DICOM Terms and Abbreviations

DICOM Terms and Abbreviations

M/M

M/M: Usage specification for a specific service, meaning that both SCU and SCP shall support it.

MA

MA: Abbreviation for a type of modality: Magnetic Resonance Angiography.

MAN

MAN: Metropolitan Area Network

MG

MG: Abbreviation for a type of modality: Mammography.

MIP

MIP: Maximum Intensity Projection

MOD

MOD: Magneto Optical Disk, used as one of the physical exchange media options for the DICOM exchange standard.

MPI

MPI: Master Patient Index

MPPS

MPPS: Modality Performed Procedure Step

MPR

MPR: Multi-planar Reformatting

MR

MR: Magnetic Resonance Imaging system acquiring images of patients using a very strong magnetic field.

MRA

MRA: Magnetic Resonance Angiography

MRI

MRI: Magnetic Resonance Imaging

MS

MS: Abbreviation for a type of modality: Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy.

MWL

MWL: Modality Work List

Message

Message: A data unit of the message exchange protocol exchanged between two cooperating DICOM application entities. A message is composed of a command stream followed by an optional data stream.

Modality

Modality: Acquisition system. A device that produces medical images. Currently known modalities are:
AS: Angioscopy,
BI: Biomagnetic imaging,
CD: Color flow Doppler,
CF: Cinefluorography,
CP: Culposcopy,
CR: Computed Radiography,
CS: Cystoscopy,
CT: Computed Tomography,
DD: Duplex Doppler,
DF: Digital fluoroscopy,
DG: Diaphanography,
DM: Digital microscopy,
DS: Digital Subtraction Angiography,
DX: Digital Radiography,
EC: Echocardiography,
ES: Endoscopy,
FA: Fluorenscein angiography,
FS: Fundoscopy,
IO: Intra-oral Radiology,
LP: Laparoscopy,
LS: Laser surface scan,
MA: Magnetic resonance angiography,
MG: Mammography,
MR: Magnetic Resonance,
MS: Magnetic resonance spectroscopy,
NM: Nuclear Medicine,
OT: Other,
PT: Positron emission tomography (PET),
RF: Radio Fluoroscopy,
RG: Radiographic imaging (conventional film/screen),
ST: Single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT),
TG: Thermography,
US: Ultrasound,
VF: Videofluorography,
VL: Visable Light and
XA: X-Ray Angiography.

Module

Module: A group of Attributes, specified as a unit for convenience reasons, Examples are the Patient, Study Module, etc.
A group of related information object attributes.

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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