A.3.6 Abbreviations
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### A.3.6 Abbreviations

Abbreviations should be listed here. These may be taken from the following list, deleting terms that are not used within the Conformance Statement, and adding any additional terms that are used:

AE

  Application Entity

AET

  Application Entity Title

CAD

  Computer Aided Detection

CDA

  Clinical Document Architecture

CD-R

  Compact Disk Recordable

CSE

  Customer Service Engineer

CR

  Computed Radiography

CT

  Computed Tomography

DHCP

  Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol

DICOM

  Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine

DIT

  Directory Information Tree (LDAP)

DN

  Distinguished Name (LDAP)

DNS

  Domain Name System

DX

  Digital X-ray

FSC

  File-Set Creator

FSU

  File-Set Updater

FSR

  File-Set Reader

GSDF

  Grayscale Standard Display Function

GSPS

  Grayscale Softcopy Presentation State

HIS

  Hospital Information System

HL7

  Health Level 7 Standard

IHE

  Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise

IOD

  Information Object Definition

IPv4

  Internet Protocol version 4

IPv6

  Internet Protocol version 6

ISO

  International Organization for Standards

IO

  Intra-oral X-ray

JPEG

  Joint Photographic Experts Group

LDAP

  Lightweight Directory Access Protocol

LDIF

  LDAP Data Interchange Format

LUT

  Look-up Table

MAR

  Medication Administration Record

MPEG

  Moving Picture Experts Group

MG

  Mammography (X-ray)

MPPS

  Modality Performed Procedure Step

MR

  Magnetic Resonance Imaging

MSPS

  Modality Scheduled Procedure Step

MTU

  Maximum Transmission Unit (IP)

MWL

  Modality Worklist

NM

  Nuclear Medicine

NTP

  Network Time Protocol

O

  Optional (Key Attribute)

OP

  Ophthalmic Photography

OSI

  Open Systems Interconnection

PACS

  Picture Archiving and Communication System

PET

  Positron Emission Tomography

PDU

  Protocol Data Unit

R

  Required (Key Attribute)

RDN

  Relative Distinguished Name (LDAP)

RF

  Radiofluoroscopy

RIS

  Radiology Information System.

RT

  Radiotherapy

SC

  Secondary Capture

SCP

  Service Class Provider

SCU

  Service Class User

SOP

  Service-Object Pair

SPS

  Scheduled Procedure Step

SR

  Structured Reporting

TCP/IP

  Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol

U

  Unique (Key Attribute)

UL

  Upper Layer

US

  Ultrasound

VL

  Visible Light

VR

  Value Representation

XA

  X-ray Angiography

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