Definitions / Abbreviations

The following Definitions and Abbreviations are used throughout this project: 

OT-DICE	OTech - DICOM Interoperability Checking Entity
DICOM	Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine
Transfer Syntax	A set of encoding rules that allows Application Entities to unambiguously negotiate the encoding techniques (e.g., Data Element structure, byte ordering, compression) they are able to support, thereby allowing these Application Entities to communicate.
DIMSE	DICOM Message Service Element - the Application Service Element (both the service and protocol) used by peer DICOM Application Entities for the purpose of exchanging medical images and related information.
SCU	Service Class User - The role played by a DICOM Application Entity (DIMSE-Service-User) that invokes operations and performs notifications on a specific association.
SCP	Service Class Provider: - The role played by a DICOM Application Entity (DIMSE-Service-User) that performs operations and invokes notifications on a specific association.
Storage SCU	The DICOM Application Entity that performs the role of the service class user for the DICOM C-STORE service.
Storage SCP	The DICOM Application Entity that performs the role of the service class provider for the DICOM C-STORE service.
Echo SCU	The DICOM Application Entity that performs the role of the service class user for the DICOM C-ECHO service.
Move SCU	The DICOM Application Entity that performs the role of the service class user for the DICOM C-MOVE service.
Query SCU	The DICOM Application Entity that performs the role of the service class user for the DICOM C-FIND service.
PDU	Protocol Data Unit - The fragment of messages exchanged between peer DICOM Application Entities.
AE Title	Application Entity Title - The representation used to identify the DICOM nodes communicating between each other.
Calling AE Title	The Application Entity (AE) that initiates the DICOM messaging service request. It is based on the Source DICOM Application Name.
Called AE Title	The Application Entity (AE) that is the intended acceptor of the service request. It is based on the Destination DICOM Application Name.