Structured Reporting

DICOM Structured reports are DICOM SOP Instances, organised just the same way as images etc., but which hold reports rather than images. They are typically therefore only a few kilobytes in size. They contain all the same indexing information as images, and therefore fit into the standard 4 level DICOM Hierarchy, complete with their own “psuedo-modality” of SR.

Well-known UIDs

The Well-Known UIDs are Static Instance UID mostly used in normalised operations. The following is a list of all UIDs in DICOM

DVT

DVT is an independent DICOM Validation tool provided for free by Philips and ICT Automatisering, you can download this product from http://www.

Filtering on and Retrieving the Modality in a C-FIND

Many people wish to obtain a list of studies of a particular type (modality) - CR, MR etc.

Secondary Capture

Secondary Capture Images Composite Instances which are the “lowest common denominator” images available in DICOM.

Modality Performed Procedure Step Service

The Modality Performed Procedure Step Service, commonly known as MPPS, provides a mechanism for modalities to pass information about the imaging they are performing back to the RIS and/or PACS.