The following symbols and abbreviations are used in this part of the Standard.
American College of Radiology
Association Control Service Element
American Standard Code for Information Interchange
Application Entity
American National Standards Institute
Comite Europeen de Normalisation - Technical Committee 251 - Medical Informatics
Common Management Information Service
Common Management Information Service Element
Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine
DICOM Message Service Element
DICOM Message Service Element - Composite
DICOM Message Service Element - Normalized
Health Level 7
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
International Standards Organization
Japan Medical Imaging and Radiological Systems Industries Association
National Electrical Manufacturers Association
Open Systems Interconnection
Protocol Data Unit
Protocol Data Value
Service-Object Pair
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
Value Multiplicity
Value Representation
Unique Identifier
Upper Layers