Deflated Image Frame Compression

About this Transfer Syntax

DICOM Transfer Syntaxes define three things — byte ordering (little vs big endian), VR encoding (implicit vs explicit), and any pixel data compression (JPEG, JPEG 2000, RLE, MPEG, etc.). Two systems negotiate a Transfer Syntax when they establish a DIMSE association, and DICOMweb STOW-RS advertises supported ones via Accept headers.

This Transfer Syntax is part of the current DICOM Standard. Its UID can appear in DIMSE Association Negotiation, DICOMweb TransferSyntaxUID query parameters, and the File Meta Information header of DICOM Part 10 files.

Working with Deflate

Transfer Syntax conversions sit at the heart of most integration engines. Saga IT's medical imaging team builds production DICOM gateways that negotiate, transcode, and route across Transfer Syntax boundaries — including cloud DICOM services that only accept specific families. Heavy compression workflows (JPEG 2000 ↔ native, for instance) often benefit from a Mirth Connect staging layer.