DICOM PS3.18 2016b - Web Services

6.3 WADO-URI Response
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## 6.3 WADO-URI Response

The response shall be an HTTP Response Message as specified in [RFC7230].

### Note

The content of the message-body varies according to the Media type as defined below.

### 6.3.1 Body of Single DICOM MIME Subtype Part Response

#### 6.3.1.1 Media Type

The media type shall be 'application/dicom', as specified in [RFC3240].

#### 6.3.1.2 Content

The body content shall be a "Part 10 File" that includes a meta-header as defined in PS3.10.

#### 6.3.1.3 Transfer Syntax

The returned DICOM object shall be encoded using one of the transfer syntaxes specified in the transfer syntax query parameter as defined in Section 8.2.11 below. By default, the transfer syntax shall be "Explicit VR Little Endian".

### Note

This implies that retrieved images are sent uncompressed by default.

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