DICOM explained in the context of Structured Reporting.ppt

Sequences: VR =“SQ” Sequence contains zero or more items, which contains a set of Data Elements Used to encode repeating sets Accommodates multilevel nesting (recursion) Explicit length SQ: value of bytes in length field Undefined length SQ: requires flag in length field and SQ and item delimiters (sppt rqd) Example from Digital X-Ray (DX) IOD: Makes extensive use of Coded data entries using standard vocabulary: Instead of specifying “sagittal” for View Code, one specifies: Code Value : R-112300 Coding Scheme : SNOMED Scheme Version: Version 1.0 Meaning : Sagittal DICOM Media Specifications (ctd): DICOM Application Entity Service / Object Pairs Basic Dir. DICOM File Format Media Formats: e.g. File data structures Physical Media: e.g. CD-R; 90 mm MOD, etc. part 10 part 11 part 12 DICOM SOP Instance DCM File Meta Info DICOM Data Set DICOM SOP Instance DCM File Meta Info DICOM Data Set FILE SET SR workshop Intro slide * SR Workshop Copyright OTech Inc. 2000 all rights reserved DICOM explained in the context of Structured Reporting Herman Oosterwijk, OTech Inc. herman@ NEMA workshop, Washington DC March 29-30, 2000 Objective: To get a basic understanding of DICOM services and objects in the context of Structured Reporting: DICOM objects (IOD’s) DICOM encoding: Data elements, VR, sequences, Codes DICOM exchange media Parts of the Standard: 1. Overview 2. Conformance 3. Information Objects 4. Services Class Specifications 5. Data Structures and Semantics 6. Data Dictionary 7. Message Exchange Parts of the Standard: 8. Network Support 9. Point to point 10. Media Storage and File format 11. Media Storage Application Profiles 12. Physical Media 13. Point to point Print mgt 14. Greyscale display function standard xx. Supplements!!! Common Information Model Conformance claims to define functionality: Matching is critical Roles: SCU/SCP Unique Identification of objects: Each DICOM object is unique Documentation tools such as Macros DICOM key parts: SOP Instance