Vista Imaging Vista Routing - Manual (Page 22)

Defining Routing Rules Routing User Guide
Rule Conditions
In routing rules, a condition is a comparison between a particular property of an image
and a user-supplied value. The results of the comparison determine if the rule will be
applied to an image or not.
A routing rule can contain multiple conditions. A single when statement precedes all
conditions in a rule.
send("KANSASCITY")
when MODALITY = "CR"
SOURCE = "WICHITA"
The parts of a condition are:
property operator value
A property is one of the known attributes of an image. Properties that can be used in a
condition are listed the following section.
An operator is a code for a type of comparison. Operators are described on page 20 .
A value is a text or date string supplied by the user. A value specifies what is being tested
in the condition. Values are described on page
21 .
Properties
The properties listed in this section can be used in routing rule conditions.
 Property names are not case-sensitive. However, properties are typically rendered
in uppercase.
Frequently Used Properties
MODALITY
Abbreviation for the type of modality. Possible values are listed below. Retired
values are indicated by (ret.).
AS: Angioscopy MA: Magnetic Resonance Angiography
AU: Audio MG: Mammography
BI: Biomagnetic Imaging MR: Magnetic Resonance
CD: Color Flow Doppler MS: Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
CF: Cinefluorography NM: Nuclear Medicine
CP: Colposcopy OP: Ophthalmic Photography
CR: Computed Radiography OT: Other
CS: Cystoscopy PR: Presentation State
CT: Computed Tomography PT: Positron Emission Tomography (PET)
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