The International Standards Organization ISO/IEC MPEG has developed an International Standard, [ISO/IEC 23008-2] (HEVC), for the video compression of generic coding of moving pictures and associated audio information. This standard is jointly maintained and has identical technical content as the [ISO/IEC 23008-2] HEVC standard.

A DICOM Transfer Syntax for HEVC/H.265 Main Profile / Level 5.1 Video Compression shall be identified by a UID of: