DICOM Standard Status

Maintained by David A. Clunie dclunie@dclunie.com.

Last Updated: Tue Apr 1 16:26:24 EDT 2008

• Final Text Supplements additional to 2008 Base Standard
• Final Text Correction Items additional to 2008 Base Standard
• Base Standard - 2008
• Differences in Base Standard - 2007 to 2008
• Differences in Base Standard - 2006 to 2007
• Differences in Base Standard - 2004 to 2006
• Differences in Base Standard - 2003 to 2004
• Differences in Base Standard - 2001 to 2003
• Differences in Base Standard - 2000 to 2001
• Differences in Base Standard - 1999 to 2000
• Differences in Base Standard - 1998 to 1999
• ACR-NEMA - 1991
• ACR-NEMA - 1989
• ACR-NEMA - 1988
• ACR-NEMA - 1985
• Supplements - By Number
• Correction Items - By Number

Note that at any point in time the offical standard consists of the most recent yearly edition of the base standard (currently 2008) PLUS all the supplements and correction items that have been approved as Final Text.

Note that the PDF versions are the official documents; in some cases Word documents are also made available for the convenience of implementors who may need to copy tables and sections of text, but when a discrepancy exists between the Word form and the PDF form, the PDF form is authoritative.

Supplement	Affected	Title	Status	Applies To	Document
Supp 117	Parts 2,3,4,6,16	Enhanced PET Image Storage SOP Class	Standard	2008
Supp 130	Parts 2,3,4,6,16,17	Ophthalmic Refractive Structured Reports	Standard	2008

Correction	Affected	Title	Status	Applies To	Document
CP 128	Parts 7	Status Code Conventions	Standard	2008
CP 767	Parts 16	Add Calculated Value, Laterality to TID 4002	Standard	2008
CP 769	Parts 5	MONOCHROME2 missing in part of MPEG2 definition	Standard	2008
CP 781	Parts 3, 6	CT Exposure Time for Spiral Scan	Standard	2008
CP 805	Parts 3	Primary Fluence Mode	Standard	2008
CP 806	Parts 3	RT ROI Derivation Sequence	Standard	2008
CP 808	Parts 3	Change Type Acquisition Duration for Enhanced CT	Standard	2008
CP 809	Parts 3	Preserve SOP Instance UID when concatenation is used	Standard	2008
CP 816	Parts 16	Informative mapping SNOMED to LOINC for Cardiac Output	Standard	2008
CP 818	Parts 16	Correction for TID 10002	Standard	2008
CP 819	Parts 3	Frame Type attribute missing in Enhanced XA/XRF	Standard	2008
CP 820	Parts 3	Inconsistency in Segmentation Image Module	Standard	2008
CP 821	Parts 3	Presentation State Graphic Bounding Box condition incomplete	Standard	2008
CP 822	Parts 3	Clarify the usage of the Real-World Value description attributes	Standard	2008
CP 823	Parts 3	Pseudo Color and Blending SPPS forbid wrong Presentation LUT	Standard	2008
CP 824	Parts 4	Clarify that only a single value for Patient ID is valid for C-MOVE and C-GET	Standard	2008
CP 825	Parts 3,16	Mixed breed description	Standard	2008
CP 826	Parts 3,16	Extend responsible person roles	Standard	2008
CP 827	Parts 4	Level 2 Storage SCP may discard empty Type 3 attributes	Standard	2008
CP 828	Parts 4	Meta header attributes illegal in query identifier and response	Standard	2008
CP 829	Parts 3	Operator Name at RT Series Level	Standard	2008
CP 830	Parts 16	Ultrasound Modes	Standard	2008
CP 831	Parts 16	Pharmacologic Stress Protocols	Standard	2008
CP 834	Parts 4	Coercion of UIDs breaks references	Standard	2008

Release Notes

Part	Title	Document
PS 3.1	Introduction and Overview
PS 3.2	Conformance
PS 3.3	Information Object Definitions
PS 3.4	Service Class Specifications
PS 3.5	Data Structures and Encoding
PS 3.6	Data Dictionary
PS 3.7	Message Exchange
PS 3.8	Network Communication Support for Message Exchange
PS 3.10	Media Storage and File Format for Data Interchange
PS 3.11	Media Storage Application Profiles
PS 3.12	Media Formats and Physical Media for Data Interchange
PS 3.14	Grayscale Standard Display Function
PS 3.15	Security Profiles
PS 3.16	Content Mapping Resource
PS 3.17	Explanatory Information
PS 3.18	Web Access to DICOM Persistent Objects (WADO)

Part	Title	Document
PS 3.1	Introduction and Overview
PS 3.2	Conformance
PS 3.3	Information Object Definitions
PS 3.4	Service Class Specifications
PS 3.5	Data Structures and Encoding
PS 3.6	Data Dictionary
PS 3.7	Message Exchange
PS 3.10	Media Storage and File Format for Data Interchange
PS 3.11	Media Storage Application Profiles
PS 3.15	Security Profiles
PS 3.16	Content Mapping Resource
PS 3.17	Explanatory Information

Part	Title	Document
PS 3.2	Conformance
PS 3.3	Information Object Definitions
PS 3.4	Service Class Specifications
PS 3.5	Data Structures and Encoding
PS 3.6	Data Dictionary
PS 3.7	Message Exchange
PS 3.8	Network Communication Support for Message Exchange
PS 3.11	Media Storage Application Profiles
PS 3.12	Media Formats and Physical Media for Data Interchange
PS 3.15	Security Profiles
PS 3.16	Content Mapping Resource
PS 3.17	Explanatory Information

Part	Title	Document
PS 3.1	Introduction and Overview
PS 3.2	Conformance
PS 3.3	Information Object Definitions
PS 3.4	Service Class Specifications
PS 3.5	Data Structures and Encoding
PS 3.6	Data Dictionary
PS 3.7	Message Exchange
PS 3.8	Network Communication Support for Message Exchange
PS 3.10	Media Storage and File Format for Data Interchange
PS 3.11	Media Storage Application Profiles
PS 3.12	Media Formats and Physical Media for Data Interchange
PS 3.14	Grayscale Standard Display Function
PS 3.15	Security Profiles
PS 3.16	Content Mapping Resource
PS 3.17	Explanatory Information
PS 3.18	Web Access to DICOM Persistent Objects (WADO)

Part	Title	Document
PS 3.1	Introduction and Overview
PS 3.2	Conformance
PS 3.3	Information Object Definitions
PS 3.4	Service Class Specifications
PS 3.5	Data Structures and Encoding
PS 3.6	Data Dictionary
PS 3.7	Message Exchange
PS 3.8	Network Communication Support for Message Exchange
PS 3.10	Media Storage and File Format for Data Interchange
PS 3.11	Media Storage Application Profiles
PS 3.12	Media Formats and Physical Media for Data Interchange
PS 3.14	Grayscale Standard Display Function
PS 3.15	Security Profiles
PS 3.16	Content Mapping Resource

Part	Title	Document
PS 3.1	Introduction and Overview
PS 3.3	Information Object Definitions
PS 3.4	Service Class Specifications
PS 3.5	Data Structures and Encoding
PS 3.6	Data Dictionary
PS 3.7	Message Exchange
PS 3.8	Network Communication Support for Message Exchange
PS 3.10	Media Storage and File Format for Data Interchange
PS 3.11	Media Storage Application Profiles
PS 3.12	Media Formats and Physical Media for Data Interchange
PS 3.15	Security Profiles
PS 3.16	Content Mapping Resource

Part	Title	Document
PS 3.2	Conformance
PS 3.3	Information Object Definitions
PS 3.4	Service Class Specifications
PS 3.5	Data Structures and Encoding
PS 3.6	Data Dictionary
PS 3.11	Media Storage Application Profiles
PS 3.12	Media Formats and Physical Media for Data Interchange
PS 3.15	Security Profiles

Part	Title	Document
PS 3.2	Conformance
PS 3.3	Information Object Definitions
PS 3.4	Service Class Specifications
PS 3.5	Data Structures and Encoding
PS 3.6	Data Dictionary
PS 3.7	Message Exchange
PS 3.8	Network Communication Support for Message Exchange
PS 3.11	Media Storage Application Profiles
PS 3.14	Grayscale Standard Display Function

Part	Title	Document
PS 3.2	Conformance
PS 3.3	Information Object Definitions
PS 3.4	Service Class Specifications
PS 3.5	Data Structures and Encoding
PS 3.6	Data Dictionary
PS 3.10	Media Storage and File Format for Data Interchange
PS 3.11	Media Storage Application Profiles

Part	Title	Document
PS 1	Standard for Magnetic Tape

Part	Title	Document
PS 2	Data Compression Standard

Part	Title	Document
PS 300	Digital Imaging and Communications

Part	Title	Document
PS 300	Digital Imaging and Communications

Supplement	Affected	Title	Status	Applies To	Document
Supp 1	Parts 10	Media Storage and File Format For Media Interchange	Standard	1993
Supp 2	Parts 11	Media Storage Application Profiles	Standard	1993
Supp 3	Parts 12	Media Format and Physical Media Media Interchange	Standard	1993
Supp 4	Parts 3,4,6	X-Ray Angiographic Image Objects and Media Storage	Standard	1993
Supp 5	Parts 3,4,5,6,11	Ultrasound Application Profile, IOD and Transfer Syntax Extension	Standard	1993
Supp 6	Parts 3,4,6	X-Ray Flouroscopic Image Object	Standard	1993
Supp 7	Parts 3,4,6	Nuclear Medicine Image Object	Standard	1993
Supp 8	Parts 3,4,6	Storage Commitment Service Class	Standard	1993
Supp 9	Parts 2,3,4,5,6	Multi-byte Character Set Support	Standard	1993
Supp 10	Parts 3,4,6	Basic Worklist Management - Modality	Standard	1993
Supp 11	Parts 3,4,6	Radiotherapy Information Objects	Standard	1996
Supp 12	Parts 3,4,6	PET Information Object	Standard	1996
Supp 13	Parts 3,4,6	Queue Management Service Class	Standard	1996
Supp 14	Parts 2,5	Standard Extended SOP Classes and Unknown Value Representation	Standard	1996
Supp 15	Parts 3,4,6	Visible Light Image Object	Standard	1998
Supp 16	Parts 3,4,6	Postscript Print Management	Cancelled
Supp 17	Parts 3,4,6	Modality Performed Procedure Step	Standard	1996
Supp 18	Parts 11	Media Storage Application Profile for CT and MR Images	Standard	1996
Supp 19	Parts 11	General Purpose CD-R Image Interchange Profile	Standard	1996
Supp 20	Parts 11	X-Ray Cardiac (1024) Media Application Profile	Standard	1996
Supp 21	Parts 11	Nuclear Medicine Media Application Profile	Cancelled
Supp 22	Parts 3,4,6	Presentation LUT	Standard	1996
Supp 23	Parts 3,4,6,10	Structured Reporting Object	Standard	1999
Supp 24	Parts 3,4,6	Stored Print	Standard	1996
Supp 25	Parts 11	New Ultrasound MOD	Standard	1996
Supp 26	Parts 3,4,16	Ultrasound OB-GYN Procedure Reports	Standard	2003
Supp 27	Parts 12	New 90mm and 130mm MOD Formats	Standard	1996
Supp 28	Parts 14	Grayscale Standard Display Function	Standard	1996
Supp 29	Parts 3,4,6	Radiotherapy Treatment Record and Media Extensions	Standard	1998
Supp 30	Parts 3,5,6,11	Waveform Interchange	Standard	1999
Supp 31	Parts 3,6,7,8,15	Security Enhancements	Standard	1999
Supp 32	Parts 3,4,6	Digital X-Ray	Standard	1998
Supp 33	Parts 3,4,6	Softcopy Presentation State	Standard	1999
Supp 34	Parts 3,4,6	Stored Print of Non-Preformatted Images	Cancelled
Supp 35	Parts 3,4,6	Retirement of Referenced Print	Standard	1998
Supp 36	Parts 3,4,6	Codes and Controlled Terminology	Standard	1998
Supp 37	Parts 3,4,6	Printer Configuration Retrieval	Standard	1998
Supp 38	Parts 3,4,6	New Print Image Overlay Box	Standard	1998
Supp 39	Parts 3,4,10	Stored Print Media Storage	Standard	1998
Supp 40	Parts 11,12	DVD-RAM Media	Standard	2000
Supp 41	Parts 2,5,6,15	Security Enhancements 2 - Digital Signatures	Standard	2000
Supp 42	Parts 5,6	MPEG2 Transfer Syntax	Standard	2003
Supp 43	Parts 3,4,6,16	Storage of 3D Ultrasound Images	Work
Supp 44	Parts 1,9,13	Retirement of Part 9,13 and OSI	Standard	2001
Supp 45	Parts 4	Ultrasound Staged Protocol Data Management	Standard	2003
Supp 46	Parts 3,4,6	Basic Structured Reporting SOP Classes	Cancelled See Supp 23
Supp 47	Parts 3,4,6	Visible Light Video SOP Classes	Standard	2003
Supp 48	Parts 3,4,6,11	Intravascular Ultrasound (IVUS)	Standard	2000
Supp 49	Parts 3,4,6	Multiframe MR Object	Standard	2001
Supp 50	Parts 3,4,6	Mammography CAD	Standard	2000
Supp 51	Parts 3,4,6,10,11,12	Media Security	Standard	2000
Supp 52	Parts 3,4,6	General Purpose Worklist	Standard	2000
Supp 53	Parts 3,6,16	DICOM Content Mapping Resource	Standard	2000
Supp 54	Parts 11,12	DICOM MIME Content-Type	Standard	2001
Supp 55	Parts 3,4,6,10,11,12	Attribute Level Confidentiality	Standard	2001
Supp 56	Parts 3,4,6	Ultrasound Waveform	Cancelled
Supp 57	Parts 3,4,6	Revised Secondary Capture Objects	Standard	2000
Supp 58	Parts 3,4,6	Enhanced CT Image Storage SOP Class	Standard	2003
Supp 59	Parts 3,4,6,16	Key Object Selection SOP Class	Standard	2000
Supp 60	Parts 2,3,4,6	Hanging Protocols	Standard	2004
Supp 61	Parts 3,5,6	JPEG 2000 Transfer Syntaxes	Standard	2001
Supp 62	Parts 11,12	4.1 Gbyte MOD Medium format and use in CT/MR profiles	Standard	2001
Supp 63	Parts 3,4,5,6,16,17	Multi-dimensional Interchange Object	Comment
Supp 64	Parts 2	Revised Conformance Statements	Standard	2003
Supp 65	Parts 3,4,6,16	Chest CAD SR SOP Class	Standard	2001
Supp 66	Parts 3,4,6,16	Catheterization Lab SR SOP Classes	Standard	2003
Supp 67	Parts 3,6,15	Configuration Management	Standard	2003
Supp 68	Parts 3,4,6	Retire Storage Commitment Pull Model	Standard	2001
Supp 69	Parts 11,12	640 MB and 1.3 GB 90mm MOD Medium format and use in US profiles	Standard	2001
Supp 70	Parts 3,6	Clinical Trials Identification	Standard	2001
Supp 71	Parts 3,4,16	Vascular Ultrasound Procedure Reports	Standard	2003
Supp 72	Parts 3,4,16	Echocardiography Procedure Reports	Standard	2003
Supp 73	Parts 3,4,6,16	Spatial Registration Storage SOP Classes	Standard	2003
Supp 74	Parts 2,3,4,6,16,17	Utilization of Worklist in Radiotherapy Treatment Delivery	Frozen Draft
Supp 75	Parts 3,4,6,16	Relevant Patient Information Query Service Class	Standard	2003
Supp 76	Parts 16	Quantitative Arteriography and Ventriculography Structured Reports	Standard	2003
Supp 77	Parts 3,16	IVUS Structured Reporting	Standard	2003
Supp 78	Parts 3,16	Fetal and Pediatric Echocardiography SR	Work
Supp 79	Parts 3,16	Breast Imaging Report Templates	Standard	2003
Supp 80	Parts 11,12	DVD Media Application Profiles	Standard	2003
Supp 81	Parts 3,4,6	XA Non-Cine Image SOP Class	Cancelled
Supp 82	Parts 11,12	2.3 GB 90mm MOD Medium format and use in US profiles	Standard	2003
Supp 83	Parts 3,4,6,11	Enhanced XA/XRF Image Storage SOP Class	Standard	2004
Supp 84	Parts 3	Clarification of Ultrasound Region Calibration	Standard	2003
Supp 85	Parts 18	Web Access to DICOM Objects (WADO)	Standard	2003
Supp 86	Parts 3,16	Digital Signatures for Structured Reports	Standard	2004
Supp 87	Parts 11,12	USB and Flash Memory Media Application Profiles	Standard	2003
Supp 88	Parts 3,4,6	Media Creation Management SOP Class	Standard	2003
Supp 89	Parts 4	Worklist and Performed Procedure Step Use Cases	Standard	2004
Supp 90	Parts 2,3,4,6,7,8	SOP Class Relationships Negotiation	Standard	2003
Supp 91	Parts 3,4,6,16	Ophthalmic Photography SOP Classes	Standard	2003
Supp 92	Parts 11	Media Application Profile for Dentistry	Standard	2003
Supp 93	Parts 3,4	Instance Availability Notification	Standard	2003
Supp 94	Parts 3,4,6	Radiation Dose Report	Standard	2004
Supp 95	Parts 15	Audit Trail Messages	Frozen
Supp 96	Parts 2,3,4,6	Unified Worklist and Procedure Step	Frozen Draft
Supp 97	Parts 16	CT/MR Cardiovascular Analysis Report	Standard	2004
Supp 98	Parts 3,4,5,6,10,11,12	Retirement of Detached, Standalone and other Services	Standard	2004
Supp 99	Parts 7,15	Extended Negotiation of User Identity	Standard	2004
Supp 100	Parts 2,3,4,6	Color Softcopy Presentation State Storage SOP Classes	Standard	2004
Supp 101	Parts 3,4,6,10,16,17	HL7 Structured Document Object References	Standard	2004
Supp 102	Parts 3,4,6	Radiotherapy Extensions for Ion Therapy	Standard	2004
Supp 103	Parts 2,3,4,6,16	Real World Value Mapping SOP Class	Standard	2004
Supp 104	Parts 2,3,4,6,16	DICOM Encapsulation of PDF Documents	Standard	2004
Supp 105	Parts 5,6	JPEG 2000 Part 2 Multi-component Transfer Syntaxes	Standard	2004
Supp 106	Parts 3,5,6,7	JPEG 2000 Interactive Protocol	Standard	2004
Supp 107	Parts 2,3,4,6,16	Verification of Substance Administration and Substance Information Query	Standard	2007
Supp 108	Parts 2,4,6,16	Relevant Patient Information Query for Orders	Comment
Supp 109	Parts 4,18	SOP Instance Location Service	Work
Supp 110	Parts 2,3,4,6,16,18	Ophthalmic Coherence Tomography (OCT) Storage SOP Class	Standard	2007
Supp 111	Parts 2,3,4,6,15,16	Segmentation Storage SOP Class	Standard	2006
Supp 112	Parts 2,3,4,6,17	Deformable Spatial Registration Storage SOP Class	Standard	2006
Supp 113	Parts 2,10,11,14,16	Email Transport	Standard	2006
Supp 114	Parts 2,3,4,6	DICOM Encapsulation of CDA	Standard	2007
Supp 115	Parts 2,3,4,6	Evidence Document SOP Classes	Work
Supp 116	Parts 2,3,4,6	3D X-Ray	Standard	2007
Supp 117	Parts 2,3,4,6,16	Enhanced PET Image Storage SOP Class	Standard	2008
Supp 118	Parts	Application Hosting	Work
Supp 119	Parts 2,3,4,6,17,18	Instance and Frame Level Retrieve SOP Classes	Comment
Supp 120	Parts 3,6,17	Extended Presentation States	Comment
Supp 121	Parts	Modality Procedure Plan and Protocol Storage	Work
Supp 122	Parts 2,3,4,6,16	Specimen Identification and Revised Pathology	Ballot
Supp 123	Parts 2,3,4,6,11,15	Structured Display	Comment
Supp 124	Parts 2,3,4,6,17	Communication of Display Parameters	Work
Supp 125	Parts 2,3,4,6	Breast Tomosynthesus Image Storage SOP Class	Ballot
Supp 126	Parts 2,3,4,6,16,17	Colon Computer-Aided Detection SR SOP Class	Comment
Supp 127	Parts 3,16,17	CT Radiation Dose Reporting (Dose SR)	Standard	2007
Supp 128	Parts 16,17	Cardiac Stress Testing Structured Reports	Frozen
Supp 129	Parts 16	Electrophysiology Structured Reports and Procedure Log Templates	Comment
Supp 130	Parts 2,3,4,6,16,17	Ophthalmic Refractive Structured Reports	Standard	2008
Supp 131	Parts	Implant Description Storage SOP Class	Work
Supp 132	Parts 2,3,4,6,15,16,17	Surface Segmentation Storage SOP Class	Ballot
Supp 133	Parts 2,3,4,6	Color Palette Storage, Query and Retrieval	Comment
Supp 134	Parts	Implantation Plan SR Document Storage SOP Class	Work
Supp 135	Parts	SR Diagnostic Imaging Report Transformation Guide	Comment
Supp 136	Parts		Work
Supp 137	Parts 5	MPEG2 MP@HL Transfer Syntax	Work

Correction	Affected	Title	Status	Applies To	Document
CP 1			Cancelled
CP 2			Cancelled
CP 3			Cancelled
CP 4			Cancelled
CP 5			Cancelled
CP 6			Cancelled
CP 7			Cancelled
CP 8			Cancelled
CP 9			Cancelled
CP 10			Cancelled
CP 11			Cancelled
CP 12			Cancelled
CP 13			Cancelled
CP 14	Parts 5	Encoding of Uncompressed Pixel Data	Standard	1993
CP 15	Parts 3	LUT Data Encoding and Rescale Type	Standard	1993
CP 16	Parts 3	Sorter Bin Attribute for Basic Film Session	Standard	1993
CP 17	Parts 4	Conformance Statement SOP Class Attributes and Values	Standard	1993
CP 18	Parts 3	Open issues for CR IOD	Cancelled
CP 19	Parts 4	Image Deletion in Film Session	Standard	1993
CP 20	Parts 3	Clarification of Pixel Aspect Ratio	Standard	1993
CP 21	Parts 3	Same Attribute in Multiple Modules	Standard	1993
CP 22	Parts 3	Units for Frame Time and Vector	Standard	1993
CP 23	Parts 3	Numbering of Pixel Origin	Standard	1993
CP 24	Parts 5	Correct Definition in Table for VR=SQ	Standard	1993
CP 25	Parts 3	Frame of Reference - CT/MR Localizer	Standard	1993
CP 26	Parts 2	Standard Extended SOP Classes Adding Required Attributes	Standard	1993
CP 27	Parts 3	Patient Orientation "will" to "shall"	Standard	1993
CP 28	Parts 7	C-ECHO Message Protocol Description	Standard	1993
CP 29	Parts 5	JPEG Transfer Syntax UID Wrong	Standard	1993
CP 30	Parts 7	Behaviour of Synchronous/Asynchronous Operation	Standard	1993
CP 31	Parts 5	Explicit VR in Compressed Pixel Data Examples	Standard	1993
CP 32	Parts 5	Definition of Enumerated Values	Standard	1993
CP 33	Parts 3,4,7	UID Typo - No Trailing Periods	Standard	1993
CP 34	Parts 3	SC and General Equipment/Image Modules	Standard	1993
CP 35	Parts 7	N-CREATE and Empty Data Sets	Standard	1993
CP 36	Parts 4	Type 3 Attributes for Patient Events	Standard	1993
CP 37	Parts 4	N-CREATE of VOI LUT Box SOP Instance	Standard	1993
CP 38	Parts 5	Byte Order of Attribute Tag VR	Standard	1993
CP 39		Clarification of Optical Density Units for LUTs	Cancelled