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name

DICOM GATEWAY MODALITY DICTIONARY

number

2006.912

location

^MAGDICOM(2006.912,

description

+---------------------------------------------------------------+ | | | Property of the US Government. | | No permission to copy or redistribute this software is given. | | Use of unreleased versions of this software requires the user | | to execute a written test agreement with the VistA Imaging | | Development Office of the Department of Veterans Affairs, | | telephone (301) 734-0100. | | | | The Food and Drug Administration classifies this software as | | a medical device. As such, it may not be changed in any way. | | Modifications to this software may result in an adulterated | | medical device under 21CFR820, the use of which is considered | | to be a violation of US Federal Statutes. | | | +---------------------------------------------------------------+ This file contains the various types of image acquisition device modalities. For each DICOM Gateway that is present at a site. Note: a "modality" is a class of devices, an "instrument" is a specific device, or an instance of such a class.

Fields

#	Name	Location	Type	Details	Index	Description
.01	hostname(+)	0;1	FREE TEXT		B	This is the hostname of the computer used for the DICOM Gateway. Names of computers typically look like xxx-yyyzzzzz where xxx is the three-letter abbreviation for the name of the institution, yyy is the abbreviation for the name of the department, and zzzzz is the identifier assigned to the computer.
1	location	0;2	POINTER	4		This field identifies the location for which the DICOM Gateway operates.
2	date/time(+)	0;3	DATE-TIME			This is the date and time when the MODALITY field multiple (#3) was last updated.
3	modality	1;0	MULTIPLE	2006.9122		Subfile to hold modalities information.