DICOM PS3.20 2025a - Imaging Reports using HL7 Clinical Document Architecture

4 Symbols and Abbreviations

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

ANSI

American National Standards Institute

CDA

Clinical Document Architecture (HL7)

DICOM

Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine

HL7

Health Level 7

HMD

Hierarchical Message Description (HL7)

IE

Information Entity

IHE

Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise

IOD

Information Object Definition

ISO

International Standards Organization

LOINC

Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes

MRRT

IHE Management of Radiology Report Templates Profile

NEMA

National Electrical Manufacturers Association

OID

Object Identifier (ISO 8824)

RSNA

Radiological Society of North America

SNOMED

Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine

SR

Structured Reporting

UCUM

Unified Code for Units of Measure

UID

Unique Identifier

XML

Extensible Markup Language

The following symbols and abbreviations for HL7 v3 Data Types are used in this Part of the Standard.

AD

Postal Address

CE

Coded With Equivalents

CD

Concept Descriptor

CS

Coded Simple Value

ED

Encapsulated Data

EN

Entity Name

II

Instance Identifier

INT

Integer Number

IVL<>

Interval

LIST<>

List

OID

ISO Object Identifier

ON

Organization Name

PN

Person Name

PQ

Physical Quantity

REAL

Real Number

ST

Character String

TEL

Telecommunication Address

TS

Point in Time

UID

Unique Identifier String

URL

Universal Resource Identifier

DICOM PS3.20 2025a - Imaging Reports using HL7 Clinical Document Architecture