Representation of the content produced in a DICOM imaging study. A study comprises a set of series, each of which includes a set of Service-Object Pair Instances (SOP Instances - images or other data) acquired or produced in a common context. A series is of only one modality (e.g. X-ray, CT, MR, ultrasound), but a study may have multiple series of different modalities.

Formal identifier for the study.

Accession Number is an identifier related to some aspect of imaging workflow and data management. Usage may vary across different institutions. See for instance IHE Radiology Technical Framework Volume 1 Appendix A .

Other identifiers for the study.

Availability of study (online, offline or nearline).

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).

The patient imaged in the study.

Date and Time the study started.

A list of the diagnostic orders that resulted in this imaging study being performed.

To support grouped procedures (one imaging study supporting multiple ordered procedures, e.g. chest/abdomen/pelvis CT).

The requesting/referring physician.

Who read the study and interpreted the images or other content.

WADO-RS resource where Study is available.

Number of Series in Study.

Number of SOP Instances in Study.

Type of procedure performed.

For the Procedure.code, LOINC radiology orderables would be a good value set to use.

Institution-generated description or classification of the Study performed.

Each study has one or more series of images or other content.

Formal identifier for this series.

The Numeric identifier of this series in the study.

The modality of this series sequence.

A description of the series.

Number of SOP Instances in Series.

Availability of series (online, offline or nearline).

URI/URL specifying the location of the referenced series using WADO-RS.

Body part examined. See DICOM Part 16 Annex L for the mapping from DICOM to Snomed CT.

Laterality if body site is paired anatomic structure and laterality is not pre-coordinated in body site code.

The date and time the series was started.

A single SOP Instance within the series, e.g. an image, or presentation state.

Formal identifier for this image or other content.

The number of instance in the series.

DICOM instance type.

A human-friendly SOP Class name.

E.g. 'CT image', 'MR multi-frame', 'blending presentation'.

The description of the instance.

Particularly for post-acquisition analytic objects, such as SR, presentation states, value mapping, etc.

Content of the instance or a rendering thereof (e.g. a JPEG of an image, or an XML of a structured report). May be represented for example by inline encoding; by a URL reference to a WADO-RS service that makes the instance available; or to a FHIR Resource (e.g. Media, Document, etc.). Multiple content attachments may be used for alternate representations of the instance.

Use of Attachment.data is discouraged.