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Modality.xml

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<ValueSet xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <text>
    <status value="generated"/>
    <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
      <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>
  </text>
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  <name value="Modality"/>
  <publisher value="HL7 (FHIR Project)"/>
  <telecom>
    <system value="url"/>
    <value value="http://hl7.org/fhir"/>
  </telecom>
  <telecom>
    <system value="email"/>
    <value value="fhir@lists.hl7.org"/>
  </telecom>
  <description value="Type of data in the instance"/>
  <copyright value="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 value="draft"/>
  <date value="2014-09-30T18:09:16.975+10:00"/>
  <compose>
    <include>
      <system value="http://nema.org/dicom/dcid"/>
      <code value="AR"/>
      <code value="AU"/>
      <code value="BDUS"/>
      <code value="BI"/>
      <code value="BMD"/>
      <code value="CR"/>
      <code value="CT"/>
      <code value="DG"/>
      <code value="DX"/>
      <code value="ECG"/>
      <code value="EPS"/>
      <code value="ES"/>
      <code value="GM"/>
      <code value="HC"/>
      <code value="HD"/>
      <code value="IO"/>
      <code value="IVOCT"/>
      <code value="IVUS"/>
      <code value="KER"/>
      <code value="KO"/>
      <code value="LEN"/>
      <code value="LS"/>
      <code value="MG"/>
      <code value="MR"/>
      <code value="NM"/>
      <code value="OAM"/>
      <code value="OCT"/>
      <code value="OP"/>
      <code value="OPM"/>
      <code value="OPT"/>
      <code value="OPV"/>
      <code value="OT"/>
      <code value="PR"/>
      <code value="PT"/>
      <code value="PX"/>
      <code value="REG"/>
      <code value="RF"/>
      <code value="RG"/>
      <code value="RTDOSE"/>
      <code value="RTIMAGE"/>
      <code value="RTPLAN"/>
      <code value="RTRECORD"/>
      <code value="RTSTRUCT"/>
      <code value="SEG"/>
      <code value="SM"/>
      <code value="SMR"/>
      <code value="SR"/>
      <code value="SRF"/>
      <code value="TG"/>
      <code value="US"/>
      <code value="VA"/>
      <code value="XA"/>
      <code value="XC"/>
    </include>
  </compose>
</ValueSet>