RAD MODALITY DEFINED TERMS (73.1)    FILE (1)

The Rad Modality Defined Terms file is required by the VistA Imaging
possible for a single procedure to be performed on multiple modalities.
For example, a GASTROGRAPHIN UGI procedure can be done on a Radio
Fluoroscopy and a Computed Radiography modality.
 
VistA Imaging software will build a modality worklist using this file and
the RAD/NUC MED PROCEDURE file entries.  The worklist identifies the
scheduled radiology cases to be performed on the individual modality
(equipment).
application; entries in this file are as defined in the DICOM Standards PS
3.3 - 2022a under section General Series Attribute Descriptions
(C.7.3.1.1).  The Radiology developers update entries in the file in
accordance to changes in the DICOM Standards.  THIS FILE CAN NOT BE
EDITED.
 
This file is pointed to by the RAD/NUC MED PROCEDURE (#71), and for each
active procedure a modality or modalities must be identified.  It is