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# 4 Symbols and Abbreviations

The following symbols and abbreviations are used in this part of the standard.

ACR

  American College of Radiology

ANSI

  American National Standards Institute

ASTM

  American Society for Testing and Materials

BD

  Blu-ray Disc™

BD-RE

  Blu-ray Disc™ Rewritable

BD-R

  Blu-ray Disc™ Recordable

CD

  Compact Disk

CD-R

  Compact Disc - Recordable

CD-ROM

  Compact Disk - Read Only

CD-RW

  Compact Disk - Rewritable

CD-WO

  Compact Disc - Write Once

CEN

  Comite Europeen de Normalisation

CF

  CompactFlash card

DICOM

  Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine

DIS

  Draft International Standard

DVD

  A trademark of the DVD Forum that is not an abbreviation

DVD-R

  DVD Recordable

DVD-RAM

  DVD-Random Access

DVD-ROM

  DVD Read-Only Memory

DVD-RW

  DVD Rewritable

DVD+R

  DVD Plus Recordable

DVD+RW

  DVD Plus Rewritable

ECMA

  European Computer Manufacturers Association

HL7

  Health Level 7

IEC

  International Electrotechnical Commission

IEEE

  Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

IMAP4

  Internet Message Access Protocol - Version 4

ISO

  International Standards Organization

IS&C

  Image Save and Carry

JIRA

  Japan Medical Imaging and Radiological Systems Industries Association

MIME

  Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions

MMC

  Multimedia Card

NEMA

  National Electrical Manufacturers Association

OSTA

  Optical Storage Technology Association

POP3

  Post Office Protocol - Version 3

SD

  Secure Digital card

SMTP

  Simple Mail Transfer Protocol

UDF

  Universal Disk Format

UID

  Unique Identifier

USB

  Universal Serial Bus

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