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DICOM Terms and Abbreviations

DICOM Terms and Abbreviations

U/M

U/M: Usage specification for a specific service, meaning (User-) optional for SCU, mandatory for SCP.

U/U

U/U: Usage specification for a specific service, meaning (User-) optional for both SCU and SCP.

UI

UI: Abbreviation for a Value Representation: Unique Identifier. For details see here.

UID

UID: Unique Identifier, a world-wide unique numbering scheme which is used by the NEMA for example to identify SOP Classes, syntaxes, etc., and vendors for identifying SOP Instances.

UL

UL: Abbreviation for a Value Representation: Unsigned Long. For details see here.

US

US: Abbreviation for a Value Representation: Unsigned Short. For details see here.

US: Abbreviation for a type of modality: Ultrasound.

UT

UT: Abbreviation for a Value Representation: Unlimited Text. For details see here.

A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X

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