DICOM PS3.17 2020b - Explanatory Information

NN.3.6 Relationship Between Specimens and Images (Current)
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### NN.3.6 Relationship Between Specimens and Images

Because the Module supports one container with multiple specimens, the Module can be used with an image of:

- A single specimen associated with a container

- One or more specimens out of several in the same container

- All specimens in the same container

However the Module is not designed for use with an image of:

- Multiple specimens that are not associated with the same container, e.g., two gross specimens (two Parts) on a photography table, each with a little plastic label with their specimen number.

- Multiple containers that hold specimens (e.g., eight cassettes containing breast tissue being X-Rayed for calcium).

Such images may be included in the Study, but would not use the Specimen Module; they would, for instance, be general Visible Light Photographic images. Note, however, that the LIS might identify a "virtual container" that contains such multiple real containers, and manage that virtual container in the laboratory workflow.

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DICOM PS3.17 2020b - Explanatory Information