DICOM PS3.3 2024e - Information Object Definitions

7.5 Organizing Large Sets of Information

For the purpose of accommodating large sets of frames in Multi-frame Image SOP Instances the Real-World Entity Relationship Diagram has been extended to describe the relationships of these instances: Concatenation (see Section 7.5.1) and Dimension Organization (see Section 7.5.2). Figure 7.5-1 depicts the additions to Figure 7-1a.

Extension of the Real World Model with Concatenations and Dimensions

Figure 7.5-1. Extension of the Real World Model with Concatenations and Dimensions


7.5.1 Concatenation

For implementation specific reasons (such as practical limits on the maximum size of an individual SOP Instance) the content of a Multi-frame Image may need to be split into more than one SOP Instance. These SOP Instances together form a Concatenation, which is a group of SOP Instances within a Series that is uniquely identified by Concatenation UID (0020,9161).

DICOM PS3.3 2024e - Information Object Definitions