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Document No. 001132, Revision 2.0
Agfa HealthCare
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14 June, 2007
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Acronyms and Abbreviations
Definitions, terms and abbreviations used in this document are defined within the different parts of the
DICOM standard. Abbreviations and terms are as follows:
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AE
DICOM Application Entity
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AET
Application Entity Title
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ACSE
Association Control Service Element
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CD-R
Compact Disk Recordable
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DICOM
Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine
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FSC
File-Set Creator
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FSU
File-Set Updater
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FSR
File-Set Reader
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GSDF
Grayscale Standard Display Function
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GSPS
Grayscale Softcopy Presentation State
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IE
Information Entity
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IOD
(DICOM) Information Object Definition
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ISO
International Standard Organization
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LUT
Lookup Table
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MPPS
Modality Performed Procedure Step
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MSPS
Modality Scheduled Procedure Step
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PDU
DICOM Protocol Data Unit
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SCU
DICOM Service Class User (DICOM client)
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SCP
DICOM Service Class Provider (DICOM server)
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SOP
DICOM Service-Object Pair
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UID
Unique Identifier
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VR
Value Representation
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Related Documents
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ACR-NEMA Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM) V3.0. 2004.
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IHE Radiology Technical Framework Revision 6 – Final Text, May 2005