Acquisition Modality Codes

This Value Set includes codes that may be used to identify an image or waveform acquisition modality, as used in the ImagingStudy resource, Dicom Attribute Modality (0008,0060) or HL7 v2 Table 0259 (see HL7 v2.6 Chapter 8 Section 8.8.8.47). It generally corresponds to a class of diagnostic equipment, or to a specific acquisition function or technique in a device.

Copyright Statement: 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.

This value set includes codes from the following code systems:

  • Include these codes as defined in http://nema.org/dicom/dicm
    CodeDisplay
    ARAutorefractionAutorefraction device
    BMDBone Mineral DensitometryBone Mineral Densitometry by X-Ray (modality), including dual-energy X-Ray absorptiometry (DXA) and morphometric X-Ray absorptiometry (MXA)
    BDUSUltrasound Bone DensitometryUltrasound Bone Densitometry (modality)
    EPSCardiac ElectrophysiologyCardiac Electrophysiology device
    CRComputed RadiographyComputed Radiography device
    CTComputed TomographyComputed Tomography device
    DXDigital RadiographyDigital Radiography device
    ECGElectrocardiographyElectrocardiography device
    ESEndoscopyEndoscopy device
    XCExternal-camera PhotographyExternal-camera Photography device
    GMGeneral MicroscopyGeneral Microscopy device
    HDHemodynamic WaveformHemodynamic Waveform acquisition device
    IOIntra-oral RadiographyIntra-oral Radiography device
    IVOCTIntravascular Optical Coherence Tomography
    IVUSIntravascular UltrasoundIntravascular Ultrasound device
    KERKeratometryKeratometry device
    LENLensometryLensometry device
    MRMagnetic ResonanceMagnetic Resonance device
    MGMammographyMammography device
    NMNuclear MedicineNuclear Medicine device
    OAMOphthalmic Axial MeasurementsMeasurements of the axial length of the eye, which are done by various devices
    OCTOptical Coherence TomographyModality 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
    OPMOphthalmic MappingModality device that measures corneal topography, corneal or retinal thickness, and other similar parameters that are typically displayed as maps
    OPOphthalmic PhotographyOphthalmic photography modality
    OPROphthalmic RefractionModality device that measures the refractive characteristics of the eye
    OPTOphthalmic TomographyTomography 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
    OPVOphthalmic Visual FieldModality device that measures visual fields and perform visual perimetry
    OSSOptical Surface Scanner
    PXPanoramic X-RayPanoramic X-Ray device
    PTPositron emission tomographyPositron emission tomography (PET) device
    RFRadiofluoroscopyRadiofluoroscopy device
    RGRadiographic imagingRadiographic imaging (conventional film/screen)
    SMSlide MicroscopySlide Microscopy
    SRFSubjective RefractionSubjective Refraction device
    USUltrasoundUltrasound device
    VAVisual AcuityVisual Acuity device
    XAX-Ray AngiographyX-Ray Angiography device