DICOM PS3.8 2019a - Network Communication Support for Message Exchange

4 Symbols and Abbreviations

The following symbols and abbreviations are used in this Part of the Standard.

ACR

American College of Radiology

ACSE

Association Control Service Element

ASCII

American Standard Code for Information Interchange

AE

Application Entity

ANSI

American National Standards Institute

AP

Application Process

ASE

Application Service Element

ARTIM

Association Request/Reject/Release Timer

CEN TC251

Comite Europeen de Normalisation-Technical Committee 251 - Medical Informatics

DICOM

Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine

FDDI

Fiber Distributed Data Interface

HL7

Health Level 7

IEC

International Electrotechnical Commission

IEEE

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

ISDN

Integrated Services Digital Network

ISO

International Organization for Standardization

ISP

International Standardized Profile

JIRA

Japan Medical Imaging and Radiological Systems Industries Association

LAN

Local Area Network

NEMA

National Electrical Manufacturers Association

NIST

National Institute of Standards and Technology

OSI

Open Systems Interconnection

PDU

Protocol Data Unit

PDV

Presentation Data Values

SAP

Service Access Point

TCP/IP

Transmission Control Program/Internet Protocol

UID

Unique Identifier

UL

Upper Layers

WAN

Wide Area Network

DICOM PS3.8 2019a - Network Communication Support for Message Exchange