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    E-mail

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    The use of email for the exchange of medical images, such as those in the DICOM format, has been standardized…

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    Explicit VR

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    Value Representations (VR) are format or Type definitions for DICOM elements (Attributes). The VR for each data element specifies the…

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    Gateways

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    System integration, between DICOM compatible devices as well as DICOM and HL7 compliant devices, is critical to accommodate efficient and…

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    JPEG

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    Data compression is specified as part of the Transfer Syntax. DICOM used to support many different compression algorithms (eighteen in…

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    JPEG 2000

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    DICOM used to support many different JPEG compression algorithms (eighteen in total). Unfortunately, too many options increase the chance for…

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    Mandatory

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    A DICOM object is identified by its Information Object Definition, or IOD. These IODs are specified using modules, which consists…

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    Modules

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    A group of attributes, specified as a unit for convenience reasons. Examples are the Patient, Study Module, etc In order…

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    DICOM Messages

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    A DICOM message can be visualized as a stream of data elements, where each element is made up of four…

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    Abstract Syntax

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    Rules that are negotiated for exchanging DICOM objects. An Abstract Syntax specifies a specific SOP Class Name and UID.