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DICOM Standard Browser

A programmatic index of the NEMA DICOM standard. Every attribute, IOD, module, SOP class, VR, and transfer syntax: cross-linked, attributed, searchable. Integration notes for FHIR, HL7 v2, cloud DICOM, and Mirth Connect populate progressively from authoritative sources.

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Looking up a DICOM tag?

Search all 5,213 attributes: type a tag ID, keyword, or name. Each hit lands on a page with FHIR mapping, HL7 v2 equivalent, cloud DICOM support, and real sample values.

Try: (0010,0010) Patient Name, (0008,0050) Accession Number

Integrating a specific modality?

Start with the object definition that your modality emits. Every CIOD lists its modules grouped by Information Entity (Patient / Study / Series / Image) with M / U / C usage flags straight from NEMA PS3.3.

Try: CT Image IOD, MR Image IOD, Ultrasound Multi-frame

Building a DICOMweb client?

Start with SOP Classes (what you'll negotiate over STOW-RS / QIDO-RS / WADO-RS) and Transfer Syntaxes (how pixel data is encoded on the wire). Each page carries AWS HealthImaging / Azure DICOM / GCP Healthcare support status.

Try: CT Image Storage, Explicit VR Little Endian

The tags engineers look up most, each carrying Mirth Connect snippets, common-error scenarios, and full integration notes.

By Imaging Modality

CIODs grouped by acquisition context.

Radiology

CT, MR, X-Ray, Ultrasound, Nuclear Medicine, Mammography

Radiotherapy

RT Plan, RT Dose, RT Image, RT Structure Set, RT Beams

Cardiology

ECG, IVUS, Hemodynamic, Cardiac Electrophysiology

Pathology

Whole Slide Microscopy, Confocal, Bulk Annotations

Structured Reports

Basic Text / Enhanced / Comprehensive SR, Key Object Selection

Waveforms

Physiological waveforms: ECG, respiratory, audio, body position

Ophthalmology

Ophthalmic Photography, OCT, Visual Field

Integration References

Cross-cutting browsing views over every DICOM attribute: FHIR paths, HL7 v2 segments, cloud vendor support, Mirth code, troubleshooting.

  • FHIR Mapping Reference

    Every DICOM attribute that maps to a FHIR ImagingStudy element, grouped by FHIR path. Source: HL7 FHIR R5 StructureDefinition (CC0).

  • HL7 v2 Mapping Reference

    Field-level DICOM ↔ HL7 v2 mappings grouped by segment (PID, OBR, ORC, PV1). Authoritative flag distinguishes IHE RAD-TF standards from facility conventions.

  • Cloud Support Matrix

    AWS HealthImaging / Azure DICOM / GCP Healthcare per-attribute support status. Filterable, per-vendor source URLs pinned to _meta.

  • Mirth Connect Snippets

    Production-adjacent JavaScript transformer patterns: DICOM-to-HL7v2, modality routing, UID de-dup, MPPS, character-set normalization. Reference material; validate before deploying.

  • Troubleshooting Reference

    Common production patterns that break DICOM integration, grouped by severity, each with diagnosis + fix + tag link.

Browse by Category

  • Attributes (Tags)

    5,213 DICOM tags from PS3.6. 395 retired; 4,818 active.

    Open tag index →

  • Composite IODs

    174 object definitions: CT Image, MR Image, Ultrasound Multiframe, RT Plan, and every other DICOM object type.

    Browse CIODs →

  • Modules

    412 reusable attribute groups that compose CIODs. Patient, Study, Series, Equipment, Image Pixel, and all the rest.

    Browse Modules →

  • SOP Classes

    320 Service-Object Pair Classes: the units of negotiation in DIMSE and DICOMweb.

    Browse SOP Classes →

  • Value Representations

    All 34 VR types (PN, UI, SQ, OB, and the rest) and their encoding rules.

    Browse VRs →

  • Transfer Syntaxes

    63 encoding profiles: implicit/explicit VR, JPEG Baseline, JPEG 2000, RLE, and more.

    Browse Transfer Syntaxes →

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