C.34.5 Patient Specification Module

C.34.5 Patient Specification Module (Current)
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Table C.34.5-1 contains patient characteristics for which a Protocol may be considered applicable.

Table C.34.5-1. Patient Specification Module Attributes

Attribute Name	Tag	Type	Attribute Description
Patient Specification Sequence	(0018,9911)	1	Constraints on the characteristics of patients to which the protocol is applicable. One or more Items shall be included in this Sequence.
>Include Table 10.25-1 “Attribute Value Constraint Macro Attributes”	Only Attributes defined in the Patient Module (See Table C.7-1) or the Patient Study Module (See Table C.7-4a) may be specified as Selector Attributes. See Section C.34.9.3. The same Attribute shall not be constrained in more than one Item in this Sequence. Note Since these constraints are being placed on the Attributes that will appear in the Patient Module or Patient Study Module of the resulting Instances, the Patient Specification Sequence will not appear in the Selector Sequence Pointer (0072,0052).

Attribute Name

Tag

Type

Attribute Description

Patient Specification Sequence

(0018,9911)

Constraints on the characteristics of patients to which the protocol is applicable.

One or more Items shall be included in this Sequence.

>Include Table 10.25-1 “Attribute Value Constraint Macro Attributes”

Only Attributes defined in the Patient Module (See Table C.7-1) or the Patient Study Module (See Table C.7-4a) may be specified as Selector Attributes.

See Section C.34.9.3.

The same Attribute shall not be constrained in more than one Item in this Sequence.

Note

Since these constraints are being placed on the Attributes that will appear in the Patient Module or Patient Study Module of the resulting Instances, the Patient Specification Sequence will not appear in the Selector Sequence Pointer (0072,0052).

Attributes that might commonly be specified in this Sequence include:

Patient's Age (0010,1010), to indicate Protocols for age ranges like adults, pediatrics, infants
Patient's Sex (0010,0040), to indicate Protocols for males, females, both
Patient's Weight (0010,1030), to indicate Protocols for different weight ranges

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