ACR/NEMA Digital Image Interface Standard (An Illustrated Protocol Overview)

G.Robert Lawrence

doi:10.1117/12.947343

16 September 1985 ACR/NEMA Digital Image Interface Standard (An Illustrated Protocol Overview)

G.Robert Lawrence

Proceedings Volume 0536, 3rd Intl Conf on Picture Archiving and Communication Systems; (1985) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.947343
Event: 1985 Medical Imaging Conferences, 1985, California, United States

Abstract

The American College of Radiologists (ACR) and the National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) have sponsored a joint standards committee mandated to develop a universal interface standard for the transfer of radiology images among a variety of PACS imaging devicesl. The resulting standard interface conforms to the ISO/OSI standard reference model for network protocol layering. The standard interface specifies the lower layers of the reference model (Physical, Data Link, Transport and Session) and implies a requirement of the Network Layer should a requirement for a network exist. The message content has been considered and a flexible message and image format specified. The following Imaging Equipment modalities are supported by the standard interface... CT Computed Tomograpy DS Digital Subtraction NM Nuclear Medicine US Ultrasound MR Magnetic Resonance DR Digital Radiology The following data types are standardized over the transmission interface media.... IMAGE DATA DIGITIZED VOICE HEADER DATA RAW DATA TEXT REPORTS GRAPHICS OTHERS This paper consists of text supporting the illustrated protocol data flow. Each layer will be individually treated. Particular emphasis will be given to the Data Link layer (Frames) and the Transport layer (Packets). The discussion utilizes a finite state sequential machine model for the protocol layers.

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G.Robert Lawrence "ACR/NEMA Digital Image Interface Standard (An Illustrated Protocol Overview)", Proc. SPIE 0536, 3rd Intl Conf on Picture Archiving and Communication Systems, (16 September 1985); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.947343

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