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Enum: ImagingDataSourceTypeEnum

Types of systems in a hospital or research network that hold medical imaging data and from which it may be extracted. A landscape assessment records, for each source, the platform vendor, software version, supported query mechanisms, patient identifier handling, retention policy and anonymization capabilities.

URI: valuesets:ImagingDataSourceTypeEnum

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Permissible Values

Value Title Meaning Description
PACS Picture Archiving and Communication System NCIT:C17624 Clinical system for storing, retrieving and distributing medical images, typically the central radiology archive
VENDOR_NEUTRAL_ARCHIVE Vendor neutral archive Enterprise archive that stores images from multiple departments and PACS vendors in a standard format
DEPARTMENTAL_IMAGING_ARCHIVE Departmental imaging archive Local archive maintained by a clinical department such as cardiology, ophthalmology or endoscopy outside the central PACS
RESEARCH_IMAGING_PLATFORM Research imaging platform Research-specific imaging informatics database such as XNAT used to manage, store and share imaging data
MODALITY_WORKSTATION Modality workstation Acquisition device or attached workstation that exports images through vendor-specific software
ELECTRONIC_HEALTH_RECORD Electronic Health Record NCIT:C142529 Clinical record system that references or embeds imaging studies and provides encounter linkage
PUBLIC_IMAGING_REPOSITORY Public imaging repository Openly accessible imaging data resource such as The Cancer Imaging Archive or OpenNeuro
CLOUD_IMAGING_ARCHIVE Cloud imaging archive Cloud-hosted object storage or managed imaging service holding DICOM data

Slots

Name Description
imaging_data_source_type The type of system from which imaging data is extracted

Identifier and Mapping Information

Schema Source

  • from schema: https://w3id.org/valuesets

LinkML Source

name: ImagingDataSourceTypeEnum
instantiates:
- valuesets_meta:ValueSetEnumDefinition
description: Types of systems in a hospital or research network that hold medical
  imaging data and from which it may be extracted. A landscape assessment records,
  for each source, the platform vendor, software version, supported query mechanisms,
  patient identifier handling, retention policy and anonymization capabilities.
title: Imaging Data Source Type
from_schema: https://w3id.org/valuesets
contributors:
- orcid:0000-0002-6601-2165
- https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code
status: DRAFT
rank: 1000
permissible_values:
  PACS:
    text: PACS
    description: Clinical system for storing, retrieving and distributing medical
      images, typically the central radiology archive
    meaning: NCIT:C17624
    title: Picture Archiving and Communication System
  VENDOR_NEUTRAL_ARCHIVE:
    text: VENDOR_NEUTRAL_ARCHIVE
    description: Enterprise archive that stores images from multiple departments and
      PACS vendors in a standard format
    title: Vendor neutral archive
    aliases:
    - VNA
  DEPARTMENTAL_IMAGING_ARCHIVE:
    text: DEPARTMENTAL_IMAGING_ARCHIVE
    description: Local archive maintained by a clinical department such as cardiology,
      ophthalmology or endoscopy outside the central PACS
    title: Departmental imaging archive
  RESEARCH_IMAGING_PLATFORM:
    text: RESEARCH_IMAGING_PLATFORM
    description: Research-specific imaging informatics database such as XNAT used
      to manage, store and share imaging data
    title: Research imaging platform
  MODALITY_WORKSTATION:
    text: MODALITY_WORKSTATION
    description: Acquisition device or attached workstation that exports images through
      vendor-specific software
    title: Modality workstation
  ELECTRONIC_HEALTH_RECORD:
    text: ELECTRONIC_HEALTH_RECORD
    description: Clinical record system that references or embeds imaging studies
      and provides encounter linkage
    meaning: NCIT:C142529
    title: Electronic Health Record
  PUBLIC_IMAGING_REPOSITORY:
    text: PUBLIC_IMAGING_REPOSITORY
    description: Openly accessible imaging data resource such as The Cancer Imaging
      Archive or OpenNeuro
    title: Public imaging repository
  CLOUD_IMAGING_ARCHIVE:
    text: CLOUD_IMAGING_ARCHIVE
    description: Cloud-hosted object storage or managed imaging service holding DICOM
      data
    title: Cloud imaging archive