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DIMSE
DICOM Message Exchange. The DICOM network commands are called DIMSE Commands.
DIOCM Tag
A number that identifies a specific DICOM Data Element and defines the data element name, content and data type.The tag is a long number (4 bytes) comprised of two short numbers (2 bytes each), group [...]
DICOM File Meta Information Header
A header that is added to a DICOM Instance when it is saved to file. The DICOM Meta information header is not part of the DICOM Instance itself. It adds information required for parsing [...]
HL7
A message exchange standard used for Healthcare IT integration. HL7 is used for transactions like patient registration, service orders and reports. HL7 Messages are typically encoded using pipe | separator between fields. HL7 version 2 [...]
HTML
Hypertext Markup Language. The standard language used for creating web pages. HTML is written in the form of HTML elements consisting of tags enclosed in angle brackets (like)
HTTP
Hypertext Transfer Protocol. The protocol that is used for the world wide web (www).
Identifier
A DICOM Object that carries a Query in a somewhat similar to SQL SELECT clause. The Identifier is comprised of matching attributes that carry the “WHERE” attributes and universal attributes that carry the “SELECT” attributes. [...]
IHE
Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise. An international organization that publishes detailed specifications of how standards like DICOM and HL7 should be used to integrate Healthcare IT Systems. Adhering to the IHE integration profiles may reduce ambiguities [...]
IOD
Acronym for “Information Object Definition”. The DICOM standard defines objects that are the subject of the standard. For example CT Image or Worklist Item. IOD’s are defined as a set of Data Elements and rules [...]
IP Address
A unique address of a computer in the IP network
IP, TCP, TCP/IP
Acronyms for “Internet Protocol” and “Transmission Control Protocol”. The first protocols in the computer networking model that is the basis for the internet. DICOM, HL7, and almost all other computer networking standards use TCP/IP. [...]
MPPS – Modality Performed Procedure Step
A DICOM Service that is used to report the status of a procedure. MPPS is used together with MWL. MWL provides the task list and MPPS is used to “checkmark” completed tasks. [...]
Modality Worklist Management
A DICOM Service that is used for managing “tasks” for Imaging Modalities. Common acronyms: MWL (Modality Worklist) DMWL (DICOM Modality Worklist) Modality Worklist Management SOP Class UID: 1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.31
PACS
Picture Archive and Communication System. It is commonly accepted that PACS provides its services using the DICOM Network Protocol. PACS is an information technology system that provides services for archiving and restoring medical imaging documents [...]
Part 10 File
AKA DICOM File. Part 10 of the DICOM standard defines how to save DICOM Objects in files. Part 10 files include the DICOM File Meta Information Header. Before part 10, DICOM files did not [...]