4 Symbols and Abbreviations
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# 4 Symbols and Abbreviations

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

Mammography CAD

  Computer-Aided Detection and/or Computer-Aided Diagnosis for Mammography

Chest CAD

  Computer-Aided Detection and/or Computer-Aided Diagnosis for chest radiography

Colon CAD

  Computer-Aided Detection and/or Computer-Aided Diagnosis for colon radiography

ACR

  American College of Radiology

ASE

  American Society of Echocardiography

CAP

  College of American Pathologists

DCMR

  DICOM Content Mapping Resource

NEMA

  National Electrical Manufacturers Association

RECIST

  Response Evaluation Criteria In Solid Tumors

SNOMED

  Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine

UCUM

  Unified Code for Units of Measure

WHO

  World Health Organization

EV

  Enumerated Value

DT

  Defined Term

CNAME

  Context Group Name

TNAME

  Template Name

BCID

  Baseline Context Group ID

DCID

  Defined Context Group ID

ECID

  Enumerated Context Group ID

BTID

  Baseline Template ID

DTID

  Defined Template ID

ETID

  Enumerated Template ID

The following upper-case abbreviations represent specific Attributes:

CV

  Code Value (0008,0100) or Long Code Value (0008,0119) or URN Code Value (0008,0120)

CSD

  Coding Scheme Designator (0008,0102)

CM

  Code Meaning (0008,0104)

CSV

  Coding Scheme Version (0008,0103)

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