8.7.3.5 Media Type Syntax

8.7.3.5 Media Type Syntax (Current)
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The syntax of Media Type usage in DICOM is:

dicom-media-type = (dcm-singlepart / dcm-multipart) [dcm-parameters]

Where

dcm-singlepart = dcm-mt-name

dcm-multipart  ;see Section 8.7.3.5.1

dcm-parameters = transfer-syntax-mtp ;see Section 8.7.3.5.2

               / charset-mtp;see Section 8.7.3.5.3

dcm-mt-name    = dicom / dicom-metadata / bulkdata / pixeldata ;DICOM Media Type name

dicom          = "application/dicom"

dicom-metadata = dicom-xml / dicom-json

dicom-xml      = "application/dicom+xml"

dicom-json     = "application/dicom+json"

bulkdata       = octet-stream / pixeldata

octet-stream   = "application/octet-stream"

pixeldata      = image-pixel / video-pixel

rendered       = image-pixel / video-pixel

image-pixel    = "image/jpeg" / "image/dicom-rle" / "image/jls" / "image/jp2" / "image/jpx" / "image/jphc" / "image/jxl"

video-pixel    = "video/mpeg" / "video/mp4" / "video/H265"

All Media Types used in DICOM may have a Transfer Syntax parameter, but its usage may be constrained by the service for which they are used.

Note

The application/dicom+xml and application/dicom+json Media Types may have a Transfer Syntax parameter in order to specify the encoding of base64 data.

All Media Types used in DICOM may have a character set parameter, but its usage may be constrained by the service for which they are used.

8.7.3.5.1 Multipart Media Types

The syntax of multipart media types is:

dcm-multipart = "multipart/related"

                OWS ";" OWS "type" "=" dcm-mp-mt-name

                OWS ";" OWS "boundary=" boundary

                [dcm-parameters]

                [related-parameters]

Where

dcm-mp-mt-name = dicom-mt-name / rendered

See Section 8.6.1.2.1 for the definition of boundary and related-parameters.

Each multipart media type shall include a "type" parameter that defines the media type of the parts and shall also include a "boundary" parameter that specifies the boundary string that is used to separate the parts. For example:

Accept: multipart/related; type="application/octet-stream", multipart/related; type="image/*"; boundary=**, multipart/related; type="video/*"; boundary=**

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