DICOM Terms and Abbreviations

DICOM Terms and Abbreviations

EC

EC: Abbreviation for a type of modality: Echocardiography.

ER

ER: Emergency Room

ES

ES: Abbreviation for a type of modality: Endoscopy.

Edge enhancement

Edge enhancement: An image processing technique that seeks to increase the usefulness of an image by overcompensating for the blurring that has occurred during the image formation process.

Element types

Element types: 1 = required
1C = required if a condition is met
2 = primary diagnostic; required
2C = primary diagnostic; required if a condition is met
3 = optional.

Exam

Exam or Study: A collection (set) consisting of series of images.

Explicit VR

Explicit VR: Explicit Value Representation, a transfer syntax which is negotiated by which the receiver is explicitly told the VR syntax and context. For example, when receiving a Patient Name using Explicit VR, the message specifies explicitly that VR for each attribute. This is in contrast to the Implicit VR.

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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