DICOM PS3.1 2017b - Introduction and Overview

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6 Overview of The Content of The DICOM Standard

6.1 Document Structure

DICOM consists of the following parts:

PS3.1: Introduction and Overview (this document)
PS3.2: Conformance
PS3.3: Information Object Definitions
PS3.4: Service Class Specifications
PS3.5: Data Structures and Encoding
PS3.6: Data Dictionary
PS3.7: Message Exchange
PS3.8: Network Communication Support for Message Exchange
PS3.9: Retired
PS3.10: Media Storage and File Format for Media Interchange
PS3.11: Media Storage Application Profiles
PS3.12: Formats and Physical Media
PS3.13: Retired
PS3.14: Grayscale Standard Display Function
PS3.15: Security and System Management Profiles
PS3.16: Content Mapping Resource
PS3.17: Explanatory Information
PS3.18: Web Services
PS3.19: Application Hosting
PS3.20: Imaging Reports using HL7 Clinical Document Architecture

These parts of the Standard are related but independent documents. A brief description of each Part is provided in this section.

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