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DA: Abbreviation for a Value Representation: Date. For details see here.
DD: Abbreviation for a type of modality: Duplex Doppler.
DF: Abbreviation for a type of modality: Digital Fluoroscopy.
DG: Abbreviation for a type of modality: Diaphanography.
DICOM: Digital
Imaging Communications in
Medicine standard; version 3.0 is
the current defined version.
Also called ACR-NEMA 3.0.
Part 1: Introduction and Overview
Part 2: Conformance
Part 3: Information Object Definitions
Part 4: Service Class Specifications
Part 5: Data Structures and Encoding
Part 6: Data Dictionary
Part 7: Message Exchange
Part 8: Network Communication Support for Message Exchange
Part 9: Point to Point Communication for Message Exchange (Not Online)
Part 10: Media Storage and File Format for Data Interchange
Part 11: Media Storage Application Profiles
Part 12: Media Formats and Physical Media for Data Interchange
Part 13: Print Management Point To Point Communication Support
Part 14: Grayscale Standard Display Function
DICOMDIR: The standard directory structure specified for DICOM media exchange.
DIMSE: DICOM
Message Service
Element, the DICOM set of
commands (e.g. C-STORE, C-FIND,
etc.).
DIMSE-C for Composite
elements, DIMSE-N for Normalized.
DM: Abbreviation for a type of modality: Digital Microscopy.
DS: Abbreviation for a Value Representation: Decimal String. For details see here.
DS: Abbreviation for a type of modality: Digital Subtraction Angiography.
DSA: Digital Subtraction Angiography
DT: Abbreviation for a Value Representation: Date/Time. For details see here.
DX: Abbreviation for a type of modality: Digital Radiography.
Data dictionary: A registry of DICOM data elements which assigns a unique tag, a name, value characteristics, and semantics to each data element.
Data element: A unit of information as defined by a single entry in the data dictionary.
Data element tag: A unique identifier for a Data Element composed of an ordered pair of numbers (a Group Number followed by an Element Number).
Data set: Exchanged information consisting of a structured set of attribute values directly or indirectly related to information objects. The value of each attribute in a data set is expressed as a data element.
Data stream: The result of encoding a data set using the DICOM encoding scheme (data element numbers and representations as specified by the data dictionary).
Dmax: The maximum density used by a device to render an image.
Dmin: The minimum density used by a device to render an image.
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Parts of this document are taken (with permission) from Herman Oosterwijk's "DICOM Expert" Cheat Sheet © Copyright OTech, Inc. P.O. Box 260637 Plano, Texas 75026 herman@otechimg.com |