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. 2007 Sep 4;21(4):390–407. doi: 10.1007/s10278-007-9052-5

Table 7.

Additional Teaching File Information Modules Mandatory Attributes

Attribute Name Type Attribute Description
SR document series module (adopted from DICOM PS 3.3-2004 Table C.17-1 [pg 759])
Modality 1 Modality type
SR ≡ SR document
Series instance UID 1 Unique identifier of the series
Series number 1 A number that identifies the series
Referenced performed procedure step sequence 2 Uniquely identifies the performed procedure step SOP instance for which the series is created
Notes: This may be sent as null if unknown
SR document general module (adopted from DICOM PS 3.3-2004 Table C.17-2 [pg 760–763])
Instance number 1 A number that identifies the SR document
Completion flag 1 The estimated degree of completeness
Partial ≡ partial content; complete ≡ complete content
Verification flag 1 Indicates whether this SR document is verified
Unverified ≡ not attested to; verified ≡ attested to
Verifying observer sequence 1C The person or persons authorized to verify documents of this type and accept responsibility for the content of this document
Required if verification flag is verified
 Verifying observer name 1 The person authorized by the verifying organization to verify documents of this type and who accepts responsibility for the content of this document
 Verifying observer identification code sequence 2 Coded identifier of verifying observer. Zero or one item shall be permitted in this sequence
  Include ‘code sequence macro’ (Table 5)
 Verifying organization 1 Organization to which the verifying observer name is accountable for this document in the current interpretation procedure
 Verification DateTime 1 Date and time of verification by the verifying observer name
Performed procedure code sequence 2 Zero or one items shall be permitted in this sequence
Content date 1 The date the document content creation started
Content time 1 The time the document content creation started
SR document content module (adopted from DICOM PS 3.3-2004 Table C.17-4 [pg 764])
Content sequence 1 A nested sequence of items that conveys content
Note: Source of content information is defined in the TCE Profile documentation and outlined in Table 8
 Date 1 The date of the content item
 Time 1 The time of the content item
 Relationship type 1 The type of relationship between the (enclosing) source content item
 Value type 1 The type of the value encoded in this content item
 Concept name code sequence 1C Code describing the concept represented by this content item
In the ATFI object: required if value type is code or text
  Include ‘code sequence macro’ (Table 5)
 Concept code sequence 1C This is the value of the code content item
  Include ‘Code sequence macro’ (Table 5)
Text value 1C This is the value of the text content item

1 ≡ Mandatory; 1C ≡ Conditional mandatory; 2 ≡ Mandatory, but may contain a null value