Selection</td><td>Key Object Selection object</td></tr><tr><td>LEN</td><td>Lensometry</td><td>Lensometry device</td></tr><tr><td>LS</td><td>Laser surface scan</td><td>Laser surface scan device</td></tr><tr><td>MG</td><td>Mammography</td><td>Mammography device</td></tr><tr><td>MR</td><td>Magnetic Resonance</td><td>Magnetic Resonance device</td></tr><tr><td>NM</td><td>Nuclear Medicine</td><td>Nuclear Medicine device</td></tr><tr><td>OAM</td><td>Ophthalmic Axial Measurements</td><td>Measurements of the axial length of the eye which are done by various devices</td></tr><tr><td>OCT</td><td>Optical Coherence Tomography</td><td>Modality device that uses an interferometric, non-invasive optical tomographic technique to image 2D slices and 3D volumes of tissue using visible and near visible frequencies.</td></tr><tr><td>OP</td><td>Ophthalmic photography</td><td>Ophthalmic photography modality</td></tr><tr><td>OPM</td><td>Ophthalmic Mapping</td><td>Modality device that measures corneal topography, corneal or retinal thickness, and other similar parameters that are typically displayed as maps.</td></tr><tr><td>OPT</td><td>Ophthalmic Tomography</td><td>Tomography of the eye acquired by a modality that is based on light and optical principles. Tomography based on other principles, such as ultrasound, is excluded.</td></tr><tr><td>OPV</td><td>Ophthalmic Visual Field</td><td>Modality device that measures visual fields and perform visual perimetry.</td></tr><tr><td>OT</td><td>Other Modality</td><td>Other Modality device</td></tr><tr><td>PR</td><td>Presentation State</td><td>Presentation State object</td></tr><tr><td>PT</td><td>Positron emission tomography</td><td>Positron emission tomography (PET) device</td></tr><tr><td>PX</td><td>Panoramic X-Ray</td><td>Panoramic X-Ray device</td></tr><tr><td>REG</td><td>Registration</td><td>Registration</td></tr><tr><td>RF</td><td>Radiofluoroscopy</td><td>Radiofluoroscopy device</td></tr><tr><td>RG</td><td>Radiographic imaging</td><td>Radiographic imaging (conventional film/screen)</td></tr><tr><td>RTDOSE</td><td>Radiotherapy Dose</td><td>Radiotherapy Dose</td></tr><tr><td>RTIMAGE</td><td>Radiotherapy Image</td><td>Radiotherapy Imaging device; includes portal imaging</td></tr><tr><td>RTPLAN</td><td>Radiotherapy Plan</td><td>Radiotherapy Plan</td></tr><tr><td>RTRECORD</td><td>Radiotherapy Treatment Record</td><td>Radiotherapy Treatment Record</td></tr><tr><td>RTSTRUCT</td><td>Radiotherapy Structure Set</td><td>Radiotherapy Structure Set</td></tr><tr><td>SEG</td><td>Segmentation</td><td>Segmentation</td></tr><tr><td>SM</td><td>Slide Microscopy</td><td>Slide Microscopy</td></tr><tr><td>SMR</td><td>Stereometric Relationship</td><td>Stereometric image pairing modality</td></tr><tr><td>SR</td><td>Structured Report Document</td><td>Structured Report Document</td></tr><tr><td>SRF</td><td>Subjective Refraction</td><td>Subjective Refraction device</td></tr><tr><td>TG</td><td>Thermography</td><td>Thermography device</td></tr><tr><td>US</td><td>Ultrasound</td><td>Ultrasound device</td></tr><tr><td>VA</td><td>Visual Acuity</td><td>Visual Acuity device</td></tr><tr><td>XA</td><td>X-Ray Angiography</td><td>X-Ray Angiography device</td></tr><tr><td>XC</td><td>External-camera Photography</td><td>External-camera Photography device</td></tr></table></li></ul></div>"
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"name": "Modality",
"publisher": "HL7 (FHIR Project)",
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"description": "Type of data in the instance",
"copyright": "These codes are excerpted from Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM) Standard, Part 16: Content Mapping Resource, Copyright 2011 by the National Electrical Manufacturers Association",
"status": "draft",
"date": "2014-09-30T18:09:16.975+10:00",
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"AU",
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"BI",
"BMD",
"CR",
"CT",
"DG",
"DX",
"ECG",
"EPS",
"ES",
"GM",
"HC",
"HD",
"IO",
"IVOCT",
"IVUS",
"KER",
"KO",
"LEN",
"LS",
"MG",
"MR",
"NM",
"OAM",
"OCT",
"OP",
"OPM",
"OPT",
"OPV",
"OT",
"PR",
"PT",
"PX",
"REG",
"RF",
"RG",
"RTDOSE",
"RTIMAGE",
"RTPLAN",
"RTRECORD",
"RTSTRUCT",
"SEG",
"SM",
"SMR",
"SR",
"SRF",
"TG",
"US",
"VA",
"XA",
"XC"
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