The following symbols and abbreviations are used in this part of the Standard.
American College of Radiology
Association Control Service Element
American Standard Code for Information Interchange
Application Entity
American National Standards Institute
Application Process
Application Service Element
Association Request/Reject/Release Timer
Comite Europeen de Normalisation-Technical Committee 251 - Medical Informatics
Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine
Fiber Distributed Data Interface
Health Level 7
International Electrotechnical Commission
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Integrated Services Digital Network
International Organization for Standardization
International Standardized Profile
Japan Medical Imaging and Radiological Systems Industries Association
Local Area Network
National Electrical Manufacturers Association
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Open Systems Interconnection
Protocol Data Unit
Presentation Data Values
Service Access Point
Transmission Control Program/Internet Protocol
Unique Identifier
Upper Layers
Wide Area Network